Comments on: Jordan’s Linux User Group: a techno-social phenomena http://www.360east.com/?p=9 Ahmad Humeid on branding, design, architecture, media and technology, from a confused Arabia Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:32:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: SlackRat http://www.360east.com/?p=9#comment-199251 SlackRat Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:50:10 +0000 http://www.360east.com/?p=9#comment-199251 Since starting with Linux, I've never seen any activity from JOLUG till after the fact. Signing on mailing lists, asking around, finding the names of people in the so called group........and the homepage? All pretty much a vast wasteland. Even colleagues trying to contact the "group' met with no luck. TIme to start a new LUG in Jordan that brings Linux to people and not just the same twenty friends that already know each other together. Which is a shame when you hear of a Linux Day in Baghdad, a thriving Linux community in Syria, and one trying to regroup and keep high visibility in Lebanon despite a horrible year of war and economic collapse, to find that Jordan LUGS offer nothing or less than nothing in terms of either spreading linux or even getting back to Linux users looking for this mysterious JOLUG vacuum. Wake up guys.....stroking yourselves for being nixers is not advocacy nor is it giving anything back to the communities which give you free software and support. Sad, but not surprising .......a mirror of the lack of community in other fields of interest and vocation. Since starting with Linux, I’ve never seen any activity from JOLUG till after the fact. Signing on mailing lists, asking around, finding the names of people in the so called group……..and the homepage? All pretty much a vast wasteland.

Even colleagues trying to contact the “group’ met with no luck. TIme to start a new LUG in Jordan that brings Linux to people and not just the same twenty friends that already know each other together. Which is a shame when you hear of a Linux Day in Baghdad, a thriving Linux community in Syria, and one trying to regroup and keep high visibility in Lebanon despite a horrible year of war and economic collapse, to find that Jordan LUGS offer nothing or less than nothing in terms of either spreading linux or even getting back to Linux users looking for this mysterious JOLUG vacuum. Wake up guys…..stroking yourselves for being nixers is not advocacy nor is it giving anything back to the communities which give you free software and support.

Sad, but not surprising …….a mirror of the lack of community in other fields of interest and vocation.

]]> By: Jad’s thoughts http://www.360east.com/?p=9#comment-21556 Jad’s thoughts Thu, 02 Mar 2006 16:24:12 +0000 http://www.360east.com/?p=9#comment-21556 [...] Arabeyes (Unix/Linux in Arabic) project, helped start the Arabic Wikipedia, co-founded the Jordan LUG, is a Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), works as a senior software developer for Maktoob, an online commu [...] [...] Arabeyes (Unix/Linux in Arabic) project, helped start the Arabic Wikipedia, co-founded the Jordan LUG, is a Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), works as a senior software developer for Maktoob, an online commu [...]

]]> By: Jad’s thoughts » Ask About Life, Blogging and Linux in the Middle East http://www.360east.com/?p=9#comment-21474 Jad’s thoughts » Ask About Life, Blogging and Linux in the Middle East Tue, 28 Feb 2006 16:35:37 +0000 http://www.360east.com/?p=9#comment-21474 [...] Arabeyes (Unix/Linux in Arabic) project, helped start the Arabic Wikipedia, co-founded the Jordan LUG, is a Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), works as a senior software developer for Maktoob, an online commu [...] [...] Arabeyes (Unix/Linux in Arabic) project, helped start the Arabic Wikipedia, co-founded the Jordan LUG, is a Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), works as a senior software developer for Maktoob, an online commu [...]

]]> By: Jibril http://www.360east.com/?p=9#comment-2223 Jibril Wed, 25 May 2005 11:08:36 +0000 http://www.360east.com/?p=9#comment-2223 I have, I think, put my name on the mailing list but havent recieved any mail. I submitted an article about Linux in Jordan to JO magazine and we are both curious when the next Linux Day style event is. I'd like to find a few of the new releases in Jordan and have had no luck so far. Any clues as to who is selling software in the Amman area? Pls advise as to your event schedule, so it can be covered by local media... Wa salaam Jibril I have, I think, put my name on the mailing list but havent recieved any mail. I submitted an article about Linux in Jordan to JO magazine and we are both curious when the next Linux Day style event is. I’d like to find a few of the new releases in Jordan and have had no luck so far. Any clues as to who is selling software in the Amman area? Pls advise as to your event schedule, so it can be covered by local media…

Wa salaam
Jibril

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