Club Linux Coffs Harbour

I came across a reference to a Linux users' group in Brisbane: Home Unix Machine Brisbane User Group (Humbug).

Gnome fanatics should read no further. (If they have a point, it escapes me.) The release of KOffice 2.0.0 is expected next year. The developers are aiming for cross-platform use and are challenging the dominance of the (free open source ?) office software with no legal name. KWord, evidently, has already run on Windows.

Yours truly has been (and is continuing to be) instrumental in setting up a site for KOffice users. Help of any kind is welcome.

Others may be unaware of this topical issue mentioned on a few forums and a mailing list I happened to visit. See NO to the Microsoft Office format as an ISO standard.

I signed the petition some weeks ago and in the last few days received an email. I believe I'm not breach of any understanding of confidentiality by quoting from it:

Thanks for signing the NoOOXML petition. 143 Aussies signed the petition so far, pretty good showing, though I think over a thousand people signed in Portugal.

I just came across this article: Do we still need LUGs? It reminded me of our Club. I've twice raised the subject of a mailing list, ho hum. The forum here seems to attract very little interest; Peter must save his questions for the meetings. Could we at least use the forum to discuss some topics for meetings?

A small group, including my troublesome self, is discussing the formation of "The OpenOffice.org Community' Website" along the lines of The Star Office Users' Portal. The site will serve as a portal but also include a forum and other services. The idea for the project emerged out of a very long thread discussing ways of dealing with some shortcomings of the present, main, English forum for OOo users.

The project will require as much support as it can raise.