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RE: [PLUG] A LINUX meeting in Exton Tues 4/13 and Monday 5/10
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On Tue, 4 May 2004 rekaye1005@earthlink.net wrote:
> I am from delco.
Me too.
> old techie and teacher.
30-something sysadmin.
> linux intermediate.
Relative oldtimer.
> i would like to see some hands on presentations.
> we learn by doing, not watching
I was in another LUG that was much more into this kind of thing. I don't
know what is different about the culture up here but it is a lot
different. Part of the nice thing about the Linux culture in RTP was that
there were a lot of companies volunteering free meeting space without any
significant strings attached. Without good free meeting space and
possibly internet connectivy as well, it's hard to do much from there.
> suggestions, and for my own edification:
>
> 1) Sendmail as server, Windows outlook?? or eudora?? clients
Check out Thunderbird. It's Open Source, works well, and is mostly
standards-compliant as far as I can tell.
> 2) Others-Qmail?
There are some significant licensing issues that are enough to make me
ignore any technical benefits and move on to other options.
Postfix is a great alternative MTA that is not too terribly encumbered in
its license.
> 3) Apache part 1- simple website
> 4) ... part 2- with MySql and php
>
> i can bring a linux box (redhat 9.x) and a little hub.
Time to upgrade; your Linux box is now officially EOL as of May 1.
> be glad to help.
>
> the phila group is very knowledgeable, but sometimes ...
> esoteric, pretentious, and even mean spirited.
Not to fan the flames, but I tend to agree. I think though that the last
time some volunteer opportunities came up to reach out to "newbies", there
was a mostly positive response so don't write this LUG off just yet. ;)
Since you mention that you're from DelCo, I was thinking it would be nice
to have a more local LUG for DelCo Linux & Free/Open Source Software users
(i.e. don't leave out the *BSD folks). My current employer is placing
heavy demands on my time right now so I have been way behind on projects
like this, but I'd still like to see something get off the ground. I know
there are also a number of people on this list from the Swarthmore area
but unsure of how much interest there is there to have Yet Another LUG.
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