Submitted by rich_c on September 30, 2009 - 3:48am
I just read an SJVN blog about the much anticipated (Snort!) Windows 7 launch parties and want to pick up on the same theme he did.
Basically, the Linux community has been doing this sort of thing, quietly, for years! They're called Installfests!
I've had this link on my web pages for quite a while now. Although I haven't been a member of a local group for some time, I know when I did subscribe to a Linux Users' Group mailing list they had get togethers on a reasonably regular basis. I reckon getting involved in a LUG would be a great way for someone dipping their toes in the Linux waters to get the support they would probably need starting with perhaps getting someone experienced to help them through the install process.
Update! I just became aware of this initiative. I'll be sure to look out for that next year!
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by smilliken - Nov 10 2009 - 10:30pm
This post made me think. (Should be able to see the smoke soon!) I don't think there is a LUG within 6 hours of me. Maybe I'm the only Linux user in a city of 20,000 people? I would kind of think not. But one never knows.