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Is the LUG a thing of the past?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the where-else-do-you-get-cds dept.

tinahdee writes "Linux User Groups dying out? LUG leaders report that attendance is down — but mailing list traffic is still good. Do we still need LUGs, given the ease of installation and ubiquitousness of online information about Linux? Lots of people say, yes, we still need LUGs (and some disagree)."

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  1. Re:LUGs not just for information by gregorio · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It also never hurts to brush up on inter-personal skills at the same time.
    You don't want to brush up this kind of skills with persons lacking that same set of qualities. It's counter-productive and most people end up as living stereotypes, because they "infect" each other with dorky group social styles. That's why some people suffer so much in high school: they end up in groups that in the long run turns them into WEIRD PEOPLE. And not just weird from a jock's perspective, but also considering a massive majority of society and also a massive majority of the "good part" (nice and smart people) of society.