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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. The only good thing about LUGS .. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    .. is that they double as a homosexual nerd dating club. If you don't swing that way, there's no point.

  2. Re:Nothing for you to see here. Please move along. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Burbage dies, pg. 12
    Hedwig dies, pg. 56
    Mad-Eye dies, pg. 78
    Scrimgeour dies, pg. 159
    Wormtail dies, pg. 471
    Dobby dies, pg. 476
    Fread Weasley dies, pg. 637
    Voldemort kills Snape, pg. 658
    Voldemort kills Harry, pg. 704
    Harry comes back to life, pg. 724
    Neville kills Nagini, pg. 733
    Tonks, Lupin and Colin Creevy's deaths confirmed, pg. 743
    Hagrid, Malfoy and Neville survive.
    Nineteen years after the events in the book:
    Ron marries Hermoine
    Harry marries Ginny
    Their children attend Hogwartz together
    Ron's children are named Rose and Hugo
    Harry's children are named Lily, James and Albus Severus
    Draco Malfoy has a son named Scorpius
    The final two sentences are:
    "The scar had not pained Harry for eighteen years. All was well."

  3. Re:local forms yes, by tomstdenis · · Score: -1, Troll

    shut up.

    Distros like Ubuntu are fairly user-safe. If the install takes [e.g. you can boot] chances are you can get it talking to your network/modem.

    Most newbs, dual boot at first anyways if they don't have a spare box, so it's not like they're totally cut off...

    --
    Someday, I'll have a real sig.
  4. Lesbian Until Graduation? by t4ng* · · Score: 0, Troll

    Since when did Linux users co-op this time honored three letter acronym?