UK Gentoo User Group

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uxbod · Post by **uxbod** » Wed Jan 01, 2003 10:14 pm

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

charlieg · Post by **charlieg** » Wed Jan 01, 2003 10:37 pm

Based up in Manchester, although I'm unsure as to how active a member I could be due to a fairly busy schedule already.

uxbod · Post by **uxbod** » Wed Jan 01, 2003 10:41 pm

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 · Post by **MrOnion** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 12:12 am

I'm in north london and interested in that.

mynameisjonas · Post by **mynameisjonas** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 1:34 am

count me in!
newport, south wales

sisyphus · Post by **sisyphus** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 11:24 am

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

Busy but definately interested.

amasidlover · Post by **amasidlover** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 11:32 am

I'm in Manchester, and would be interested.

uxbod · Post by **uxbod** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 11:46 am

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

sisyphus · Post by **sisyphus** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 12:32 pm

guktoo.org?

Bleugh - horrible.

uxbod · Post by **uxbod** » Sun Jan 05, 2003 8:19 pm

Yeah that sounds cool

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

keratos68 · Post by **keratos68** » Sun Jan 05, 2003 9:35 pm

sounds good!!!

Blackpool, Lancashire, NW .

charlieg · Post by **charlieg** » Sun Jan 05, 2003 10:48 pm

gluguk.org (glug uk - gentoo linux users group)

tav · Post by **tav** » Mon Jan 06, 2003 3:53 am

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

danfairs · Post by **danfairs** » Mon Jan 06, 2003 12:43 pm

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 · Post by **idl** » Mon Jan 06, 2003 2:14 pm

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 · Post by **Narada** » Mon Jan 06, 2003 4:14 pm

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.

Best wishes.

pstevenson · Post by **pstevenson** » Mon Jan 06, 2003 4:20 pm

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 · Post by **uxbod** » Mon Jan 06, 2003 4:42 pm

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

TheCoop · Post by **TheCoop** » Mon Jan 06, 2003 9:29 pm

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

uxbod · Post by **uxbod** » Mon Jan 06, 2003 10:17 pm

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 · Post by **keratos68** » Mon Jan 06, 2003 10:47 pm

uxbod wrote: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

NICE 1 !!

uxbod · Post by **uxbod** » Wed Jan 08, 2003 1:14 am

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 · Post by **wibblefrog** » Thu Jan 09, 2003 12:21 pm

Definitely interested.
Birmingham.

pruskin · Post by **pruskin** » Fri Jan 10, 2003 2:17 am

I'm interested too.
Wrexham

thehyperintelligentslug · Fri Jan 10, 2003 11:43 am

I'll be up for that.

Cheers,

Neil.

(from Durham living in Edinburgh).

UK Gentoo User Group

Gentoo UK User Group Domain Name ?

UK Gentoo User Group

I'm kinda interested

hmm

Another Londoner...

Interested