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Linuxbierwanderung Among The Heather

Posted by timothy on from the free-as-in-green dept.

yalla writes: "After being in Pottenstein, Coniston and Bouillon, the Linuxbierwanderung is taking Place in Doolin, Ireland. As every year, we're holding lectures, take a lot of hikes and obvisiously enjoy the local beer. This time we even got our own beer: The 'Black Tux' (Stout), 'Reddish Brown Beer' (Red Ale) and the 'Holy Penguin Pee' (which is a Lager). The beer was sponsored by the Irish Linux User Group. Our network setup is sort of weird, like last year; we connected the camping-site via wireless LAN and directional antennas with 'The Hall,' the local community center, which is the central gathering place for all activities."

8 of 106 comments (clear)

  1. Linux Drinking Game by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Every time the kernel panics, take a shot.

    Recompiling the kernel while under the influence of Guiness isn't recommended either.

    1. Re:Linux Drinking Game by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Is that a drinking game, or a new way of getting sober? :) Now if you were talking about Windows and blue screens..

    2. Re:Linux Drinking Game by phaxkolumbo · · Score: 3, Funny

      Nahh, too dry.

      How about this: Everytime there's a new project about mp3/ogg-playlist-management in sourceforge, take a shot.

  2. Free as in beer!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Several questions:

    1. Are the beer recipes open-source?
    2. Is the alternate name for a six-pack a beowulf cluster?
    3. Why hasn't someone started a global beer database complete with comments and opinions posted by beer drinkers all over the world? (Brits, with their taste for warm flat beer get their comments marked specially...)

  3. isnt giving beer..... by tanveer1979 · · Score: 3, Funny

    against linux philosophy, coz it is free as in speech, not as in beer, or are we having a new open source defination ;-)
    Free as in just free, forget the no beer crap

    What next now free lunch :-) yipee

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  4. Re:I'd go just for the beer and a hike or two by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Naah. Speak as an Irishman, Germany's better for beer drinking. Ireland's better for having fun doing other things while drinking beer, though. In germany, one can approach beer drinking with single-minded determination. In Ireland, you'll barely have a pint in before something bizarre happens that demands at least part of your attention.

  5. Under barren lands. How appropriate for Linux. by freddled · · Score: 2, Funny

    How appropriate that this should be held in Doolin. Doolin sits below The Burren, a huge barren stretch of limestone pavement, the fossilised product of the toil of millions of tiny creatures which provide no basis or encouragement for anything to grow, leading to a picturesque yet barren landscape attracting many tourists and little real work. A bit like Linux really, there are even large cracks to fall in between the solid bits. ;]

  6. Nice... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I just
    $> cd /pub
    $> more beer