Re: [Glug-nith-discuss] Blogs 'n' Wiki @ GLUG NITH

[Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray]

> We have every thing that any LUG needs like
>
> * Domain Name
> * Dedicated Server
> * Tons of space to host from distros to Repos
> * Active Mailing List
> * Lots of subdomains under our glug site.

These are not really the most important things. What we actually need
is a community. A strong, dedicated, helpful community. Not
necessarily a big community, but a good one. One which you can be
proud of.

Once that is there the infrastructure automatically gets taken care of.

> But, when it comes to content on the website it's pretty static and most
> of it is untouched for ages. In the beginning there was MediaWiki where
> we had flexibility to add whatever content we wish to have.

Yes that is right. Currently the most active things are
ftp://glug-nith.org/ and http://fedora.glug-nith.org/ since they
address the most pressing issues for GLUGer in our campus-- bandwidth.

> If you guys can give any kind of remote access to the glug-server like
> ssh, webmin or whatever I can help you in bringing glug website to a
> good shape.

Sure. The good thing is that right now the server is no more behind
the institute firewall & NAT which was blocking SSH requests from
outside. We are now directly connected to the wild Internet (the
institute firewall was in any case of no use ;-)) If you want a SSH
account just mail me and/or Arjun your desired username and we will
create one for you.

> It would be great if we even have a Planet blogs to ramble some
> interesting stuff.

A Planet would be nice with blog feeds of all the GLUGers. Those who
have an account also get their own hosting space at
http://www.glug-nith.org/~username

On a sidenote, you can also pay a visit to
http://planet-india.randomink.org/ which is Planet FLOSS India
consisting of all the Free Software hackers/advocates of India.

> We have mediawiki, MoinMoin the best on Wiki. Wordpress and TypePad in
> Blogs.

Seeing the rapid progress of ILUG-Cal at http://www.ilug-cal.org/wiki
I would prefer a wiki. We had discussed this issue at the last GLUG
meet. Sagar has taken the responsibility in this regard. I think you
should co-ordinate with him.

> I know its end of academic year and you guys are pretty much busy with
> Labs and other stuff, but it doesn't take more than couple of hours to
> configure these.

Once you have the SSH account I guess there would be no stopping you. :-D

> Rishi/Arjun/Rakesh,
>
> What's your call on this?

Great. Once we are out you should be talking more to
Sagar/Vivek/Divya. Let us do it.

Cheers,
Debarshi
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