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, April 21, 2014 @ 7:00pm Google Glass Presented by Wes Hardaker Google Glass is a wearable computer with an optical head-mounted display (OHMD) that is being developed by Google in the Project Glass research and development project, with a mission of producing a mass-market ubiquitous computer. Google Glass displays information in a smartphone-like hands-free format, that can communicate with the Internet via natural language voice commands. (Description from Wikipedia, CC-BY- SA. Photo from tedeytan@flickr, CC-BY-SA 2. 0.) Geek level 2/4 More Details » At the Public Library. Map & Directions »     ...and check out more upcoming LUGOD meetings...

Recent LUGOD News   Google Glass at LUGOD's April meeting Posted Tue. March 18, 2:00am Next month -- on Monday, April 21st -- we welcome LUGOD's own Wes Hardaker, who will be discussing and demonstrating the "Google Glass" wearable computer. Update: Here's a flyer for the Google Glass talk. Please print and post! 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. 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   Mon Apr 21 - LUGOD meeting. "Google Glass" More at lugod.org » Sun Apr 27 - Berkeley LUG meeting. More at www.berkeleylug.com » Tue May 6 - LUGOD social gathering. More at lugod.org » Sat May 10 - Consortium of All Bay Area Linux meeting in Menlo Park. More at linuxmafia.com » Sun May 11 - Berkeley LUG meeting. More at www.berkeleylug.com » Tue May 13 - Davis Mac User Group meeting. More at baytel.com » Mon May 19 - LUGOD meeting. Commercial game development (tentative) More at lugod.org » Tue May 20 - Bay Area LUG meeting in San Francisco. More at www.balug.org » Sun May 25 - Berkeley LUG meeting. More at www.berkeleylug.com » Tue Jun 3 - LUGOD social gathering. More at lugod.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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