Portland Linux/Unix Group
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The Portland Linux/Unix Group (PLUG)
(aka the Portland Linux Users Group)
PLUG is a group of Linux enthusiasts in Portland Oregon (USA). The group was started in early 1992 as a venue to discuss and promote Linux.
PLUG's home page (http://www.pdxlinux.org/)
PLUG's activities include the following:
- Active mailing lists (http://www.pdxlinux.org/mail/) - The group's general list averages between 800 and 1000 messages a month (as of 2004).
- Linux Advanced Topic Talk (http://www.pdxlinux.org/meeting/) - A monthly meeting covering subjects that are considered too technical for average users.
- PLUG's Linux Clinic (http://www.riverdale.k12.or.us/~danh/) - A monthly installfest
- PLUG for Education (http://www.riverdale.k12.or.us/linux/) - A group dedicated to promoting Linux for use in education.
Other groups and projects associated with PLUG include:
- CRIME (http://crime.zotconsulting.com/) -
- The Linux Fund (http://www.linuxfund.org/) - LinuxFund gives grants to worthy Open Source projects.
- FreeGeek (http://www.freegeek.org/) - a not for profit community organization that recycles used technology to provide computers, education, Internet access and job skills training to those in need in exchange for community service.
- PersonalTelco - a wireless community project. PersonalTelco is the reason Portland was declared the most Un-wired city in America (http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20030304corp.htm) in 2003.
- MWVLUG (http://www.mwvlug.org/) - The Mid-Willamette Valley Linux Users Group.