Linux Users' Group of Davis
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 a regular basis. Its members participate with each other online in numerous mailing lists and via Internet Relay Chat.
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[edit] History
The group was founded in early 1999 by Peter J. Salzman, Bill Kendrick, and about a dozen others, following a USENET posting in which Peter asked whether such a group existed in the Davis area. (Salzman and Kendrick held posts as president and vice president for most of the first five years of the group's existence.)
[edit] Activities
When possible, LUGOD participates in many activities, including hands-on demos, exhibit booths at events such as LinuxWorld Expo, classes, fundraisers, and organizing the annual Linux picnic in Sunnyvale, California, together with other SVLUG and other groups.
[edit] "Reasons to Avoid Microsoft"
The LUG's website maintains a collection of news articles meant to help convince users to switch from Microsoft products. [1] Eric S. Raymond linked to this collection in his famous response to Microsoft's eighth Halloween document. [2]
[edit] Notable speakers
Despite its distance from the Silicon Valley, numerous notable speakers have presented at LUGOD, including:
[edit] Individuals
- Jeremy Allison
- David Anderson of the SETI@home project
- Donald Becker of Scyld Computer Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Penguin Computing
- Matt Bishop
- Steve Coast (founder of OpenStreetMap)
- Chris DiBona
- Asa Dotzler of Mozilla Foundation
- Christian Einfeldt (producer of The Digital Tipping Point)
- Jon "maddog" Hall
- Carsten "Rasterman" Haitzler (creator of Enlightenment)
- Leslie Hawthorn (Open Source Project Manager at Google)
- Valerie Henson
- Simon Horman
- Chander Kant of LinuxCertified
- Bill Kendrick (creator of Tux Paint)
- Sam Lantinga (creator of Simple DirectMedia Layer)
- Rasmus Lerdorf
- Don Marti of LinuxJournal
- Norman Matloff
- Patrick McGovern of SourceForge
- Sean Perry of Debian
- Dave Peticolas
- Kyle Rankin
- Hans Reiser
- Greg Roelofs from PNG
- Lawrence Rosen of Open Source Initiative
- Bill Saphir from Lawrence Berkeley Labs
- Richard Wallace of the A.L.I.C.E. Artificial Intelligence Foundation
[edit] Organizations and companies
- Apple Computer
- AMD
- Borland
- Cisco Systems
- CodeWeavers (creators of CrossOver)
- Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Embedded Linux Consortium
- Encore Technologies (creator of the Simputer)
- gumstix
- Hitachi
- Hewlett-Packard
- IBM
- Ingres
- LynuxWorks
- No Starch Press
- Oracle Corporation
- Silicon Graphics
- Slim Devices
- Sony Computer Entertainment
- Sybase
- SpectSoft
- VA Linux
[edit] References
- ^ Debian Weekly News, August 13, 2002
- ^ "Halloween VIII: Doing the Damage-Control Dance"
