On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 12:13:05AM +0530, Rangeen Basu wrote: > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:05 AM, Rohit Gupta <rohit.kgec@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I want to start an GNU LUG in KGEC with Fedora as the main distribution and > > all Support. > > This should not be the case. There should be people using different > distros in a LUG. Only then learning new things is possible. Doesn't > matter even if you are a Fedora Ambassador. Other distros should also > get representation in a LUG. I agree that LUGs should be distro-neutral, in terms of welcoming everyone who wants to learn and participate. I restarted the LUG in my area, for instance, and we are open to people of all distros -- we have users of Fedora, openSUSE, CentOS, Slax, Ubuntu, RHEL, and a few others. That's the way all LUGs should be, in my opinion. Incidentally, I've recently seen certain local distro-specific groups billing themselves as LUGs, and I object to it, for the same reason I object to a Fedora Users Group doing it. Free and open source software should be about openness and collaboration with everyone, not just a select few. I don't have any problem with distro-specific groups as such, but groups should not pretend to be that which they aren't. If you want to set up a specific Fedora Users Group, you should feel empowered to do it. You could probably even find Fedora community members and Ambassadors in your area willing to help. If you're up-front about what the group is for, you run a far lower risk of creating any misunderstandings. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug
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