Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:21:33 -0700 From: Predrag Punosevac <punosevac@math.arizona.edu> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: finding BSD Unix users Message-ID: <47F930CD.1020405@math.arizona.edu> In-Reply-To: <20080406191101.GA40585@demeter.hydra> References: <20080406191101.GA40585@demeter.hydra>
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Chad Perrin wrote: > My area (northern Colorado) has an excellent Linux Users Group (NCLUG). > There's a great bunch of guys there. Unfortunately, they're very > Linux-centric. I'm kinda the resident BSD Unix heretic -- which is fine > most of the time, but once in a while I'd like to be able to discuss > stuff with people who primarily use BSD Unix systems instead of > Linux-based systems. > > Unfortunately, there isn't a single Colorado BSD Users Group in Colorado > that I can find. The closest I've been able to find mention of online at > all is Laramie, Wyoming -- LWFUG, or "Laramie, Wyoming Freenix Users > Group". Their website seems to have become a domain squatter's portal > site, though. > > So . . . does anyone here have any suggestions for how I might go about > finding BSD Unix users somewhat local to me? Since there isn't a group > already that I can find, I wonder if there are enough people interested > in such a thing in this area to build a users group. Any suggestions for > how to go about finding fellow BSD Unix users in my area would be > appreciated, I'm sure. > > I would put an add in the local newspaper and ask if there are any BSD users around. That is exactly how the Tucson Free Unix Group started a decade ago. Unfortunately since then TFUG has become increasingly dominated by Linux users and Windows converts (who maybe run Ubuntu on a small partition or via VMware). As in your case that was fine for a while but at some point it became increasingly difficult for both sides to tolerate each other so I voluntarily sized all my activity in the group. The timing coincide with my decision to switch to OpenBSD:-) I do know of two other BSD users on TFUG (one NetBSD and another younger member is using FreeBSD) as well as few Solaris users but I didn't stay in touch with them. Cheers, Predrag P. S. There is a very strong local BSD group in Phoenix but they are much to far away from Tucson that I could participate in their activity.
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