[GRLUG] What is Linux ?

[Chris Lamrock]

I'd like to see the LUGS move towards advocacy.  Most notably with software 
and hardware vendors.  Let's face it - if we get  software and hardware 
vendors to support Linux we all win.

The "LUG Consortium Towards the Advocacy of Linux Supported Hardware and 
Software Vendors" sounds like a good name. ;-)

LUG users unite!

my 2 cents

-Chris
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Tobey" <tobert at gmail.com>
To: <grlug at grlug.org>
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: [GRLUG] What is Linux ?


> On 3/23/07, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Just an out of the way discussion item:
>> what is Linux?
>>
>> We are a LUG,  which in a funny way
>> means that as long as you use Linux,
>> you are free to discuss anything under
>> the sun.
>>
>> But of course few here will see it that
>> way.  What the GRLUG mostly discusses
>> are Linux applications,  and less so the
>> Linux OS itself.  And Linux applications
>> are often as not Linux versions of a
>> package,  and except for shared experience
>>  have little to do with Linux as an OS.
>>
>> So,  what part of a typical Linux distribution
>> would people call the Linux OS?   Here too,
>> it's not the endless little editors and the myriad
>> of GNU tools.
>>
>> Just for fun,  what does "Linux" mean
>> to people here?  An analog to the question
>> is "what is the Internet?"  Many people
>> would probably confuse that with their
>> browser.
>
> Good idea for discussion, Bob.  I've been thinking for a while that
> maybe a group that's focused more broadly on open source would be
> neat.   In many other areas, the LUGs tend to be more "Open Source
> User Group" than strictly just Linux.
>
> I think expanding the group's scope would be a great way to do more
> outreach, since many people don't really care about operating systems
> and are actually interested in the applications like MySQL, Apache,
> and even higher-level stuff like Django, Asterisk, and SugarCRM.
>
> To me, Linux is the most universal open source operating system.
> All of the open source apps I like to use work best on Linux, so
> that's what I use.    I've toyed with *BSD and Solaris, but just
> didn't see anything there that made it worth it to me to port myself
> and my apps to another flavor of Unix.
>
> -Al Tobey
>
>>
>>       -Bob
>>
>>
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