[Discuss] Hi from the old Europe (Italy precisely)

[Robert Smits]

On July 21, 2008 06:13:41 am Roberto A. Foglietta wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  I see you are English speakers in your m-list even some French msg
> are passed too.
>  How is the life in Nanaimo? I know your city because it is the first
> completely 3D in Google Earth.
>  I visited some site on Nanaimo and I read your city offers a lot of
> services based on IT and has a good weather even in the winter.
>  I see your lug m-list does not have such traffic, are Linux used in
> your community?
>
>  Cheers,

Hello, Roberto. Greetings from the Nanaimo LUG to Italy. 

Yes, Linux IS used here, but unfortunately many of our citizens have gone over 
to the dark side and are enslaved by proprietary software. Fortunately, I'm 
not one of them, and use openSUSE 11.0 on the five computers I'm responsible 
for, including the desktop at work. 

Weather here is quite moderate, and doesn't usually go much below 0 Deg C in 
the winter, although occasionally it gets colder for a few weeks. We don't 
normally get snow that lasts more than a day or two on the ground, but there 
are exceptions, like 1996 when we got more than a metre.

There isn't a lot of traffic here, mostly notices of meetings and so on. 

You can also try the Cowichan Valley LUG to the south of us, who have a fairly 
active listserve at http://www.cowlug.org/

Good Luck, Bob

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bob at rsmits.ca