Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce
From: mhouston@mh01.demon.co.uk (Martin Houston)
Subject: FEEDBACK: Linux User Group for the UK ?
Message-ID: < ann-13210.779119833@cs.cornell.edu>
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 1994 14:10:48 GMT
Approved: linux-announce@tc.cornell.edu (Matt Welsh)
I am the Software Librarian of the "Association of C and C++ Users". We
are a European based user group for the C and C++ programming languages
and related topics with a bi-monthly journal (CVu).
As a joint venture with the UK Unix Users Group UKUUG we are planning to
launch a jointly organised special interest group for Linux.
I am the co-ordinator for this effort.
Things are at a planning stage at the moment but I would be very keen
to hear from anybody in the UK interested in joining such a group and also from
people who have successfully organised such groups elsewhere.
Amongst the things that we hope to provide are:
* An easy UK source for Linux related products from Tee Shirts
to Linux books and magazines. (vendors of such wares please email me!)
* Localy organised meetings where linuxers can meet face to face and
the sceptical can see Linux and Linux based packages actually working!
* A newsletter to report what is going on in Linux from a UK/Europe
prespective.
* Promotion of Linux to raise its profile as something worth
looking into.
Obviously you who are reading this are on the Internet but I feel that
Linux deserves a wider audience than those with Internet connectivity.
Indeed a Linux User Group that is not totally Internet centered will provide
a gentle introduction to novice Linux users before they take the plunge
and jack their Linux boxes into the net.
FEEDBACK PLEASE! Let me know what you think. Are you already down the path
of doing the same things - if so let's talk.
By the way if you are a C or C++ programmer and are interested in details of the
ACCU email me as well & I will get some information emailed back to you
about that.
--
Martin Houston
Librarian of the Association of C and C++ Users
ACCU/UKUUG Linux SIG Co-ordinator.
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Subject: LOCAL: Linux UK User Group Mailing List
Message-ID: < ann-1510.782411389@cs.cornell.edu>
From: mhouston@mh01.demon.co.uk
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 1994 16:30:08 GMT
Approved: linux-announce@tc.cornell.edu (Matt Welsh)
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN LINUX USER GROUP
Thanks to Nigel Metheringham of the University of York us UK
Linux enthusiasts now have our own mailing list.
The purpose of this list is to be a communication channel for the
forming Linux SIG of the UKUUG. While it takes time and due consideration to
launch the group itself I see no reason why the mailing list cannot activate
now to provide a valuable communication channel for that formation process.
I am NOT saying that you have to be a paid up member of the Linux SIG to
use this list. We welcome anyone who has an interest in Linux,
although I suggest that you will get most out of the list if you actually
live in the UK as we hope to be using the list to arrange local events.
You are getting this email because you have expressed an interest in the
Linux user group or a friend of a friend thinks you may be interested.
I am mailing this message personally to all those who have asked me about
the user group. If you receive a copy of this message please pass it on
to anyone that you think may also be interested. I will re-post the messages
again in 1 weeks time just in case anyone's original mail got lost. After
that I will 'forget' my original list.
This means that if you want to be kept in touch with Linux in the UK
then please subscribe to the mailing list.
HOW TO JOIN
To subscribe send a message to
< mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk>
with the command
join linux-uk Firstname Lastname
If you want to unsubscribe then send the command
leave linux-uk
to mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk . If you are going on holiday and
wish to suspend your messages for that period then the command
suspend mail linux-uk
will do the trick followed by
resume mail linux-uk
when you return (linux-uk can be replaced by all to
affect all the lists you subscribe to).
You can leave the subject of the message blank.
Be sure to send the mail from the account that you want to receive
mail from the mailing list in. You will be emailed confirmation that
you have joined the list and also a handy mailbase 'reference card' for
you to print out and keep.
I hope to see you all on the list!
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From: johnc@cee.hw.ac.uk (John A. Cunningham)
Subject: LOCAL: Formation of Edinburgh Linux Group
Message-ID: < ann-9318.783021954@cs.cornell.edu>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 1994 18:06:10 GMT
Approved: linux-announce@tc.cornell.edu (Matt Welsh)
Hello,
Recently I recieved a mail from kenny@festival.ed detailing
plans for a UK linux usergroup. Looking at the mail header
30% of the addresses were Scottish and half of these seemed to
be from Edinburgh (not including of course demon addresses.
On this basis, and the assumption that there are probably
three times as many people using linux in this area, it would
seem that a user group in this area is a possibility. I would
be willing to do some work of course, but it need a lot of people
to get involved and do some work in setting it up etc. Affiliation
to the UK one once it is set up sounds like a good thing too, but
setting up here would easier and quicker.
I have had several serious responses after my initial post in
ed.general.
Mail me or post.
john.
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John A. Cunningham johnc@cee.hw.ac.uk
Computer Science IV ceejac1@clust.hw.ac.uk
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From: mhouston@mh01.demon.co.uk
Subject: LOCAL: Linux UK User Group Mailing List! (second posting)
Message-ID: < ann-9318.783021527@cs.cornell.edu>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 1994 17:59:07 GMT
Approved: linux-announce@tc.cornell.edu (Matt Welsh)
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN LINUX USER GROUP
THIS IS THE SECOND POSTING - IGNORE IF YOU HAVE JOINED THE LIST!
Thanks to Nigel Metheringham of the University of York us UK
Linux enthusiasts now have our own mailing list.
The purpose of this list is to be a communication channel for the
forming Linux SIG of the UKUUG. While it takes time and due consideration to
launch the group itself I see no reason why the mailing list cannot activate
now to provide a valuable communication channel for that formation process.
I am NOT saying that you have to be a paid up member of the Linux SIG to
use this list. We welcome anyone who has an interest in Linux,
although I suggest that you will get most out of the list if you actually
live in the UK as we hope to be using the list to arrange local events.
You are getting this email because you have expressed an interest in the
Linux user group or a friend of a friend thinks you may be interested.
I am mailing this message personally to all those who have asked me about
the user group. If you receive a copy of this message please pass it on
to anyone that you think may also be interested. I will re-post the messages
again in 1 weeks time just in case anyone's original mail got lost. After
that I will 'forget' my original list.
This means that if you want to be kept in touch with Linux in the UK
then please subscribe to the mailing list.
HOW TO JOIN
To subscribe send a message to
< mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk>
with the command
join linux-uk Firstname Lastname
If you want to unsubscribe then send the command
leave linux-uk
to mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk . If you are going on holiday and
wish to suspend your messages for that period then the command
suspend mail linux-uk
will do the trick followed by
resume mail linux-uk
when you return (linux-uk can be replaced by all to
affect all the lists you subscribe to).
You can leave the subject of the message blank.
Be sure to send the mail from the account that you want to receive
mail from the mailing list in. You will be emailed confirmation that
you have joined the list and also a handy mailbase 'reference card' for
you to print out and keep.
I hope to see you all on the list!
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From: zlsiial < zlsiial@afs.mcc.ac.uk>
Subject: Local: Manchester Linux User Group
Message-ID: < ann-18076.783617861@cs.cornell.edu>
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 1994 15:38:00 GMT
Approved: linux-announce@tc.cornell.edu (Matt Welsh)
The first meeting of the Manchester Linux User Group will
be on 22 November 1994 from 19:00 to 21:00 at the University
of Manchester. The meeting will be in room G9 of the
Manchester Computing Centre, the building on Oxford Road
between the Precinct Centre (the building with a bridge over
Oxford Road) and the Mathematics Building (the 14 storey tower).
Further information, together with a map, can be obtained
from the World Wide Web; see http://www.mcc.ac.uk under
'MCC supplied pages'. By email, contact
D.Clark@man.ac.uk
LeBlanc@mcc.ac.uk
John@mcc.ac.uk
By telephone, ring +44 161 275 6035 (Dr. Le Blanc).
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