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Europe's Largest Linux Event Draws Nigh

Posted by michael on from the always-wanted-to-use-nigh-in-a-story-title dept.

steman writes "On the 10th of July 2003 LinuxTag begins, the largest Linux event in Europe. It will be held in Karlsruhe, Germany. Four days will be packed with up to 20,000 visitors, over 120 exhibitors (including more than 30 Free Software orientated projects such as FFII, BSD, KDE and Debian), coding marathon and many conferences (including specialist business and government conferences). Best of all, in the spirit of the Free Software Movement, it will be largely free (entrance, and many conferences are free)."

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  1. Help, please! by Fat+Casper · · Score: 0, Informative
    (including more than 30 Free Software orientated projects such as FFII, BSD, KDE and Debian)

    I generally ignore spelling errors, as they tend to simply be typos. What we have here is a thinking error. Come on, people, repeat after me: orientate is not a word.

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    1. Re:Help, please! by Narcissus · · Score: 5, Informative

      Orientate is not a word? Tell that to dictionary.reference.com then. While you're at it, tell The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary and WordNet ® 1.6, all of which are quoted as saying that you're incorrect...

  2. [ed. note: no it isn't] by TheMidget · · Score: 3, Informative
    On July 9 - 12, the Réunion Mondiales du Logiciel Libre , the largest free software event worldwide will take place in Metz, France.

    Press release here

    1. Re:[ed. note: no it isn't] by wine · · Score: 2, Informative

      Though it is. The headline says Linux Tag is the largest Linux event in Europe

      The Libre Software Meeting is about Free Software in general. Quite a different scope.

  3. First Knoppix DVD to be released at Linuxtag by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    LinuxTag '03 will have a special DVD for visitors, with the first DVD edition of Knoppix with 4GB of live linux.

  4. Rencontres Mondiales du Logiciel Libre! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Visit the RMLL, the World largest Free Software Event. From 9 to 12th July in Metz, France!

  5. Tip for Eating Out in Karlsruhe by alephnull42 · · Score: 3, Informative

    For those visitors working on a tight budget, this pub in Karlsruhe has several different dishes (for vegetarians and carnivores) every day for 5 Euros, ask for the "Studi-Essen".

    http://www.die-kippe.de/

    I am not affiliated with these guys, I used to live in the town, still visit occasionally and am often stuck for somewhere to eat which is != pizza/chinese/kebab/burger.

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  6. Mod parent up! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    informative. The RMLL are not only the largest free software event in Europe, but the largest free software event in the world!