Hi, On 13 Aug 2024 at 17:52:30, Polarian via GLLUG wrote:
> > there haven't in-person meetings for many years except for an > > occasional meet-up in a pub. > > I thought that was what most lug meetups were, discussing Linux and > FOSS stuff over a nice pint. Besides other possible reasons mentioned in the thread, I also think that there have been some specialization: before a LUG was to talk about programming, databases, system administration technologies, etc. I moved out from London in 2019, but while I was there I could find meetups (usually in meetup.com, check there as well) about *specifics*: -Python meetups (any OS...) (there were more than one group per month! Python Code Dojo for coding, Python talks, etc.) -Django framework meetups (framework that uses Python) -I think that PostgreSQL meetups -Java... -Different tech meetups... So, instead of a LUG with everything it got specialised... > Was there more interesting meetups? Mini hackathons? local events? Some coming up "near" London: Cambridge Debian BBQ in two weekends: https://wiki.earth.li/DebianParty2024 I suspect that the majority of people know eachother (they have been doing them for very long time!) and are Debian developers. I haven't attended them, I will not be there this time. Debian MiniDebConf: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/gb/2024/MiniDebConfCambridge I was there last year, was very good :-) (not only Debian Developers but also users... specially I think on the weekend with talks) I Googled "London unconference" and found a few of them as well. Near here (Shropshire) there are two active LUGS, if you are willing to come here :-) SLUG (Shropshire LUG) and Wolverhampton group. I think that in Keele University there are meetups as well from the Free Software Foundation? > Currently I am planning to attend EuroBSDCon (I know its not Linux, but > its still *nix) [2] in Ireland this year, and potentially FOSDEM next > year [3] simply for the experience. I enjoy FOSDEM very much! -- Carles Pina i Estany https://carles.pina.cat | [email protected] | [email protected]
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