[lugm.org] LUGM Meeting

Mon Jun 17 14:48:28 UTC 2013

Great!
Thank you for sharing Avinash :)

I see flickr appends a copyright notice on the download page though. Are we
free to use the photos & share?

Ish Sookun

- Geek by birth ... Linux by choice.
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On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 6:36 PM, Avinash Meetoo <avinash at noulakaz.net>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Here are a few photos taken during our LUGM meetup at L'Escalier:
>
>    - http://www.flickr.com/photos/noulakaz/sets/72157634178499320/
>
> If you're watching them using the Slideshow facility on Flickr, please
> click on Options (top right) and untick "Embiggen photos to fill screen".
> They look much better without Embiggen.
>
> A big thanks, of course, to Selven and his friends for having organised
> the event and provided us all with a very nice briani. Thank you to
> Selven's mum and aunts for helping in the kitchen.
>
> I would like to thank everyone who came on Saturday. It would have been
> nice to have more people though... Special mention to Nadim who lives in
> Triolet and who took a bus to come to L'Escalier !!!
>
> Thanks to you all, the future of LUGM is bright. Please feel free to join
> the Managing Committee of LUGM and help us help others liberate their minds
> :-)
>
> Avinash
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Ish Sookun <ish at hacklog.in> wrote:
>
>> Hello Nadim,
>>
>> Thank you for feedback. You have some very interesting observations there.
>>
>> I recall the Linux seminar we did in 2010 at UoM, where we showed people
>> how to install openSUSE. I personally received a lot of feedback then from
>> people who really went home with an openSUSE DVD and tried installing or
>> running live.
>>
>> You're right that the presentation on Saturday was more-inclined on
>> technical side, with terms which were surely new to some.
>>
>> I also agree with your points about presenting Linux in a fun & easy way
>> to newcomers.
>>
>> @Selven & Ajay - Can we have a tutorials section on lugm.org? In the
>> coming weeks I'll be working on some screencasts in creole. We can publish
>> the same. I believe if we (of course when we're free) can start
>> implementing things right after we receive feedback, things will be easier.
>>
>> Nadim, your observations are very good. It'll great if you do a
>> presentation with the Linux Mint examples for the next event. I think the
>> experiment you did with your cousin's PC can be something worth presenting,
>> I mean show people how someone totally new to Linux is now comfortably
>> using it without hassle.
>>
>> @Nitin (Police officer) - I believe you've already joined the mailing
>> list. Please keep us updated how arrangements are going on your side and
>> how we can be of help. Even if we don't have a date yet, we can contemplate
>> on ideas for the next big one.
>>
>> C
>> heers!
>>
>> Ish Sookun
>>
>> - Geek by birth ... Linux by choice.
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>> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Mohammad Nadim Qaadiri Razavi Attari <
>> nadim.attari at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> First of all I'd like to congratulate everyone, especially Selven, for
>>> the wonderful LUGM event held at L'Escalier.
>>>
>>> It was my first time in a LUGM event, even though I follow LUGM since
>>> the early 2000's - if I remember well, when LUGM website was on PHP-Nuke,
>>> or perhaps even earlier than that. Every-time I wanted to participate, I
>>> couldn't due to some last-minute unforeseen events. This time I said to
>>> myself that I'll gonna participate no matter what - I took a bus at 9am
>>> from PL to arrive at L'Escalier at 10:30am - forget about sitting in the
>>> bus for one and a half hour, I really wanted to participate.
>>>
>>> A special thanks to Avinash and Selven to offer a lift - unfortunately,
>>> we could not coordinate.
>>>
>>> Coming to the event, the first thing I tried to do was to observe how
>>> the event is held: the presentation, the audience, etc... I shall share my
>>> feelings and opinion + shall try to make some recommendations.
>>>
>>> First of all I found the presentation very technical. Even Avinash's
>>> presentation which was supposed to be an introduction to newcomers was
>>> somewhat technical - e.g. "Linux can be contained in a floppy disk,"
>>> "Standards compliant formats", etc...
>>>
>>> For example, someone new to Linux would not bother about technical
>>> things. All they want is USE IT (new-comers). And HOW TO use it
>>> (intermediates). I think Thierry was trying to go in this direction, which
>>> I fully agree.
>>>
>>> When we were having lunch, even Nitish was speaking of "SSH." He was
>>> sitting next to the shy lady, Nalini. And I was observing how Nalini was
>>> getting "bored" with technical talks (during lunch !)
>>>
>>> We should categorise the presentations: new-comers (0% technical),
>>> intermediate (HOWTOs) and expert (geeks!).
>>>
>>> In the new-comers' presentations, we could also try to show how Linux
>>> can be beneficial to businesses in reducing costs (free OS, no antivirus to
>>> buy, no office package to buy, can be installed on old PC/laptop, etc) -
>>> their secretaries and staff may be using only some office packages + a
>>> browser to surf the net + a mail client to send and receive email.
>>>
>>> On an organisational point of view, I would propose that we create
>>> "cells" within the group which shall be dealing with specific "department"
>>> e.g. a cell that shall contact computer shops and ask them to propose Linux
>>> also as an OS. a cell that shall provide HOWTOs (how to use LibreOffice,
>>> how to install Skype, ...), a geeks-only cell.
>>>
>>> We all have some ideas how to make LUGM progress. Up to all of us coming
>>> to an consensus and derive a plan for say, the next 1 year, and we act upon
>>> the plan.
>>>
>>> I hope Avinash (the policeman!) will organise the next LUGM event in
>>> Dubreuil. I propose we organise in these places also: Port Louis, Triolet,
>>> Grand Baie, Goodlands, Riviere du Rempart, Flacq, Lalmatie, Bel Air, St
>>> Pierre, Quartier Militaire.
>>>
>>> Well that's my two cents. I'm waiting for your valuable opinions now :-)
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> *Mohammad Nadim Attari*
>>> Bon Air Branch Road
>>> 8th Mile, Triolet
>>> Republic of Mauritius
>>> Tel: +230 786-3665
>>> Skype: nadimattari
>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/nadimattari
>>>
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