The Linux Users' Group of Davis is a 501(c)(7) non-profit computer club serving the Sacramento region, consisting of hundreds of 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   Monday, March 17, 2014 @ 7:00pm Liferay Portal 6.2 Presented by Wilson Man, Principal Consultant Liferay, Inc. Liferay Portal is the leading open source portal for the enterprise, offering content management, collaboration, and social out-of-the-box. Geek level 2/4 More Details » At the Public Library. Map & Directions »     ...and check out more upcoming LUGOD meetings...

Recent LUGOD News   LUGOD March events, and more Posted Sat. March 1, 11:15am LUGOD's next social gathering is this Tuesday, March 4th, at 7pm at Crepeville restaurant in downtown Davis, and our next general meeting will be on Monday, March 17th, 7pm at the public library; the topic will be "Liferay Portal 6.2". We've also scoured the websites of other local user groups and added their events to our calendar. Enjoy! Volunteers sought for LUG booth at SCALE Posted Sat. January 18, 12:30am SCALE 12x, the 12th annual Southern California Linux Expo, takes place Feb. 21-23 in Los Angeles. There will be a Linux Users Group booth there, and volunteers are needed! If you're going to be there, and can help out (and help represent LUGOD here in northern California), please contact jim at well dot com. Watch LUGOD on DCTV's "In the Studio" Posted Fri. January 17, 2:30pm Earlier this week, LUGOD's co-founder and president, Bill Kendrick, together with our new vice president, John Reed, our past vice president and long-term member (and SacLUG founder) Brian Lavender, and long-term member Eric Engelhard, were interviewed by Darrick Servis (who some may remember coming to LUGOD in 2007 to speak about radio automation software used at KDRT radio) on DCTV's "In The Studio". You can watch the episode on YouTube, or catch it on cable channel 15 in Davis on: Friday Jan. 17, 7pm Sunday Jan. 19, 10am and 7pm Tuesday Jan. 21, 7:30pm Wednesday, Jan. 22, 7:30pm Friday, Jan. 24, 10:30am and 7:30pm Sunday, Jan. 26, 10:30am and 7:30pm RSS Feed View Older News »     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 Mar 11 - North Bay LUG meeting in Sebastopol. "Linux in School: Starting Kids Early" More at www.nblug.org » Tue Mar 11 - Davis Mac User Group meeting. More at baytel.com » Mon Mar 17 - LUGOD meeting. "Liferay" More at lugod.org » Tue Mar 18 - Bay Area LUG meeting in San Francisco. More at www.balug.org » Tue Mar 18 - MacNexus meeting in Sacramento. More at www.macnexus.org » Wed Mar 19 - East Bay LUG meeting in Fremont. More at www.eblug.org » Wed Mar 19 - Sacramento PC Users Group meeting. "Printing options: inkjet vs. laser; servers; wired; wireless" More at www.sacpcug.org » Sun Mar 23 - Berkeley LUG meeting. More at www.berkeleylug.com » Tue Apr 1 - LUGOD social gathering. More at lugod.org » Wed Apr 2 - Silicon Valley LUG meeting in Mountain View. More at www.svlug.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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