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.>
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