Episode 18: Hugs for LUGs | LUP 18
Episode Date: December 11, 2013Have IRC chat rooms, forums, reddit, and Google Hangouts killed the local Linux Users Group? We’ll share our ideas to reboot the LUG and make them rel...
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598 episodes transcribedHave IRC chat rooms, forums, reddit, and Google Hangouts killed the local Linux Users Group? We’ll share our ideas to reboot the LUG and make them rel...
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