Re: Hello

["S. C. Linnenbringer" <sl@eskimo.com>]

On Friday 13 September 2002 08:34 pm, Chris Flanigan wrote:

> Hello everyone, I'm new to the group. In fact, I just joined the discussion
> list today. I live in Granite City, have been running Linux for a few years
> (Gentoo and Debian). I was wondering exactly, what goes on at your
> meetings. Are there actual dicussions? Or, is it a bit more of an impromptu
> get-together... which happens to be comprised of Linux-users? At any rate,
> hello. Nice to "meet" you all. :)

I have actually never been to a SILUG meeting, so I can't speak for that, but 
a lot of members from SILUG also go to the SLUUG meeting, which I have 
attended (not regularly.)

In my opinion, it's mostly a get-together with a lot of technical talk. So if 
you're coming to talk about the technicalities of Linux (or whatever OS you 
use, be it BSD, AIX, et cetera) or if you're just wanting to socialize with 
someone who has some intelligence, I've found that it's a great place.

I started using Linux since I was in the 6th grade. I got serious in the 7th 
grade, and then started coming to meetings in the 8th grade. There are people 
of a variety of ages (though I have yet to find more than one high school 
student in the whole St. Louis area who has an interest in Linux like me, and 
he doesn't come to meetings.) It's fun, and a lot of meetings (like MOSLUG, 
which I attend regularly) are located at restaurants, so I usually catch 
something to eat while I'm there, too. Also, the people that went to CWE-LUG 
used to get together for a pre-meeting lunch, which is the more social event 
before the actual gathering.

Computers are brought, along with hubs and cool new toys. People are 
introduced to new things, information is passed along, and hatred towards 
Microsoft seems to be prevalent, too. Overall, LUGs are very interesting, and 
when I turn 16 and can drive, I will be attending many more (other than 
MOSLUG and CWE-LUG.)

-- 
Scott C. Linnenbringer
sl.at.eskimo.com
finger 'sl' on 'eskimo.com'

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