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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. Draws Nye? by jmt9581 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Europe's Largest Linux Event Draws Nigh

    As in Bill Nye, the science guy? If so, I'm SO there. :P

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  2. What? No SCO?? by Billly+Gates · · Score: 5, Funny
    I wonder why LinuxTag did not invite SCO? I can't imagine why.

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  3. cooperation with BSD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It's good to see friendly cooperation with BSD in open source events like this.

  4. Re:Help, please! by acidrain69 · · Score: 3, Funny
    repeat after me: orientate is not a word.
    Several eager asian men sigh, drop their heads, turn around, and drudge their way home.
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  5. 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...

  6. Elizabethan English by ecloud · · Score: 3, Funny

    Shouldn't that be "draweth nigh"?

  7. coding marathon by jesler · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Coding Marathon will be conducted in the Olympic spirit

    Corrupt officials and steroid junkies welcome!

  8. Good event by heironymouscoward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And a good occasion for gathering signatures against software patents in Europe.

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  9. [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

  10. 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.

  11. 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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