Hi all, I have been on the IRC tonight and offered to help out where needed to get Ubuntu-Au up and humming again.
I have offered in another thread to administer the main page to keep it upto date and have other skills that may prove useful. * Teaching & Education * Management & Leadership * Communcation * Organisation * Web development (HTML & CMS) I spoke to a few people in the IRC chat tonight and left my details. Regards Steve braddan...@gmail.com On Sep 5, 1:47 pm, db <db.pub.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > Why would ubuntu-au be obsolete ? > > Ubuntu is the friendly / linux for "human beings". It is just gaining > popularity. The issue really is that no one is available to ensure > that ubuntu au is up for newbis to find really. I think ubuntu (the > main site) was pushing people towards their loco's sites when download > cds at one stage. However, a lot of people who are now using ubuntu > just want to do that ... use something that works for them. They may > not be geeky enough. However, when issues arise they do need support > and i think that ubuntu-au on irc or mailing lists may be able to > point them at the solution or some one who can help them. > > For most cases the people using ubuntu seem to be fine with using > google to find their answers. While this works, there is some bad > advice out there. > > I should also note there are a lot of people using ubuntu or linux in > sydney who do not attend slug (in Sydney), they don't feel the need to > attend slug. Slug is not representative of the entire linux community > in sydney. A lot of my friends i know may use linux or have used it / > use it on the side with everything else. A lot of people are also not > aware of their lug. I think promoting further awareness of lugs would > be a good move for all distributions. > > If there are good talks and people there, then the lug should be a > success. Ubuntu linux, isn't just an operating system it is a > community. > > Thank you. > > 2009/9/4 Dale <quail.li...@gmail.com>: > > > > > Hi Dean, > > > I gather you are referring to IRC, if so. > > Server: irc.freenode.net > > Channel: #ubuntu-au > > > There is also a general chat channel too on the freenode server > > Channel: #ubuntu-au-chat > > > Regards > > Dale > > > 2009/9/4 dean <deanubu...@gmail.com>: > >> Is there an Australian LoCo irc channel? > > >> Regards > >> Dean > > >> Dale wrote: > >>> Hi all, > > >>> I am from Adelaide, and for me to getting to physical meetings it > >>> about a 80Km round trip, and when I move soon to the other side of > >>> town to the country it going to be a ~100Km round, hence this makes it > >>> hard to do meetings. Also at the new place I will not be on the > >>> internet as often as I will be connected via GSM as there no ADSL up > >>> there at the moment. > > >>> At the moment I try my best to help out on IRC and the mailing list > >>> when possible. To the point of using facebook / twitter etc, they > >>> sound good and all but some of use may / will not probably wish to use > >>> them services. I think the best thing to maybe do is promote the use > >>> of the mail list and IRC channel(s) more for people to use, and keep > >>> the confusion to a minimum for everyone. > > >>> my 2 cents worth > > >>> Regards > >>> Dale > > >> -- > >> ubuntu-au mailing list > >> ubuntu...@lists.ubuntu.com > >>https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > > -- > > [WWW]http://southernvaleslug.org/ > > [IRC] #southern-vales.lug on irc.freenode.net > > "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of > > thinking we were at when we created them" > > Albert Einstein > > > -- > > ubuntu-au mailing list > > ubuntu...@lists.ubuntu.com > >https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu...@lists.ubuntu.comhttps://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au