Portland Linux/Unix Group
The Portland Linux/Unix Group, also called the Portland Linux Users Group, (PLUG) is a group of Linux enthusiasts in Portland, Oregon. The group was started in early 1994 as a venue to discuss and promote Linux, and is one of the oldest Linux User Groups in existence. Its existence has contributed, in part, to the location of the Open Source Development Labs in the Portland suburb of Beaverton, as well as the O'Reilly Open Source Conference in Portland three years in a row.
Note that this is not the same group as PDXLUG, which describes itself as a Portland Linux User Group.
PLUG's activities include the following:
- Active mailing lists - The group's general list averages between 800 and 1000 messages a month (as of 2004).
- Linux Advanced Topic Talk - A monthly meeting covering subjects that are considered too technical for average users.
- PLUG's Linux Clinic - A monthly installfest
- PLUG for Education - A group dedicated to promoting Linux for use in education.
Other groups and projects associated with PLUG include:
- CRIME -
- The Linux Fund - LinuxFund gives grants to worthy Open Source projects.
- FreeGeek - 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.
- Personal Telco - a wireless community project. PersonalTelco is the reason Portland was declared the most Un-wired city in America in 2003.
- MWVLUG - The Mid-Willamette Valley Linux Users Group.
- PDXLUG - The other Portland Linux User Group.