Informal Linux Meetings

[Brian Farnell]

I'd be there.
Regards,
Brian

On (07/12/01 19:06), epsas at inflicted.net wrote:
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> Howdy Troops,
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> I have looked around tthe immediate area (University Ave, Mo`ili`ili) for places to have informal Linux get-togethers.  There are a couple that stand out, the Coffee Cove Internet Cafe and an ice cream shop near Varsity Theaters. 
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> There have been several people who have been interested in having informal discussion meetings (ie, Geek-Outs).  I personally know that these are very productive.  The late/great Berkeley Unix Users Group (BUUG) was essentially a gathering of Unix geeks at a coffee shop.  We would chat about Unix and programming and ogle each other`s laptops.  
> 
> Just talking to other people (some of whom were waaaay more 37337 than yours truly) about technology taught me more than I would have learned by staying at home reading, or attending a formal tutorial. 
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> 
> Here are some ideas:
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> Every other Tuesday at 7PM 
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> Meet at the Coffee Cove (The cafe has great sandwich deals for >$6.00, and they make a mean latte) - If the Cove is full we can meet at the ice cream parlour or the other Internet Cafe across the street (which has a Freenix box).
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> Every week one of us should bring a print-out of something cool they found on the Internet.
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> Have informal conversations until someone falls asleep or they kick us out.
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> Adopting the moniker of G.L.U.G. (The GNU/Linux Unix Gathering [or Guinness Loving Unix Geeks - in case the ice cream parlour is full, we go to the bar])
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> 
> What are your thoughts?
> 
> peas,
> Charles Paul
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