Portland Linux/Unix Group
- 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.
Note that this is not the same group as [http://www.pdxlug.org/ PDXLUG] .
PLUG's activities include the following:
* [http://www.pdxlinux.org/mail/ Active mailing lists] - The group's general list averages between 800 and 1000 messages a month (as of 2004).
* [http://www.pdxlinux.org/meeting/ Linux Advanced Topic Talk] - A monthly meeting covering subjects that are considered too technical for average users.
* [http://www.pdxlinux.org/ PLUG's Linux Clinic] - A monthly install-fest
* [http://www.riverdale.k12.or.us/linux/ PLUG for Education] - A group dedicated to promoting Linux for use in education.
Other groups and projects associated with PLUG include:
* [http://crime.zotconsulting.com/ CRIME] -
* LinuxFund - The LinuxFund gives grants to worthy Open Source projects.
* Free Geek - 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 [http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20030304corp.htm the most Un-wired city in America] in 2003.
* [http://www.mwvlug.org/ MWVLUG] - The Mid-Willamette Valley Linux Users Group.
External links
* [http://www.pdxlinux.org/ PLUG's home page]
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Plug — may refer to: * Plug (comic) * Plug (fishing), a family of fishing lures * Plug (horticulture), a planting technique * An electrical connector ** DC plug, or DC connector ** Power plug ** Power connector ** Jack (connector) * Plug (jewellery), a… … Wikipedia
KDE — Infobox Software name = K Desktop Environment caption = Screenshot of KDE 4.1.2 showing off some widgets and the Lancelot application launcher. developer = The KDE Team released = 1998 frequently updated = yes programming language = C++ and Qt… … Wikipedia
Linuxtag — Ein Linuxtag ist eine Veranstaltung mit dem Themenschwerpunkt Linux und freier Software, auf der unter anderem Vorträge, Messestände, Kurse etc. angeboten werden. Ihren Ursprung haben diese in den so genannten Installpartys (engl. Installfest),… … Deutsch Wikipedia
OpenMP — Original author(s) OpenMP Architecture Review Board[1] Developer(s) OpenMP Architecture Review Board … Wikipedia
Benedict Torvalds — Linus Torvalds 2004 Linus Benedict Torvalds ( [ˈliːnɵs ˈtuːrvalds] ?/Info/IPA; * 28. Dezember 1969 in Helsinki, Finnland) ist ein finnischer Programmierer und Initiator des Kernels … Deutsch Wikipedia
Linus Benedict Torvalds — Linus Torvalds 2004 Linus Benedict Torvalds ( [ˈliːnɵs ˈtuːrvalds] ?/Info/IPA; * 28. Dezember 1969 in Helsinki, Finnland) ist ein finnischer Programmierer und Initiator des Kernels … Deutsch Wikipedia
Linus Benedikt Torvalds — Linus Torvalds 2004 Linus Benedict Torvalds ( [ˈliːnɵs ˈtuːrvalds] ?/Info/IPA; * 28. Dezember 1969 in Helsinki, Finnland) ist ein finnischer Programmierer und Initiator des Kernels … Deutsch Wikipedia
Sun Microsystems — Sun Microsystems, Inc. Logo used from the 1990s until acquisition by Oracle Former type Subsidiary Industry Computer systems Computer software Fate … Wikipedia
Computers and Information Systems — ▪ 2009 Introduction Smartphone: The New Computer. The market for the smartphone in reality a handheld computer for Web browsing, e mail, music, and video that was integrated with a cellular telephone continued to grow in 2008. According to… … Universalium
Sequent Computer Systems — Sequent Computer Systems, or Sequent, was a computer company that designed and manufactured multiprocessing computer systems. They were among the pioneers in high performance symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) open systems, innovating in both… … Wikipedia
