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My Name is Dr. Gordon Dunlop and I am the Administrator or LUGMaster of Dundee & Tayside Linux User Group:
[[Image:GordonDunlop_Scots_Rebel.png|thumb|right|Cry Freedom]]
http://dundee.lug.org.uk
 
This website is down due to the reorganization of the United kingdom Linux User Group servers which should be up and running soon.
My Name is Dr. Gordon Dunlop and I am an academic, scientist and a Unix/Linux user. My Ph.D. is in Environmental Physiology/Genetics with my thesis being entitled "Linking Germination Traits of Oilseed Rape (''Brassica napus'' L.) to DNA Markers" (University of Abertay Dundee, 2000) [http://ethos.bl.uk/Home.do U.K. Ph.D. Verification - enter name]. I also have a MSc. Information Technology degree (University of Abertay Dundee, 2007) where my master's dissertation was entitled "Evaluating the Performance and Potential of Para- and Paene- Virtualisation Technologies in a Linux Beowulf Cluster".  
Our mailing list is at:
 
https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dundee
I have been a Unix/Linux user for many years, still learning and trying to put back into the community at large. I use Fedora through personal choice as I believe it is the cutting edge of Linux distributions and I feel comfortable with it.
We meet at The University of Abertay Dundee fortnightly as the Abertay Linux Society. website:
 
http://www.thelinuxsociety.org.uk/
== Contact ==
We try to promote at the University about Linux and free and open source software, I am a Fedora user, the cutting edge of all Linux distributions, but we have to stick together, irrespective of Linux distribution preferences, to promote Linux. Within the United Kingdom we are being brainwashed with proprietary software products and we are trying to change this. We had a very successful Software Freedom Day:
 
http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10009347o-2000469549b,00.htm
* '''Email''': zubenel@fedoraproject.org
The Itinery is here::
* '''LUG-Email''': dundee-owner@lists.lug.org
http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/teams/europe/uk/abertay-dundee
* '''Fedora Account''': Zubenel
So we are trying our best
 
== Activities ==
 
*  I am the Administrator or LUGMaster of [http://dundeelug.org.uk Dundee & Tayside Linux User Group] This is our [http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dundee mailing list]
 
* The LUG is to promote Linux and free and open source software within the Tayside region of Scotland as an alternative to proprietary software.
 
* Previously we had a very successful [http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10009347o-2000469549b,00.htm Software Freedom Day 2008]. Following on from Software Freedom Day 2008 & 2009, this year we hope to continue the promotion of FOSS with [http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2010/Europe/United%20Kingdom/Dundee/TayLUG Software Freedom Day 2010].
 
* The most fascinating Fedora projects that is important to the Free Software world are [http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/POSSE POSSE project] and [http://teachingopensource.com/index.php/Main_Page TOS (Teaching Open Source) project].
 
== Aims ==
 
* To promote Free and Open Software within Tayside, Scotland and the United Kingdom and to lobby government bodies that it should be  adopted and implemented within the [http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/nonMSschools/sign educational infrastructure].
 
* To promote [http://fedoraproject.org/ Fedora]/[http://www.centos.org/ CentOS]/[https://www.scientificlinux.org/ Scientific Linux]/[http://www.redhat.com/ Redhat] as a Desktop/Server/Enterprise solution to proprietary software.
 
* To cultivate and promote the Linux Infrastructure within my country of Scotland.
 
* To get actively involved in the POSSE project so that the aims,ideals and exchange of ideas can be used in the implementation of free software use within the educational infrastructure of Scotland.
 
[[Category:Ambassadors from the UK]]

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Cry Freedom

My Name is Dr. Gordon Dunlop and I am an academic, scientist and a Unix/Linux user. My Ph.D. is in Environmental Physiology/Genetics with my thesis being entitled "Linking Germination Traits of Oilseed Rape (Brassica napus L.) to DNA Markers" (University of Abertay Dundee, 2000) U.K. Ph.D. Verification - enter name. I also have a MSc. Information Technology degree (University of Abertay Dundee, 2007) where my master's dissertation was entitled "Evaluating the Performance and Potential of Para- and Paene- Virtualisation Technologies in a Linux Beowulf Cluster".

I have been a Unix/Linux user for many years, still learning and trying to put back into the community at large. I use Fedora through personal choice as I believe it is the cutting edge of Linux distributions and I feel comfortable with it.

Contact

  • Email: zubenel@fedoraproject.org
  • LUG-Email: dundee-owner@lists.lug.org
  • Fedora Account: Zubenel

Activities

  • The LUG is to promote Linux and free and open source software within the Tayside region of Scotland as an alternative to proprietary software.

Aims

  • To promote Free and Open Software within Tayside, Scotland and the United Kingdom and to lobby government bodies that it should be adopted and implemented within the educational infrastructure.
  • To cultivate and promote the Linux Infrastructure within my country of Scotland.
  • To get actively involved in the POSSE project so that the aims,ideals and exchange of ideas can be used in the implementation of free software use within the educational infrastructure of Scotland.
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