[geeks] Linuxbierwanderung 2002

[David Cantrell]

On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 03:14:13PM -0500, Dave McGuire wrote:
> On February 1, David Cantrell wrote:
> > The venue for this year's Linuxbierwanderung has been decided.  It will
> > be based in the village of Doolin, Co. Clare, Ireland.  See
> > http://www.draiocht.net/lbw-ie/ for details.
> 
>   "Linuxbierwanderung" looks like German.

The first one was held in Germany in 1999.  The name stuck.

>                                           I don't speak German.  If I
> were to attempt to interpret it, I'd read it as "Linux beer
> wandering", as in wandering around the streets, drinking beer, and
> talking about Linux.

Hiking as opposed to wandering.  And the Linux and hiking bits are
optional :-)

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