About MadLUG

MadLUG is the Madison area Linux Users Group. We hold social meetings once a month on Saturdays to discuss Linux and related topics. We also put together demonstrations and presentations related to the installation and running of Linux in addition to more advanced topics, such as networking, programming, and databases.

Our users come from a variety of backgrounds. Some are academics and students; others are system administrators, web designers and other IT professionals; and others simply enjoy computers.

Upcoming Events

• 1pm Saturday January 7: MadLUG Meta Meeting

Regular Meeting Schedule

Our meetings are held on the following monthly schedule:

• Each 1st Saturday of the month at 1 pm we have Technical Meetings. These are at held at ITT-Madison.

• Each 3rd Saturday of the month at 1 pm we have Social Meetings/Ubuntu Hours. These are held at Sundance Cinemas 608 (movie theater/coffee shop).

Ubuntu Hour is an informal "office hours"-type event where anyone can drop in and get help with, or just talk about Ubuntu and Linux.

Details on presentation topics can be found on the Talks page and at http://web608.org/madlug.

Purposes

• Linux Advocacy
• Education and helping others with Linux
• Community and Social get-togethers
• Outreach

History

MadLUG came into being in September of 1998. JVLnet in Janesville kindly hosted our website. After our first president, Adam Cody, left Madison, we reorganized in the summer and fall of 1999, at which point we obtained the madisonlinux.org domain name, and transferred the web and mailing list hosting. During this time we had a number of projects going on, including a community outreach project and a presentation at a local computer expo. In January of 2000 we adopted a set of bylaws. Since that time we have had a number of technically-oriented presentations, but the majority of our meetings have been social, coffeehouse meetings at the Lakefront Cafe (UW Memorial Union) in Madison. MadLUG then moved to the UW Madison campus for a time, hosting technical talks in the high-energy physics conference room in Chamberlin Hall. After a change of venue host and some trouble with parking, MadLUG moved again. Currently, since 2010 or so, MadLUG has found a home at ITT Madison for our technical talks (thanks!) and at the Sundance Cinema coffee shop for Ubuntu Hour/Social meetings.

Other Resources and Ways to Connect

• Drop by our IRC_Channel and say 'hello'

• Subscribe to our Mailing_List for discussion, Q&A, and the occasional hardware swap

• Visit our meetup page: http://meetup.com/madlug

• Check out our corner of Web608, the Madison-area web community: http://www.web608.org/madison-linux-user-group

• If you'd like to help maintain the site, stop by the Wiki_Workers page. At current, not sure how to change side bar, but if you need to test some MoinMoin stuff, you can do so in the Sandbox. Apparently there's also a predefined Sandbox at http://madisonlinux.org/WikiSandBox .