[Ubuntu-be] Ubuntu life in Belgium

Duray Pol duraypol at gmail.com
Sat May 3 23:34:03 UTC 2014


Je suis francophone et j'utilise Ubuntu depuis 6 ans et ne le regrette 
pas du tout.

Le 03/05/2014 15:21, Luc Rulkin a écrit :
> Ok Pol
>
> Dan ga ik naar de fr versie over .  Daar eens navragen.
>
> Thxs
> Luc Rulkin
> Bergstraat 6
> B 9630  St Marie Latem (Zwalm)
>
> There is nothing worse than being talked about, that is not being 
> talked about.
> (O Wilde)
> On Saturday, 3 May 2014, 12:55, Alain Baudrez <a.baudrez at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     I just had a look at the ubuntu-be page on Google+ -
>     https://plus.google.com/112197959490301022128/about?hl=nl - it is
>     idle. Even if we don't have the possibility to modify our website
>     in the near future, we could at least use the events options of
>     our Google+ page to announce what we plan to do.
>
>     Same goes for our FB page -
>     https://www.facebook.com/groups/87950312093/ . There is a bit more
>     'life' in the FB group, but nothing spectacular.
>
>     I noticed quite a lot op webpages like '10 things to do after
>     installing ubuntu 14.04'. We could at least translate (some of)
>     those pages into Dutch and French and post them on those two
>     social media, It would be a start.
>
>     The main problem I see is which one we will be using.
>     With the 'rumours' of Google eventually downsizing or shutting
>     down their G+ social network, and on the other side some users not
>     trusting Facebook, which way must we go?
>
>
>     2014-05-03 11:29 GMT+02:00 Duray Pol <duraypol at gmail.com
>     <mailto:duraypol at gmail.com>>:
>
>         Le 02/05/2014 14:26, Luc Rulkin a écrit :
>>         Goede middag .
>>
>>         Een klein vraagje , van iemand die een paar jaar terug al een
>>         vraag stelde op t forum , zonder antwoord ..
>>         zeggen jullie nu : "wij zijn op stervens na dood ... ga naar
>>         Ubuntu.nl of Ubuntu.fr ?".
>>          Is er een franstalige kant van ubuntu.be <http://ubuntu.be/>
>>         ?  Anders ga ik daar eens vragen wat ik kan doen.
>>         (oude acer met Vista Profess. zou ik willen proberen op
>>         Ubuntu)(ik ben geen It'er en heb wat aanwijzingen nodig)
>>
>>         C'est tout !!
>>
>>         MIVG Luc R
>>         Luc Rulkin
>>         Bergstraat 6
>>         B 9630  St Marie Latem (Zwalm)
>>
>>         There is nothing worse than being talked about, that is not
>>         being talked about.
>>         (O Wilde)
>>         On Friday, 2 May 2014, 12:25, tom verlinden
>>         <tom.verlinden at gmail.com> <mailto:tom.verlinden at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>             Bill's proposal looks mighty fine to me. I'll get my
>>             thinking cap on and see what i  an come up with. Anybody
>>             having a problem with bill's proposal?
>>             Op 2 mei 2014 06:36 schreef "Jurgen Gaeremyn"
>>             <jurgen.gaeremyn at pandora.be
>>             <mailto:jurgen.gaeremyn at pandora.be>>:
>>
>>                 I think any of the hackerspaces will be willing to
>>                 accomodate... people living near train stations on
>>                 our group might too...
>>
>>                 Possibly I can't be available myself (wife is
>>                 pregnant and due for June 4th) but I'm pretty sure
>>                 Hackerspace Brussels (hackerspace.be
>>                 <http://hackerspace.be/>) would be glad to offer you
>>                 a chair in the space or the garden...
>>
>>                 Grtz,
>>                 Jurgen.
>>
>>                 On 01-05-14 23:08, Jan Bongaerts wrote:
>>>                 Real life meeting should still take preference over
>>>                 virtual meeting, if you ask me.
>>>                 It's not all that hard to organise. Jurgen did it, I
>>>                 did it. They were all successful.
>>>                 Just get to somewhere easily accessible by public
>>>                 transport.
>>>                 Brussels is the best.
>>>                 Antwerp or Ghent might be a good option.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>                 On 1 May 2014 22:51, Merlijn Sebrechts
>>>                 <merlijn.sebrechts at gmail.com
>>>                 <mailto:merlijn.sebrechts at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>                     aa) I can help with the website. I now a tiny
>>>                     bit of Drupal. If somebody can give me the right
>>>                     credentials, I could take a look at it next
>>>                     week. Mike Morraye knows more about the website,
>>>                     I think.
>>>                     cc) same as aa)
>>>                     ee) I think Google Hangouts is the best free
>>>                     option. If somebody has a sip server, we could
>>>                     also use a sip client like jitsi.org
>>>                     <http://jitsi.org/>, which has excellent Ubuntu
>>>                     support.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>                     Thanks for doing this wake-up call, kawabill!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>                     2014-05-01 21:40 GMT+02:00 kawabill
>>>                     <kawabill at telenet.be <mailto:kawabill at telenet.be>>:
>>>
>>>                         Hey I'm not alone on the island....! :)
>>>
>>>                         Tom, you're right I think and I agree. It is
>>>                         not somebody we need, it is us. Also
>>>                         Juergen's proposal for having Ubuntu-be.org
>>>                         and setting clear expectations I agree with,
>>>                         this way we can prevent disappointment from
>>>                         and by others. Carrying Ubuntu-be to the
>>>                         funeral I would think is just a bit too
>>>                         early. From the reactions, at least 5-10
>>>                         people are actively involved and able to help.
>>>
>>>                         Using IRC is maybe just a little too much
>>>                         written words and I've got no clue how to
>>>                         get it to work reliably, I think we need to
>>>                         get together or at least get visual. For
>>>                         getting together there is the hacker space,
>>>                         the facilities in Houthalen an hack - even
>>>                         an old school room in Bree. Is there an open
>>>                         source alternative to Skype, allowing for a
>>>                         virtual meeting maybe (I saw Apache's Open
>>>                         Meeting)? Or what if we organise a
>>>                         chat/video conference from the 'local'
>>>                         events; Houthalen in Limburg, Hackerspace,
>>>                         Brugge - can we organize it maybe in such a
>>>                         way that it's all in sync; ie. every last
>>>                         Wednesday of the month (convenient for
>>>                         LImburg, as this is the gathering date already)?
>>>
>>>
>>>                         1) Do you want to help set up a booth at
>>>                         fosdem 2015? YES, if we can plan ahead I
>>>                         would think we can get the right and
>>>                         motivated people involved including this chap
>>>                         2) Do you still use the website? If so, how?
>>>                         YES, but let's indeed make it such that
>>>                         people see activity - starting with filling
>>>                         the agenda showing the local activities for
>>>                         example
>>>                         3) What information would you want to see on
>>>                         the new website? Haven't really given it a
>>>                         thought, but one thing for sure I would like
>>>                         to see and that is UP TO DATE information
>>>
>>>                         Let's keep the ideas coming, I think getting
>>>                         around the bank account quickly is indeed
>>>                         opening a new one, and make it one that we
>>>                         can access and at least have some kind of
>>>                         redundancy. This as not to get stuck again.
>>>
>>>                         I have to read and negotiate contracts all
>>>                         day, it would really be good if we could
>>>                         talk to each other, preferably face to face.
>>>                         This way we iterate in seconds rather than
>>>                         weeks.
>>>
>>>                         Finally; let's get the link into Canonical
>>>                         established and strengthened. I work for a
>>>                         large company and quite a large bunch is
>>>                         starting to use Ubuntu also on the desktop.
>>>                         Ubuntu Phone is a great idea and has huge
>>>                         potential, especially for cost savings. I
>>>                         checked how I could get our purchasing in
>>>                         contact easily, but believe me, Canonical is
>>>                         not going to sell the idea if they stick to
>>>                         how they have approached this up to now. I
>>>                         would think, certainly in Europe, they have
>>>                         a  wide enough network of enthusiasts and
>>>                         could easily bundle the network to get
>>>                         aggressive into offering savings to large
>>>                         and medium size companies. As far as I'm
>>>                         concerned I use the software that they have
>>>                         ubuntu-ed, it is this creation that binds us
>>>                         - the reason why I spend my time locally to
>>>                         help people is for ubuntu, and also as a
>>>                         kind of payback to Canonical because they
>>>                         have created a magnificent piece of
>>>                         software. Not only them, but they are for me
>>>                         one of the main forces behind humanizing
>>>                         Linux! Credit to Mark Shuttleworth for all
>>>                         that. Taking Ubuntu-be to the graveyard
>>>                         doesn't seem the best way to help and show a
>>>                         kind of gratitude.
>>>
>>>                         Too many words written already, and hail to
>>>                         he/she who came to this point. How to go
>>>                         forward? Let's use 8D methodology and get
>>>                         this going.
>>>                         1) Plan - revive Ubuntu-be and prevent it
>>>                         from going quiet again
>>>                         2) The core-team members proposed, let me
>>>                         know who disagrees or cannot pick up;
>>>                             a) kawabill
>>>                             b) nero
>>>                             c) Frank Neirynck
>>>                             d) Tom Verlinden
>>>                             e) Jan Bongaerts
>>>                             f) Merlijn Sebrechts
>>>                             g) Alain Daudrez
>>>                         3) The problem; Ubuntu-be is dying
>>>                         4) Temporary fix;
>>>                             aa) website is not upto date (whom can
>>>                         take action and when?)
>>>                             bb) bank account needs to be corrected
>>>                         (to open a new one I can pick up the action
>>>                         and can have it done within two weeks, with
>>>                         regards to the old one whom can get the
>>>                         responsible person to help organize it such
>>>                         that we have multiple Ubuntu-ers to get
>>>                         access and when?)
>>>                             cc) support point map - remove ghost
>>>                         accounts and update or allow for updated
>>>                         information (whom can take action and when?)
>>>                             dd) Limburg event box - Wouter, please
>>>                         drop me an e-mail where I can come and pick
>>>                         it up and get it into my storage garage)
>>>                             ee) Setup a web-meeting last Wednesday
>>>                         of May (May 28th), we can use Skype, Google
>>>                         hangout or maybe someone can help build Open
>>>                         Meeting for Ubuntu (I don't mind planning
>>>                         and coordinating, whom can help setup the
>>>                         technical side of it all, Nero???)
>>>
>>>                         Let's get this going before we start
>>>                         root-cause analysis, and when need please
>>>                         team up where you can. Myself I'm not really
>>>                         good at using Drupal, I've build my own in
>>>                         HTML, but I sure could help cleaning up and
>>>                         updating.
>>>
>>>                         Your comments please?
>>>
>>>                         Bill
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>                         On 01-05-14 12:39, tom verlinden wrote:
>>>>                         Thanks for your info on this. I've always
>>>>                         thought that this certain "somebody" should
>>>>                         comprise out of more than one person. One
>>>>                         person can't take this on his or her
>>>>                         shoulders. There's too much, from what i'm
>>>>                         reading, for one person to do and be
>>>>                         succesfull about it. There should be a team
>>>>                         of somebodies, all doing somewhat the same,
>>>>                         but in different locations. (Does that make
>>>>                         sense?) Is there a need for a central
>>>>                         organ? To me that makes it too complicated
>>>>                         already, and might create expectations,
>>>>                         that cannot be fullfilled. Anyway, there's
>>>>                         need, i guess to promote ubuntu, as Bill
>>>>                         said. Now we have to figure out how to do
>>>>                         this in a fun way, i guess.
>>>>                         Op 1 mei 2014 12:27 schreef "Jurgen
>>>>                         Gaeremyn" <jurgen.gaeremyn at pandora.be
>>>>                         <mailto:jurgen.gaeremyn at pandora.be>>:
>>>>
>>>>                             Tom,
>>>>
>>>>                             the strongest periods of Ubuntu-be were
>>>>                             when one single person actually kept
>>>>                             his shoulders under the project. In the
>>>>                             past we had a few of these people.
>>>>                             Thing is: ubuntu-be.org
>>>>                             <http://ubuntu-be.org/> should set
>>>>                             clear expectations: what (not) to
>>>>                             expect: a spokesman, the official
>>>>                             stance of Ubuntu on whatever Belgian
>>>>                             activity, guaranteed support, etc...
>>>>
>>>>                             If someone stands up and is prepared to
>>>>                             take leadership, you will quickly have
>>>>                             a core team of somewhere between 5 and
>>>>                             10 or even more if you do a great job.
>>>>                             If you're willing to take up this
>>>>                             commitment, you'll be doing Ubuntu-be a
>>>>                             big favour. Problem is, apparently this
>>>>                             mythical figure called "somebody" we're
>>>>                             all talking about and who'll do all the
>>>>                             practical stuff like maintain the
>>>>                             website, organise event booths, create
>>>>                             content, etc... isn't on this list
>>>>                             anymore. Not sure if he ever was.
>>>>
>>>>                             Please, do give it a chance. First
>>>>                             things first - canonical approval is
>>>>                             not a problem if you can prove you're
>>>>                             active. I'm assuming someone here will
>>>>                             be able to tell you more details on this.
>>>>
>>>>                             Grtz,
>>>>                             Jurgen.
>>>>
>>>>                             On 01-05-14 12:11, tom verlinden wrote:
>>>>>                             I don't know about organizing a
>>>>>                             funeral just yet. Maybe ubuntu.be
>>>>>                             <http://ubuntu.be/> could be a
>>>>>                             commonplace for those using and or
>>>>>                             discovering ubuntu but more in a fun
>>>>>                             sort of way. Don't know if i'm saying
>>>>>                             this right, but i think you get the
>>>>>                             picture. There doesn't need to be a
>>>>>                             central person or spokesman imho.
>>>>>                             Makes it far too official. The first
>>>>>                             goal should be, in my humble opinion,
>>>>>                             to get people to discover ubuntu.
>>>>>                             Maybe by promoting this list we could
>>>>>                             get more people discovering the os. As
>>>>>                             far as i'm concerned, i use ubuntu,
>>>>>                             talk about it and show it to whoever i
>>>>>                             think might be interrested, give
>>>>>                             support where i can and drop leaflets
>>>>>                             in our library. (They're also on
>>>>>                             ubuntu. Woot!!)
>>>>>                             I think that if we do our part any
>>>>>                             wich way we can, on our little
>>>>>                             "islands", and use the net, list as
>>>>>                             our "glue", who knows what can happen
>>>>>                             in the future? Is there still a
>>>>>                             connection with canonical? How does
>>>>>                             that work? Hell, typing this gets me
>>>>>                             all fired up to give this a chance.
>>>>>                             What do you guys think? Give it some
>>>>>                             kind of try, or just leave, and do
>>>>>                             something on our own? (I think we
>>>>>                             could achieve more together, but i'd
>>>>>                             like to hear your opinion). My 2 cents....
>>>>>                             Op 30 apr. 2014 07:30 schreef
>>>>>                             "kawabill" <kawabill at telenet.be
>>>>>                             <mailto:kawabill at telenet.be>>:
>>>>>
>>>>>                                 What triggered me was a mail I got
>>>>>                                 from someone in the community,
>>>>>                                 stating that he rather spent his
>>>>>                                 time otherwise, declining an
>>>>>                                 invitation I had sent him. No
>>>>>                                 problem of course, but it took me
>>>>>                                 to the following page;
>>>>>                                 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/IrcMeetings
>>>>>
>>>>>                                 No activities are visible for me
>>>>>                                 the visitor, going over the pages
>>>>>                                 it seems that the latest info
>>>>>                                 dates from 2012. I know activities
>>>>>                                 are still going on, organized by
>>>>>                                 enthusiasts on a very local scale,
>>>>>                                 but for me it is not visible
>>>>>                                 whether all of this is coordinated.
>>>>>
>>>>>                                 I find it a pity, that in the
>>>>>                                 period where MS end of lifes XP I
>>>>>                                 don't see any coordinated activity
>>>>>                                 to get people over into the
>>>>>                                 Ubuntu/Mint/Linux camp.
>>>>>
>>>>>                                 Can anyone please comment and give
>>>>>                                 feedback or let me know I'm wrong
>>>>>                                 and I seem to live life on a
>>>>>                                 desolate space outside of the
>>>>>                                 Ubuntu community?
>>>>>
>>>>>                                 Have a nice day.
>>>>>                                 Bill
>>>>>
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>         Er is geen franstaalig kant van ubuntu.be <http://ubuntu.be/>
>         Daarom ga ik on ubuntu.fr <http://ubuntu.fr/>. Ik vind daar
>         alles wat ik hebt nodig. Voor een franstalige
>         ubunterosubuntu.fr <http://ubunterosubuntu.fr/> is goed
>         gemaakt en zeer aktiev. De forum kan u veel solutie geven en
>         de documentatie is ook goed gemaakt.
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