[NTLUG:Discuss] Do LUGs Still Matter?

[jgoode@GoToLearn.org]

> Stan Gatchel wrote:
> 
> > /Slashdot is carrying this article. Oh, this oughta be good:
> >
> > "Do LUGs still matter 
> > <http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/12/23/193238>? Back 
> > in the day, LUGs were rowdy, popular, and highly contagious centers 
> > for aficionados of Linux. Install fests were a big deal. Members came 
> > from all walks of life, united only by a penchant for something new 
> > and cool, and a chance to place a bet on the impossible notion of 
> > world domination by an operating system hacked together by a ragtag 
> > bunch of students on the Internet. It's different today. Linux is now 
> > mainstream, it's being spread by slick corporate marketing, and with 
> > most distros, installation is a snap. So the question arises, do LUGs 
> > still matter?"/
> >

LUGs, in my opinion, certainly do matter. I have been doing Unix system
administration since 1992 and Linux system administration since 2001 and it
seems that there are always new areas, or ways, to learn about from someone
else. LUGs provide quick answers when a need arises and provide a friendship
that can't be beat.

Jim Goode (SCSA, SCJP, Linux+)