“Beer, Bavaria, hiking and … computing? Indeed, Linux users
from all over the world are betting that these four ingredients can
be combined successfully, and are setting out to prove it next week
in the hills of Southern Germany.”
“The Linuxbierwanderung (LBW), roughly translated as Linux beer
hike, will bring together groups with similar interests from all
over the world, with participants making the trek to Pottenstein,
Germany from Russia, the San Francisco Bay Area, from Southern
Ontario to Seattle. And these are just a few of the cities that
have organized groups to go to the event.”
“The grass-roots event was originally to be organized by
employees of Linux distributor SuSE and others with the sponsorship
of Linux distributors, including Red Hat. Now, however, the event
has reverted to its open-source roots, with participants taking the
responsibility for organizing the event.”