The Linux Beer Hike (a.k.a. "LBW") is a week-long event which takes place in a different European country each summer, drawing together Open Source software enthusiasts from more than a dozen different countries, for a combination of talks, presentations, hands-on mini-projects, outdoor exercise, and good food and drink. In 2007 LBW was organised by Hellug, the Hellenic Linux User Group, and was held on 2 - 9 September 2007 in Hersonissos (Chersonissos), in Heraklion Prefecture , Crete, Greece (Hellas). The 2008 event will be going ahead in Switzerland between 9th-17th August