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The website doesn't matter - the list has always been what makes the LUG. It matters in the sense it is our front door as people have suggested we need to adapt the website to fit in with how we are now, if its a simple who we are, what we do how to join and as i suggested below how to get involved with development then we can use it that way. There does seem to be a consensus on this, that it can look better to be more effective. > > TBH, I'm not sure how relevant the LUG is any longer. Maybe it is time > to think about whether we even need the website. We do but perhaps in a different format, as it was suggested a static site with basic information to say who we are and using a different theme. I still think the lug is relevant but the focus has changed and we adapt to modern ideas / technology and thinking. we need to be dynamic in that sense. > > >> You'll be telling me that sendmail which I run is full of holes next... > > It's had holes, yes. It could have holes in the future too. That's why > we need people like the Debian security team. Well this is something that can go on a website, we can try and use it to promote getting involved with development and the benefits this brings to contributors etc, how would making contributions to Debian help someone looking for a career in Software development, real world experience (yes) teamwork (yes) collaboration (yes) other stuff yes, lets use the website to push this and help those out there that want to help. Btw on a lighter note, thunderbirds top suggestion for Debian is Devonian, > > >> Oh, and incidentally, what are we doing about the Raspberry Pi? > > Nothing. Raspberry Pi is the wrong CPU design, ARMv6 instead of ARMv5 or > ARMv7. Every one else is on ARMv5 or ARMv7. Pi went for 6 because it > was cheap but it was cheap because nobody else wanted to use it. Pi is a > cul-de-sac and a toy. Despite initial promise, it is not a viable > platform - for education or development. There's a lot of work going in > to Raspbian but any distro which is specific to a single CPU design is > already dead. Just a question of time. Anyone actually have a use for a > distribution which works on 80386 but not on a Pentium or later? > Sure. the Pi foundation saw a problem and are trying to do something practical to address the issue. I am sure a zx spectrum was classed as a toy in the 80's compared to PCs running DOS or macs running early mac OS, but it made a difference and got people programming as did the other 8 bits at the time. While raspbian is specfic to arm 6, python, ruby, c++ and the other programming languages that have been ported allow programming and running across multiple platforms. I am not asking or suggesting the lug to be a pi user group just be a somewhere that Pi users feel welcome in the same way as users of any Linux distro are. I am sure they are, Sure the Pi isn't to everyones taste, but neither is Unity. We have our feelings and make arguments to justify those feelings, its good to be able to talk on a higher technical level. We are adapting and need to adapt paul -- -- http://drupal.zleap.net skype : psutton111 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paul-sutton/36/595/911 http://www.raspberrypi.org http://www.ubuntu.com -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq