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                So, where are the hard core Linux user groups?

Mark [1] called me up asking if I wanted to head over to the local Linux
users group (The Florida Linux User Xchange) [2]. A chance to get out of the
house?

It's been a few years since I last went, and in that time I had forgotten
exactly why I normally don't attend these meetings. So, heck yea, let's go!

[Nova Southeast University-yes, in a strip mall] [3] [4] The directions we
had lead us south and west, deep into Broward County [5] to Nova Southeastern
University [6] which surprised us by being located in a strip mall.

It's not everyday you find a university in a strip mall.

We walked in, found a group of men standing around chugging Coke and Code
Red; we knew we found the right location. After milling about for several
minutes we filed into a large room; PC (Personal Computers)s lining the long
tables running across the room. Mark and I each staked out a computer
(running Windows, of course).

Then the presentation [7].

It was during the presentation that I remembered why I no longer go to these
things. The presentation was more basic than I would have liked and the whole
meeting was more geared towards more novice users of Linux. For me, there
isn't much of an insentive to drive the distance to attend a basic class in
using Linux for <insert topic du jour.>

[1] http://grumpy.conman.org/
[2] http://www.flux.org/
[3] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2003/10/09/thumb.nsu.jpg
[4] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2003/10/09/nsu.jpg
[5] http://www.broward.org/
[6] http://www.nova.edu/
[7] http://www.flux.org/announcements.php?show=8

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