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NewsForge: Creating a Community Linux Event

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 19, 2005

“In the U.K., we have a vibrant and growing LUG movement, active
both in bringing new people to open source through advocacy and in
providing the ad-hoc support that all Linux users need. Until
recently, though, there was no community-focused event for the U.K.
open source community.

“My fellow LugRadio presenters and I decided that we’d try to
fill the gap for a U.K. community-oriented Linux event. Last month,
roughly 250 open source fans attended LugRadio Live, a mix of
talks, exhibition, LAN gaming, paintball, beer, and curry…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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