[aklug] Re: FOSS users group

On 03/04/11 16:33, Jim Gribbin wrote:
> It does kind of go with the territory. Most of us are Linux users.
>
> Greg M normally keeps us up on The OpenDisc, formerly OpenCD, Project.
> Although now that you mention it, he's been slacking lately ;-)
>
> http://www.theopendisc.com/
>
> I do see that now they also have an OpenEducation version.
>
>
> http://www.theopendisc.com/2010/10/openeducationdisc-10-10-released/
>
> Many of have given these out to family & freinds that aren't ready to
> jump ship yet.
>
> Jim G
>
> On Fri, 2011-03-04 at 07:03 -0900, Dale Rooney wrote:
>> Mike, looking at the people in the group and the discussions on the
>> mailing list, I think that anyone who isn't technically proficient is going
>> to feel out of place. Don't get me wrong the group definitely works for
>> those that are attending but I think less experienced users would be better
>> served by a group with a more general focus. I don't want to stir things up
>> by asking the group to change into something else but I do hope that many of
>> the aklug members would want to participate in a foss users group.
>> Dale
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 9:04 PM, barsalou <barjunk@attglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Quoting "Shane R. Spencer" <shane@bogomip.com>:
>>>
>>>> I have fossak.org which I was going to use for that purpose.
>>>>
>>>> On 03/02/2011 06:08 AM, Dale Rooney wrote:
>>>>> I'd like to work more actively for FOSS awareness and promotion.
>>> Does
>>>>> anyone know if there's a local users group for open source software in
>>>>> general and not just Linux? If not is anyone interested in starting one?
>>>>> Dale
>>>
>>> I didn't realize we only focused on linux in this group. Granted, the
>>> name does say , Alaska Linux users group, but we have always promoted
>>> FOSS here.
>>>
>>> What is missing that needs to be addressed?
>>>
>>> Mike B.
>>>
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That opendisc does seem kind of interesting... not as a replacement for
Linux, but as a sort of path to it. Most people I've met don't even know
there is a FOSS movement, let alone that it has enough software to meet
their daily needs.

Question: Would there happen to be some kind of OpenGamesDisc out there?
The OpenDisc only had four games on it, and only one was really good
enough to impress anyone.

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