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A Linux User Group or Linux Users' Group ( LUG) or GNU/Linux User Group ( GLUG) is a private, generally non-profit or not-for-profit organization that provides support and/or education for Linux users, particularly for inexperienced users. The term commonly refers to local groups that meet in person but is also used to refer to online support ...
A users' group (also user's group or user group) is a type of club focused on the use of a particular technology, usually (but not always) computer-related. Overview [ edit ] Users' groups started in the early days of mainframe computers, as a way to share sometimes hard-won knowledge and useful software, usually written by end users ...
Linux user groups. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Linux user groups. A Linux User Group (LUG) is a meeting of people who like Linux and use it. Each country will usually have a national LUG which may administer the groups, offer free services etc. and it is also possible for groups to get sponsorships from various commercial ...
A Linux-based system is a modular Unix-like operating system, deriving much of its basic design from principles established in Unix during the 1970s and 1980s. Such a system uses a monolithic kernel, the Linux kernel, which handles process control, networking, access to the peripherals, and file systems.
NYLUG (New York Linux Users Group) is a LUG ( Linux User Group) based out of New York City. NYLUG supports all things Linux and FLOSS in the greater New York City area. NYLUG meets on a monthly basis, and features a speaker or speakers who give presentations of interest to the NYLUG membership. These presentations are generally either technical ...
Linux users usually obtain their operating system by downloading one of the Linux distributions, which are available for a wide variety of systems ranging from embedded devices (for example, OpenWrt) and personal computers (for example, Linux Mint) to powerful supercomputers (for example, Rocks Cluster Distribution).
RLUG stands for Romanian Linux Users Group. RLUG is the largest and oldest Linux community in Romania, formed around 1999, with more than 2000 members subscribed to the main mailing list. [1] RLUG is an unofficial organization that promotes Linux and other Unix-like operating systems in Romania as well as free and open source software in general.
Linux Users' Group of Davis (commonly known as LUGOD) is a users' group of students and faculty from the University of California, Davis, Information technology professionals from the Sacramento region, and hobbyists interested in Linux and free and open-source software. It holds regular meetings in Davis, California, and holds installfests on ...