UK Gentoo User Group

uxbod · Guru Joined: 30 Dec 2002 Posts: 474 Location: UK

Would anybody be interested in forming a UK Gentoo user group? Is there one already in existence?

charlieg · Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2003 10:37 pm Post subject: I'm kinda interested

Based up in Manchester, although I'm unsure as to how active a member I could be due to a fairly busy schedule already.
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uxbod · Guru Joined: 30 Dec 2002 Posts: 474 Location: UK

Im in Milton Keynes and as a HP-UX SA Im pretty busy aswell

It wouldnt be anything major to start with, just a group of people helping each other out every so often and feeding thoughts back to gentoo.org. Perhaps a get together sometime down the road.

MrOnion · n00b Joined: 17 Nov 2002 Posts: 24

I'm in north london and interested in that.

mynameisjonas · Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2003 1:34 am Post subject:

count me in!
newport, south wales

sisyphus · Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2003 11:24 am Post subject:

Bristol and London (I'm a demented commuter).

Busy but definately interested.
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amasidlover · Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2003 11:32 am Post subject:

I'm in Manchester, and would be interested.

uxbod · Guru Joined: 30 Dec 2002 Posts: 474 Location: UK

This is looking good ... Any wordsworths who can come up with a good domain name and I will register and setup some space.

sisyphus · Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2003 12:32 pm Post subject:

guktoo.org?

Bleugh - horrible.

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uxbod · Guru Joined: 30 Dec 2002 Posts: 474 Location: UK

Yeah that sounds cool

Does Gentoo.org have a problem with us using a name like that ?

keratos68 · Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2003 9:35 pm Post subject:

sounds good!!!

Blackpool, Lancashire, NW .
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charlieg · Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2003 10:48 pm Post subject: hmm

gluguk.org (glug uk - gentoo linux users group)
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tav · n00b Joined: 06 Jan 2003 Posts: 1

well, there is already a gllug (greater london linux user group) in the uk... could prove confusing.

how about uk.gentoo.org ? no need to buy a new domain name either...

we could set a trend for the other nations ;p
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danfairs · n00b Joined: 06 Jan 2003 Posts: 14 Location: London, UK

Hi! I'm based in Central London and would certainly be up for a UK Gentoo group. If there's anything a Gentoo user with an ADSL line can do to help, then let me know

Cheers,
Dan

idl · Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2003 2:14 pm Post subject:

what would we do at a meeting? sit around and install gentoo?
Personaly i hope to never have to reinstall gentoo and all the after configuration because it takes so bloody long

A Gentoo LAN Party on the other hand... now thats something i would atend

Narada · Guru Joined: 12 Dec 2002 Posts: 300 Location: London, UK

I am based in Edinburgh, UK and would like to stay in touch with a UK gentoo user group if one is started. IMHO, one of the group's major objectives should be to decide how they can collectively help further the progress of gentoo in general. A few of my ideas are to

(1) set up more UK gentoo and rsync mirrors
(2) provide ISO's of gentoo linux for all versions and architectures
(3) promote gentoo in uk publications and linux user groups
(4) promote gentoo as a business OS thereby securing sponsors to fund developers in pound sterling
(5) secure a UK based developer and support group (although this one may be tricky given most people are very busy)

Also, there are also plenty of suitable domain names available so deciding on one and getting it would be relatively easy.

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pstevenson · Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2003 4:20 pm Post subject:

This thread has made the gentoo weekly news!

I'm in Portsmouth & Guildford (not as bad a commute as Bristol & London, I guess), and would be interested in joining a UK gentoo group. Not sure what I could realistically contribute, but...

Paul

uxbod · Guru Joined: 30 Dec 2002 Posts: 474 Location: UK

I will have a chat with my ISP (UKLinux.Net) to see if they would be willing to host it for us

TheCoop · Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2003 9:29 pm Post subject:

im from newcastle, up north. count me in, although i probably couldnt come to the meetings cos they're likely to be in london or somewhere obscure like that
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uxbod · Guru Joined: 30 Dec 2002 Posts: 474 Location: UK

Just to keep you updated I have PM'd "Bloody Bastard (Moderator) for help in checking out Copyrights and TM's for using graphics and names etc on the UK site. He is checking it for us. Have emailed UKLinux.Net and awaiting a response. Will keep you all posted

keratos68 · Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2003 10:47 pm Post subject:

uxbod · Guru Joined: 30 Dec 2002 Posts: 474 Location: UK

Last post of night ... Have got hold of the PR man for Gentoo and he will speak to the necessary people to see what they can do for us ... Will post when I get a reply back

wibblefrog · Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2003 12:21 pm Post subject: Interested

Definitely interested.
Birmingham.
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pruskin · n00b Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 2 Location: Wrexham, Wales

I'm interested too.
Wrexham

thehyperintelligentslug · n00b Joined: 30 Jun 2002 Posts: 49 Location: Edinburgh

I'll be up for that.

Cheers,

Neil.

(from Durham living in Edinburgh).