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   Friday, May 16, 2008 @ 7:00pm The OpenStreetMap Project NOTE: Special day and location! Presented by Steve Coast, Founder OpenStreetMap Foundation OpenStreetMap.org (OSM) is a map of the world which anyone can edit, where the data is given away freely. Much like Wikipedia allows the collaborative creation of an encyclopedia, OSM allows users to trace aerial imagery or use GPS units to create geometry. That geometry is then "tagged" with key/value pairs such as highway:motorway and name:Baker Street. Geek level 2/4 More Details »     ...and check out more upcoming LUGOD meetings...

Recent LUGOD News   May 6 - OpenStreetMap and May Installfest announced Our next general meeting will be on a special day, Friday May 16th at Giedt Hall at UC Davis. Steve Coast, creator of OpenStreetMap will be speaking. (Flyer) The following day, Saturday May 17th, we'll be holding our next installfest. Please register if you'd like to bring your PC to this free workshop. (Flyer) May 6 - Whole Earth Festival 2008 We just discovered that the WEF coordinators did receive our application, and we have a booth! A coordinator and volunteers are needed ASAP if we're going to attend this event! It's this weekend: Friday, May 9th thru Sunday, May 11th! Apr. 28 - Photos from Yolo County Child Development Conference LUGOD's booth at the 2008 YCCDC was a success! You can see some photos, here. Enjoy, and thanks to our volunteers! RSS Feed View Older News »     Latest 'vox-announce' Announcements   May. 6 - Linux Installfest workshop in Davis - Saturday,May 17th The Linux Users' Group of Davis will be holding a free "Linux Installfest" workshop in Davis, California. When: ... Read the rest of this article » May. 6 - Linux Users' Group of Davis - "OpenStreetMap",Fri. May 16th @ UCDavis The Linux Users' Group of Davis (LUGOD), together with GLOBAL: geography club, will be holding a general meeting on A SPECIAL DAY OF THE WEEK: Friday ... Read the rest of this article » May. 6 - Reminder: Social gathering tonight (May 6th) atCrepeville, 7pm LUGOD members gather at Crepeville this evening! http://www.lugod.org/meeting/ Enjoy! ... Read the rest of this article » View Older Announcements »     Latest Job Postings   Apr. 28 - System Administrator (Sacramento area) CodeSourcery is seeking an experienced Sacramento-area GNU/Linux and M... View this job posting» Apr. 01 - Flash Developer (San Francisco, CA) Are you one of the rare Flash developers who builds data driven applic... View this job posting» Mar. 27 - Senior Systems Administrator (Linux, Postgres, Django, Lightppd) (San Francisco, CA) Well-funded and fun web 2.0 company undergoing explosive growth after ... View this job posting» View all 30 jobs » | View 'vox-jobs' archives »

Upcoming Local Events   May 6-9 - JavaOne Conference in San Francisco. More at java.sun.com » May 9-11 - Whole Earth Festival at UC Davis. LUGOD was hoping to have a booth there, but found out too late that we did. Likely that we won't be there. More at wef.ucdavis.edu » May 11 - One Laptop Per Child XO-1 enthusiasts meet at San Francisco State Univ. More at opensource.sfsu.edu » Tue May 13 - Davis Mac User Group meeting. More at baytel.com » Fri May 16 - LUGOD meeting. Steve Coast, founder of OpenStreetMap.org. At UC&nbp;Davis. Special day (Friday), time (6pm) and location (1006 Giedt Hall, UC Davis)! More at lugod.org » Sat May 17 - Free Linux Installfest Workshop at UC Davis. Please RSVP! More at lugod.org » Tue May 20 - Bay Area LUG meeting in San Francisco. Jeremy Allison. More at www.balug.org » Tue June 3 - LUGOD social gathering. More at lugod.org » Mon June 16 - LUGOD meeting. Topic and Speaker TBA. Note: Location TBA, due to meeting room conflict at the library. More at lugod.org » Tue June 17 - Bay Area LUG meeting in San Francisco. Andrew Morton. More at www.balug.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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