[clue] Meetings?

Dennis J Perkins djperkins77 at gmail.com
Thu May 16 21:07:15 MDT 2019


Installfests were always fun.  Is the basement big enough for one?
On Thu, 2019-05-16 at 11:06 -0600, Gary Romero wrote:
> Why don't we just start with scheduling an Installfest. David
> Willison, could you list a couple of nights that your basement would
> be available?
> 
> 
> 
> On 2019-05-16 10:28, Account 2 wrote:
> 
> >   
> > Phillip wrote that the meetings were mostly over the heads of many
> > of the attendee's. This was true for me also. While I was
> > interested in becoming a power user of Linux, my primary reason to
> > switch to Linux was to support open source and for stability.
> > Remember Vista?
> > 
> > I wasn't one who was drawn to the meetings by a noted speaker every
> > month. While there's nothing wrong with this, I'm guessing from an
> > organization stand point, for the organizers, this must have
> > increased headache's and logistics of needing a meeting room with
> > projector capability, etc, etc ...  My thoughts on starting back up
> > are thus: Maybe you don't need to meet every month with a large and
> > capable conference room. It's hard to meet 12 times a year in our
> > fast paced culture. Maybe starting back up small and simple with
> > setting a schedule, maybe a winter schedule if everybody is to busy
> > in the summer, or vice versa, and posting it well in advance could
> > generate much interest.
> > 
> > Pick some topics. Install fest's are great, but after install fest
> > the needs of the users might be:
> > 
> > 
> > LOGS:
> > Where are logs, why do I need to monitor them. How do I monitor and
> > what do I look for when reviewing my logs?
> > 
> > SECURITY:
> > How do I secure my new Debian install? Is it just like Windows
> > where I install a good anti-virus and obliviously go about my way? 
> > 
> > COMPILING:
> > As a noob, I would have liked to have someone show me how to
> > compile any small and simple open source program, just as an
> > example of how to do it. Who know's where this could lead me to in
> > the future.
> > 
> > VERIFYING DOWNLOADS:
> > What's all this SHA256 stuff? Why is it important and how do I
> > verify what I've downloaded?
> > 
> > 
> > Sure I can find many articles online that cover these topics, but I
> > never have someone to turn to when the (sometimes outdated) step by
> > step instructions I find online don't work. Having someone to look
> > over your shoulder while doing this at a meeting would be much
> > better.
> > 
> > Turning noobs into power users can build comradery and make new
> > connections and just as importantly, give us a good reason to get
> > out of the house. It doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to
> > work.
> > I like checking in on the CLUE posting from time to time and would
> > like to help but I have recently moved out of state so I'm not able
> > to help. I'm in the Minneapolis/Saint Paul area and I have looked
> > for linux groups up here but cant find anything other than
> > specialized groups on Meetup. Who know's maybe I start a Linux
> > noobs meetup up here!
> > Best of luck to you all and thanks for the help I received when I
> > did come to the meetings.
> > - Scott
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On 5/16/19 10:33 AM, Philipp Giddings wrote:
> > > That is great new. Are there any others on the list with interest
> > > in attending? So far, not much in way of replies to this thread.
> > > Anyone?
> > > Thanks for offering up a space for us David
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 8:20 AM David L. Willson <
> > > dlwillson at thegeek.nu> wrote:
> > > > I have space for up to 16 in the Comfy Room, but someone else
> > > > needs to chair/MC.
> > > >  
> > > > 
> > > > Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > -------- Original message --------
> > > > From: Dennis J Perkins <djperkins77 at gmail.com> 
> > > > Date: 5/15/19 7:30 AM (GMT-07:00) 
> > > > To: CLUE's mailing list <clue at cluedenver.org> 
> > > > Subject: Re: [clue] Meetings? 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Very few people were coming near the end and it wasn't easy
> > > > finding speakers.  When McAffee closed their office here, we
> > > > didn't look for a new home.  Maybe if we held an occasional
> > > > meeting when someone wanted to give a talk, but the
> > > > irregularity might mean that people wouldn't remember when to
> > > > meet.  It might also be hard to find a place that would let us
> > > > do this.
> > > >  
> > > >  
> > > > There is an Open Source group that meets somewhere near Dry
> > > > Creek and I25.  I haven't gone to any meetings yet.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On Wed, May 15, 2019, 7:22 AM Philipp Giddings <
> > > > phil9x at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > I myself have not lost interest. I am sure there are others
> > > > > with interest as well. 
> > > > > Does anyone on the list have the  will to organize and find a
> > > > > space?
> > > > > Are others on the list interested in attending such meeting?
> > > > > Seemed the most interesting activity was "Installfest",
> > > > > engaging at all levels.
> > > > > However the CLUE meetings minus the KISS session was over the
> > > > > heads of many attendees IMHO and sometimes.
> > > > > I regret greatly not learning more about Bitcoin when David
> > > > > introduced us to it. Duh!
> > > > > I will attend if meetings begin again.
> > > > >  
> > > > > Amazing how social media killed the meatspace
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 8:12 PM Sean LeBlanc <
> > > > > seanleblanc at comcast.net> wrote:
> > > > > > Do meetings still happen for CLUE? I have to admit I've
> > > > > > checked out 
> > > > > > somewhat after moving to the foothills and getting so busy
> > > > > > at a startup 
> > > > > > and with home life, etc., and I have to be very sparing
> > > > > > with the meetups 
> > > > > > I do go to.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Did Linux just become part of the background for the way
> > > > > > most people do 
> > > > > > their jobs - to the point where most people don't need to
> > > > > > learn about 
> > > > > > Linux in particular? Did "the cloud" cause some to lose
> > > > > > interest?
> > > > > > 
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