> - Get help installing something you're not familiar with (it doesn't have to
> be a full system fresh install; you can get help setting up PCMCIA drivers or
> a video card, too)
> 
> - Give help to people installing things you are familiar with
> 
> - Meet new LUGgies in person
> 
> - Socialize with LUGgies you already know
> 
> - Hang out in one of the few places where you can be in a room with even more
> computers than you have at home
> 
> - Swap old hardware
> 
> And I'm sure there are a few things I've missed.

  - See something (app or hardware) working in Linux that you were always
    interested in, but not enough to motivate you to try it on your own.
    But then you find at the installfest that it's really cool so you then
    run home and install it. 


Andy