[LUNA] Just heard that LUNA is back!

Christopher R. Key crkey at crkey.com
Wed Jan 29 22:46:25 CST 2014 

Just remembered what I meant to add but forgot what it was and then 
remembered to add the forgotten rememberance - beh.

It was mentioned we tried getting a speaker (paid).  At one time we had 
actually had discussions about Eric Raymond (Bazaar) coming to speak.  
Without the mail archive I can't tell you you was looking into it though 
it may have been Todd Stevens (really stretching my memory and I think 
that was his name).  At that time he was one of the defacto leaders ("in 
the absence of genuine leadership, they'll listen to anyone who steps 
up" - not saying anything negative about Todd).  If I recall the issue 
came down to cost and how to raise funds or find sponsorship for ESR 
coming to town.  This was late 1990's (1996-1998) prior to Linux or OSS 
getting sufficient foothold outside of the geekery.  The movement died 
with that challenge.

I'm not sure if this is still a topic of interest, but recommend 
starting small.  ESR would have been a big fish, but would only have 
drawn the geekdom.  Now I would focus more on the business side, for 
example my current client has been migrating off of other *nixes and 
onto RHEL over the past 3-4 years (still a few Solaris boxes around).  
What are the technical, business or organizational challenges for such a 
move?  How do you manage 3000+ servers?  Other non-"I wrote this kernel 
driver" type topics would likely appeal to a broader audience.  Please 
realize I'm not trying to be derogatory towards either kernel or device 
developers - they're just a more focused and finite audience (and likely 
harder to find sponsors for out of town speakers).

Not the most exciting, but I'd be willing to step up and speak about 
user administration via LDAP directory services, privileged user 
management, or any other Identity and Access Governance topics.

On 2014-01-29 15:54, strages wrote:
> Heh, the local 2600 meeting got its start at Linux Support Services as
> well.  Which btw is still going, we meet at Newk's on University Dr 
> now.
> 
> Installfests aren't bad ideas at all.  Installing Linux has only 
> gotten
> easier over the years.  A lot of it is going to be showing folks what
> applications they need to get things done and how to use the package
> managers.
> 
> Raymond
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 2:42 PM, Christopher R. Key <crkey at crkey.com> 
> wrote:
> 
>> If I ever resurrect my currently dead box (would love some help 
>> figuring
>> that one out), I could tell you exactly where we met and when as I 
>> have a
>> mail archive going back to at least 1996 or 1997.
>> 
>> We've previously met at:
>> * Mr. Gatti's (sp? pizza place on University across from the present
>> Aldi's)
>> * Air2LAN (ISP downtown near courthouse)
>> * Office at Perimeter Pkwy (MITRE maybe?)
>> * Former offices of Linux Support Services (later becoming Digium)
>> * Intergraph
>> 
>> I think there may have been one or two others over the years, but the
>> height of meetings or "install fests" was 1996-2000.
>> 
>> Personally, I think I would hate or feel embarrassed to attend one of
>> these today as my installation skills have devolved down to "Staff, 
>> go
>> install this and get it done by tomorrow."
>> 
>> 
>> On 2014-01-29 11:30, Paul F. Pearson wrote:
>> 
>>> Not an idea, but I do support the idea of meeting up, and I like
>>> making it open for minors (and others who prefer a non-alcoholic
>>> venue).
>>> 
>>> I think makers local has a meeting room, so that might be a good
>>> place for a meet-up, or one of the pizza places. I think we met at 
>>> Big
>>> Ed's once, or was that hsv.general?
>>> 
>>> If there is a desire to gain interest, someone demo-ing the new
>>> SteamOS might be a good thing (I don't game, so I shouldn't
>>> volunteer).
>>> 
>>> [personal opinion (not politics) it kind of bugs be that some people
>>> (not this list) think that available alcohol is a requirement for 
>>> any
>>> gathering, and won't show up if if isn't.]
>>> 
>>> ------
>>> Paul F. Pearson
>>> We all laugh in the same language
>>> 
>>> ----- "Bob Nance" <bob.nance at novationsys.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>  Great post. Thanks, Paul!
>>>> 
>>>> That post mentioned that we used to occasionally have a meet-up. I 
>>>> do
>>>> remember having a few of those. At one point, there was a move to 
>>>> get
>>>> an
>>>> open source guru to come speak (for a price). I think the last
>>>> remnants of
>>>> the old group started visiting the local Maker's group:
>>>> 
>>>>         http://256.makerslocal.org
>>>> 
>>>> I think we should meet somewhere in 2014, just to get to know the
>>>> faces in
>>>> the crowd. I would recommend a tapping at a local brewery, but, as 
>>>> I
>>>> recall, we occasionally get minors (and maybe a few miners, too) in
>>>> the
>>>> group and I wouldn't want to alienate anyone.
>>>> 
>>>> Ideas?
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>>  Bob Nance
>>>> 
>>>>  Novation Systems
>>>>  256-534-4620; 227
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 1/29/14, 8:20 AM, "Paul F. Pearson" <pfpearson at mchsi.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>  Just to let y'all know, there's a post on reddit about the list. I
>>>>> 
>>>> think
>>>> 
>>>>> it's being added to the Rocket City Wiki as well.
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://www.reddit.com/r/HuntsvilleAlabama/comments/
>>>>> 1wegk6/linux_users_of_n
>>>>> orth_alabama_luna_mailing_list_is/
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> ------
>>>>> Paul F. Pearson
>>>>> We all laugh in the same language
>>>>> 
>>>>> ----- "Bob Nance" <bob.nance at novationsys.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>  +2!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>  Bob Nance
>>>>>>  Novation Systems
>>>>>>  256-534-4620
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> (iPhone-flavored)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>  On Jan 28, 2014, at 9:26 PM, "Christopher R. Key"
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> <crkey at crkey.com>
>>>> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> So I was at church the other day and heard that the
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> healthcare.gov
>>>> 
>>>>> site was run on an old version of Linux, slackware even.  Also
>>>>>> 
>>>>> heard
>>>> 
>>>>> they used Pico to edit the source code.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> :)  Sorry - I couldn't resist (and I'm making all of the above 
>>>>>>> up
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -
>>>> 
>>>>> for spice I threw in politics and linux politics).
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>  On 2014-01-28 12:37, Bob Nance wrote:
>>>>>>>> Though we¹d like to keep it focused, I am sure that there will
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> be
>>>> 
>>>>> off-topic posts, occasionally.
>>>>>>>> Since none of us can escape MS Windows, I am sure there will be
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> posts
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> concerning that.
>>>>>>>> Since Linux was born from the loins of UNIX, I am sure that
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> UNIX-related
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> posts will arrive.
>>>>>>>> My only hope is that we steer clear of politics, religion and
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> current
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> events, except as they may affect Linux and computing.
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Bob Nance
>>>>>>>> Novation Systems
>>>>>>>> 256-534-4620; 227
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On 1/28/14, 10:53 AM, "Paul F. Pearson" <pfpearson at mchsi.com>
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I was hoping LUNA would get started back up. Hello!
>>>>>>>>> I was thinking of letting the folks on
>>>>>>>>> http://reddit.com/r/HuntsvilleAlabama know about LUNA starting
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> up.
>>>> 
>>>>> Would
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> there be any objections to that?
>>>>>>>>> Will this still be a "general discussion" list, or more
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> focused?
>>>> 
>>>>> ------
>>>>>>>>> Paul F. Pearson
>>>>>>>>> We all laugh in the same language
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