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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. Nothing for you to see here. Please move along. by cs02rm0 · · Score: 1, Funny

    I must be at a LUG.

  2. No by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, as stated by Netcraft, only BSD User Groups are dying.

    1. Re:No by kraemate · · Score: 2, Funny

      'Course, BUGs are bad, arent they?

    2. Re:No by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Ah, yes. I've seen you two guys playing chess in the park.

  3. Instead of LUGS we need... by HangingChad · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...consultants. Time for Ubuntu to move into the enterprise.

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    That's our life, the big wheel of shit. - The Fat Man, Blue Tango Salvage
  4. I left when I got married. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    My wife didn't want me going anymore because of all the babes that were there.

  5. Re:LUGs not just for information by doombringerltx · · Score: 4, Funny

    Learning interpersonal skills from linux users is like having Bill from sales help you with an computer problem

  6. This is the year of Desktop Linux right? by pete.com · · Score: 2, Funny

    Of course we still need LUG's

  7. LUG... by holmedog · · Score: 5, Funny

    I always thought LUG was an acronym for Lesbians Until Graduation, one of the best forms of birth control in high school/college I've ever seen.

    1. Re:LUG... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      I think they just told you that because they didn't want to sleep with you.

  8. Re:The only good thing about LUGS .. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny
    I only once met a fellow queer at a LUG (but unfortunately he's not my quite type, and I'm not his either :( ). He's been a valuable help with my coming out, though.

    The other way round has happened much more often: on more than one occasion, I've installed Firefox and Thunderbird after a hot steamy mandate... Once, we even "did it again" right after the install. Indeed, the time of the download allowed my "batteries" to resplenish themselves of plenty of fresh chantilly for a juicy second shot :)
    A different way to advocate free software, hehe...

    Unfortunately, one time I got short-changed, and got crabs. I would have understood it if I had installed Internet Exploder and Outlook on the guy's box, but for Firefox and Thunderbird?!? Thankless bastard!

  9. Re:A better question. by DragonTHC · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm still here!

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    They're using their grammar skills there.