[kwlug-disc] Linux Association Canada membership

[Paul Nijjar]

Might I suggest reaching out to Andre with these concerns?
In my experience he is relatively responsive to feedback, although he
does not always implement it.

- Paul


On Mon, Aug 03, 2026 at 12:49:48PM -0400, Doug Moen wrote:
> I have the same concerns as Diane and researched the same topics. But I didn't use an "ai detector", I don't trust those.
> 
> If she read the same web page about Andre's trucking experience, that has a photo that matches Andre's photo on the web site, so I don't dispute his photo is real. And there's nothing wrong with having a day job in addition to being a Linux enthusiast.
> 
> The books she complains about are bad AI slop, not suitable for reading by humans. There is so much obvious AI slop on the web site that the Linux Association looks like one of those 100% AI hallucinated fake organizations. I don't think it is, I think the people are real, but the vibes are bad, and I think that is a real concern and a reputational risk.
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Aug 3, 2026, at 6:20 AM, Ron wrote:
> > Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote on 2026-05-11 16:17:
> >> A group called the Linux Association Canada (linuxassociation.ca,
> >> which does not have much on it yet) is trying to create a network of
> >> free/open source community organizations. They reached out and asked
> >> KWLUG to be a member of it. 
> > So, this brief but interesting conversation happened:
> > 
> > https://thecanadian.social/@linuxassociation/116892622775181904
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > A summary of highlights shows careless use of AI slop, inauthentic "real use cases", unanswered questions about prior FLOSS involvement.
> > 
> > This is between Diane from Linux Ottawa and Linux Association (reads like it's probably a bot responding)...
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >> @linuxassociation <https://thecanadian.social/@linuxassociation> Nah, come on. I finished reading that PDF and it's clearly AI slop.
> >> 
> >> Nothing like "Th୨ৎ Linux Commiand Line" by "INJYDBBS" or "S9S9EN AYSTEM HANDBOOK."
> >> 
> > Worth looking at, it's not lengthy.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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