Linux Users Group of Davis
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Linux Users' Group of Davis (LUGOD) is an organization comprised of students and faculty from the University of California, Davis, Information technology professionals from the Sacramento region, and hobbiests interested in Linux and open source. 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 5 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] 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
- Matt Bishop
- Chris DiBona
- Asa Dotzler of Mozilla Foundation
- Jon "maddog" Hall
- Carsten "Rasterman" Haitzler (creator of Enlightenment)
- Valerie Henson
- Simon Horman
- Chander Kant of LinuxCertified
- 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
- LynuxWorks
- Oracle Corporation
- Silicon Graphics
- Slim Devices
- Sony Computer Entertainment
- SpectSoft
- VA Linux
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