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Do LUGs Still Matter?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the places-to-learn dept.

Joe Barr, writing for NewsForge asks, "Do LUGs still matter? Back in the day, LUGs were rowdy, popular, and highly contagious centers for aficionados of Linux. Install fests were a big deal. Members came from all walks of life, united only by a penchant for something new and cool, and a chance to place a bet on the impossible notion of world domination by an operating system hacked together by a ragtag bunch of students on the Internet. It's different today. Linux is now mainstream, it's being spread by slick corporate marketing, and with most distros, installation is a snap. So the question arises, do LUGs still matter?"

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  1. Meeting Chicks by hyeh · · Score: 5, Funny

    I heard that Linux User Groups were a good place to meet chicks? Is this true?

    1. Re:Meeting Chicks by ettlz · · Score: 2, Funny
      Maybe if you're into pre-op transexuals. ... Women don't use Linux, they use Windows.

      Oh, you bitter quasi-misogynistic sod!

    2. Re:Meeting Chicks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Sure its true. And all those presents left under your tree were delivered last night by a fat guy in a red suit.

    3. Re:Meeting Chicks by doofusclam · · Score: 3, Funny

      http://www.hwpr0n.se/

      That pretty much covers it :D

    4. Re:Meeting Chicks by Heembo · · Score: 2, Funny

      Sure thing! Meeting chicks at LUG groups is only second to meeting chicks at your local Dungeons and Dragons gaming store!

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  2. Re:Lug Radio by StikyPad · · Score: 2, Funny

    More importantly, there would be no wheels on my car.

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  3. Re:Austin is probably not typical by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    > typically older, and had some of the grumpiness generally
    > expected of people in their age bracket. ;-)

    Oooh, why you...

    Why, if I could get up from this chair I'd whip you proper!

    You whippersnapper!

  4. Re:Lost User Groups by Diag · · Score: 2, Funny

    Agreed. We must be about the same vintage. I was a member of the same kind of computer club. In my area it was mainly C64 and Apple //e.

    Now I'm surrounded by these young arrogant zealots at work all day, telling me there's no reason to run anything other than Linux and that I don't understand it. Why would I want to go and surrround myself with even more of them at a LUG?

    "Hey, I was installing Yggdrasil Linux from floppies downloaded via UUCP when you were still in nappies (diapers), bucko."

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