I want a Word LUG that is a fast easy to use source of Linux info.
The idea of an "expert" sounds nice, but it is not practical. If the idea of a world LUG is, to support users that do not have a local LUG. There are too many questions too few "experts". The user that needs their Linux box for school, or small business has no time to wait for an “expert”. RTM is often not practical; most of the howto docs are much longer than they need to be. Why read 15+ pages of test for one page of info?

enyawix:
What you want is LQ by a difernt name. I'm not saying that RTM is a reasonable option all the time, but that is what the forum is for.
The only way to make this a reasonable 'demand' is to make it live. and make it exclusive, so that it is sought after.

The lottery: You could also have a limit so that you didn't have people hogging (by fluke) the chats.

keep thinking: it could be a really cool idea, but no one will listen if you start to kick your heels on the floor and demand a World LUG (possibly unlive). (which already exists... it's called LQ)

titanium_geek

One thing that I am looking at is an LQ podcast. Is this something members would be interested in?

--jeremy

and a podcast is...
if that means something like a TV show... I say yeah.

titanium_geek

I see a few of you guys are from KY, there is a LUG in Lexington. I'm part of it, but not very active.

podcast is sort of an audio show that you can get automatic updates to via RSS.

--jeremy

Streeming shout cast howtos would be cool.

I just wonder if this idea died? LOL! I think the idea of podcast would be pretty cool have done some reading on it. How would one then post or ask there questions about the topic podcasted (Word?)? Would there be a separate forum for just the podcast streams? Just would kinda like to know what Jeremy has in mind for this, I am sure it will be great whatever comes of it!

I'm still looking for ideas on the podcast - it's something I definitely want to pursue though.

--jeremy

Hi Everybody

My 2¢ ... and I had this thought before reading titanium_geek's post here ...

I have only attended a LUG meeting in Westchester County, New York some years ago, and the last two small Islands in the British Isles, in which I have found myself living, both have LUGs but so far - last couple of years - we have had no meetings. Anyhow, in the LUG meeting that I did attend an 'expert' on DocBook and Latex gave a very fine presentation and was then open for questions.

So, having introduced 'our' jeremy (long may he reign) to Jeremy Allison, Head of the Samba Team, HP (one of the Samba developers) at the LWE in London earlier this month, I would suggest that perhaps Jeremy A. might be willing to produce a short paper on Samba and where it is going, and what if anything we can do to help. Said paper would be published in a new LUG Forum here at LQ and for a short period of time thereafter JA would be open to answering specific questions (relating to the content of his paper and/or the questions relating thereto).

I would hope it would be possible for our jeremy to email, perhaps as part of his 'Community Bulletin' the up-coming subject and author so that we could be prepared to read it as soon as it was 'published'.

I would suggest that we schedule no more that one LUG paper a month.

Another entity that I would like to hear from is IBM. I specifically asked Adam Jollans, WW Linux Software Marketing Strategy Manager at IBM (who was alongside Jeremy Allison on the panel of the "Great Linux Debate' at LWE in London) how IBM related to LUGs. I wanted to know if they provided any 'resources' to LUG members who needed 'ammo' to help their local businesses evaluate the benefits of either switching to, or starting their IT planning using, GNU/Linux and FOSS products. I found his answer unsatisfactory in as much as he said that this was the balliwick of IBM's technology partners (whomever they are). Now I am not suggesting for a minute that any or all of us need IBM's Middleware, but I do believe that IBM is truly interested, admittedly at a cost, in helping solve issues for any and all medium sized business prospects. My conversations with them over the recent years lead me to believe quite firmly that their 'consultants' are truly 'independent', inasmuch as they are not committed to supporting only IBM hardware, software or, for example, a particular database product. It seems to me that they are particularly unique in this respect. So, I for one would be particularly interested in a paper from IBM for the LQ LUG Forum explaining how they could work together with LUG members (which is essentially a 'word of mouth' operation) to spread the word at the small to medium sized business level.

An LQ LUG Forum would also provide a place for other suggestions for the subjects of papers and Q&A threads.

One advantage of this over a 'podcast' would be that it would be printable and not require us to all attend at the same moment in time (hence no requirement for a Lottery) i.e. read it in your own time - in whatever timezone you find yourself in - and give yourself time to pose a reasoned question rather than firing off the first thing that comes into your head.

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