[plug] *bsd

[Bruce M. Axtens]

Late last year / earlier this year a client was experimenting with 
FreeBSD 5.x and asked me for some help. I expressed an interest in *bsd 
at a PLUG meeting and asked for guidance. I got some weird looks, and a 
bit of friendly bagging. One member of staff was a bit monomanic, but 
the rest of the group were sympathetic.

We are a weird mob, but fairly flexible: the Treasurer runs Windows most 
of the time and no one seems to care.

Bruce.

Cameron Patrick wrote:
> loki wrote:
>
>   
>> I'm a long time lurker and would like to start attending
>> the plug workshops.
>>
>> I have used linux a fair bit previously (a few years ago and
>> intermittenly since). I would like to attend your meetings, but I
>> predominantly use openbsd.
>>     
>
> Once upon a time, the PLUG web site said something like "we also welcome
> fellow travellers using BSD operating systems".  I think that sentence
> got lost when I rewrote the web site, but I doubt the sentiment has
> changed at all.  There are a few BSD users in Perth, and you might find
> that there are a few lurking on this list if you speak up :-)
>
>   
>> Another thought; You previously had a hackers night for cool code
>> ideas. Would this happen again?
>>     
>
> It could do if someone wants to make it happen.  The "hacking" that went
> on was predominantly on the Computer Angels distribution, and as that
> became 'ready' enough that we didn't need the regular occasions to work
> on it, it fell by the wayside a bit.  There was also a bit of a shift in
> the types of people attending to those who would probably be better off
> at the fourth-Monday workshops.
>
> We might also take a leaf out of CLUG's book: they have a "programmer
> SIG" where someone gives an informal talk (over dinner) about something
> cool they've done or learned about.  A similar format might work well
> for new improved hacker nights.  Whatever ends up happening, it'd be
> good to have something in the hacker night spirit again.
>
> Cameron
>
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