[ubuntu-in] New Linux User's Group: WBUT.LXUG

[Manish Sinha]

On 02/16/2011 02:57 AM, PRABIN DATTA wrote:
> just want to express the situation. Okay! sorry to everyone.
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> <snip>
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> Thanks to all you for your suggestions!!
> But, Waiting for few more suggestion on this.
> Thank you!!

Don't have anything to say much except -  creating a product is easier 
than creating a community. Sitting on the internet and sending messages 
doesn't create a user group. You have to physically organize meeting and 
workshops to get people interested.

Creating yet another group does not solve the purpose unless there is 
some concrete reasons. If you want to help out people, why don't you use 
NIT-Durgapur LUG (if you want proximity). Or ask them to come on 
##linux-india on irc.freenode.net

I have to say that in India apart from regional LUGs, there is hardly 
any mailing lists for distro agnostic discussion.


 > Ya! Group shouldn't be bounded to any Distribution like fedora, 
Ubuntu, etc.

I don't find any killer advantage in this. Surely it does help in 
bringing people closer, but after a certain period, the interest might 
fade as people who use Distribution X might find that most of the 
questions are for distro X and Z.
"Group shouldn't be found to any distro" is idealism. Apart from LUGs 
groups bound to distro are more successful(dont have stats, but personal 
experience). Yes this is sad truth.

Groups independent of distro is good idea, but groups bound to distros 
are not evil.

I have seen many groups come and go, and learnt the hard way - Be a part 
of bigger group and advance it's growth. Or create Local LUG to promote 
FOSS at grassroots level.


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Manish