The Linux Users' Group of Davis is a 501(c)(7) non-profit computer club serving the Sacramento region, consisting of nearly 450 people who share an interested in the Linux® operating system, Free & Open Source software and other related topics — both technical and non-technical. Our goals are to advocate the use of Linux and Open Source, to educate the community on these software alternatives, and to support and provide a social network for local Linux users. LUGOD holds regular meetings twice a month. On the first Tuesday of each month, we hold a social gathering at a local restaurant or café, and on the third Monday of each month we meet at the Davis Public Library to listen to informative presentations by guest speakers. (Day, time and location subject to change!) We also hold other events and workshops and maintain a number of active mailing lists (some with over 200 subscribers) and an IRC channel for live chatting. Our meetings, events and membership, are free and open to the general public. Join us!

Next LUGOD Meeting   Tuesday, June 4, 2013 @ 7:00pm Social gathering Social gathering over dinner at Crepeville restaurant in downtown Davis. Free Wi-Fi Internet access available. Cash, check or card (new!) accepted. Geek level 0/4 More Details » At Crepeville. Map & Directions »     ...and check out more upcoming LUGOD meetings...

Recent LUGOD News   Slides from "Making Predictions Using Linux and R" talk Posted Fri. March 22, 5:00pm The slides from this week's "Making Predictions Using Linux and R" talk (43KB PDF) are now available. Enjoy! Andrew Roach elected Treasurer Posted Fri. March 22, 4:55pm Running unopposed in a special election (held since noone was nominated for the position during regular elections last fall), Andrew Roach was unanimously accepted as LUGOD's treasurer ("/dev/null") at this week's meeting. Congratulations and thanks! Flyer for February "SugarCRM" meeting Posted Sun. February 10, 11:45pm Want to help spread the word about LUGOD, and our February meeting ("SugarCRM and Open Soruce")? Then please print and post a flyer! Thanks! RSS Feed View Older News »     Latest 'vox-announce' Announcements   Linux Users' Group of Davis,May 20: "Smart Static Sites with Hakyll" Posted: Fri. April 26 The Linux Users' Group of Davis (LUGOD) will be holding the following meeting: Monday May 20, 2013 ... Read the rest of this article » Reminder: LUGOD meeting tonight (Mon Apr 15):"Introduction to CrunchBang Linux: The Best Distro You'veNever Heard Of" Posted: Mon. April 15 Reminder: The Linux Users' Group of Davis meets tonight, Monday April 15th, 7pm-9pm at the public library in Davis (315 East 14th Street; Blanchard room). Our guest speaker will be Larry Cafiero, who will present ... Read the rest of this article » Reminder: LUGOD meeting tonight (Monday March 18th),7pm @ the public library: "Making predictions using Linux and R" Posted: Mon. March 18 LUGOD meets tonight at the public library in Davis (315 East 14th Street, in the Blanchard meetng room), from 7pm to 9pm. Tonight's presentation will be: "Making predictions using Linux and R" ... Read the rest of this article » View Older Announcements »     Latest Job Postings   Web Programmer, Mouse Biology Program, UC Davis (Davis) Posted Sun. January 20 The Mouse Biology Program (MBP) is an interdisciplinary group of scientists and staff from the Schools of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine and the College of Bi... View the rest of this job posting » System Administrator, Mouse Biology Program, UC Davis (Davis) Posted Sun. January 20 The Mouse Biology Program (MBP) is an interdisciplinary group of scientists and staff from the Schools of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine and the College of Bi... View the rest of this job posting » Program Technician [part-time], CA Air Resources Board (Sacramento) Posted Sun. January 20 Please see full posting at: http://jobs.spb.ca.gov/wvpos/more_info.cfm?recno=504802.... View the rest of this job posting » See these, and 4 other jobs, on our "Jobs" page  » Also check out the 'vox-jobs' mailing list archives for more »

Upcoming Local Events   Tue May 21 - Bay Area LUG meeting in San Francisco. EFF's Seth David Schoen: "HTTPS Everywhere, SSL Observatory". More at www.balug.org » Tue May 21 - MacNexus meeting in Sacramento. More at www.macnexus.org » Wed May 22 - CS Club at UC Davis meeting. "How to paint your house with 1000 people." More at daviscsclub.org » Thu May 23 - SacLUG meeting. "The Linus Sphinx Show." More at www.saclug.org » Sat May 25 - Consortium of All Bay Area Linux meeting, Menlo Park. More at linuxmafia.com » Sun May 26 - Berkeley LUG meeting. More at www.berkeleylug.com » Sun June 1 - San Francisco LUG meeting. More at www.sf-lug.org » Tue June 4 - LUGOD social gathering. More at lugod.org » Wed June 5 - UC Davis Open Science meeting. More at openwetware.org » Wed June 5 - Sacramento Area Drupal Group, Users Helping Users. More at groups.drupal.org » Icon Key  Show only LUGOD events Thermometer Key iCalendar Full List of Events »     "Open Source software represents the most significant all-encompassing and long-term trend that the software industry has seen since the early 1980s." — IDC Market Research, July 2006

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LUGOD: Linux Users' Group of Davis
PO Box 2082, Davis, CA 95617
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LUGOD is a 501(c)7 non-profit organization
based in Davis, California
and serving the Sacramento area.
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