hpr1168 :: How I started my local Linux User Group
A story from a new host who set up a local LUG in the Netherlands
Hosted by Emilien Klein on 2013-01-23 is flagged as Explicit and is released under a CC-BY-SA license.
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Intro
- /me
- 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
- What is a LUG? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_user_group
Reaching out
- November 2011: Home alone, hacking away
- At work - not successful in getting colleagues interested
- Ubuntu NL members map - sending private messages https://forum.ubuntu-nl.org/index.php?action=googlemap
- Ubuntu NL forum post https://forum.ubuntu-nl.org/algemeen-42/starten-van-een-linux-users-group-in-den-bosch/msg782708/
- Debian NL mailing list https://lists.debian.org/debian-user-dutch/2011/11/msg00006.html
- OpenSuse mailing list https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/2011-11/msg00116.html
- Gentoo and CentOS mailing lists (lists seem down)
- DukesOfHackers - Hackerspace in Den Bosch https://forum.ubuntu-nl.org/algemeen-42/lijst-van-hackerspaces-nederland/msg749087/#msg749087
Looking for a meeting place
- Meet up with Roel to discuss the Hackerspace and LUG
- Second reunion, with Roel and Vin to find a place
First meetings
- Bar: In de Keulse Kar 1st and 2nd meting
- Ex-squat Knoflook for subsequent meetings https://ontspoord.org/knoflook-2/
- Visit to HCC afdeling Noord Oost Brabant https://no-brabant.hcc.nl/
The continuation
- Regular place, recurring date/time
- Events; FOSDEM
Tools
- Website
- Mailing list
- IRC
- Google Plus / Facebook
- Meetup
Links
- Recipe for a Successful Linux User Group https://linuxmafia.com/faq/Linux_PR/newlug.html
- Linux User Group HOWTO https://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/User-Group-HOWTO.html
- Den Bosch Linux User Group https://lug.project073.nl/
- MadLUG: Madison, Wisconsin Linux Users Group https://www.madisonlinux.org/
- UK Linux User Groups https://lug.org.uk/
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