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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: FreeBSD User Groups, Linux User Groups, SEUL, LinuxChix, Americas' SAP Users' Group, List of users' groups, Oracle Applications Users Group, COMMON, International Informix Users Group, UK & Ireland SAP Users Group, Macintosh User Group, Linux Users' Group of Davis, Association of Personal Computer User Groups, Linuxfest Northwest, Southern California Linux Expo, Loco team, Oracle User Group, Bangalore Linux User Group, SHARE, Danish UNIX User Group, Command and Control Microcomputer Users Group, Perl Mongers, Digistar Users Group, Berkeley Macintosh Users Group, Linux Australia, Grupo de Usuarios de Linux de Costa Rica, ScicomP, NYLXS, PESIT .Net, Hellenic Linux User Group, Portland Linux/Unix Group, PHP Quebec, Z User Group, NYLUG, ILUG-Delhi, APCB, Lilug, Linux Users of Victoria, Tidewater Unix Users Group, Configuration Workgroup, Ontario Linux Fest, Toronto PET User's Group, Ohio LinuxFest, International DB2 Users Group, Lanka Linux User Group, Java User Group, Deutschsprachige Anwendervereinigung TeX, AppleWorks User Group, RLUG, Commodore Users Group of Saskatchewan, CalLUG, XML UK, ROFUG, UKUUG, GOLUM, Zlug, A.U.G.E., HyTime Users' Group. Excerpt: A Linux User Group or Linux Users' Group (LUG) is a private, generally non-profit or not-for-profit organization that provides support and/or education for Linux users, particularly for inexperienced users. The term commonly refers to local groups that meet in person, but is also used to refer to online support groups that may have members spread over a very wide area and which do not organize, or which are not based around, physical meetings. Similar organizations such as FreeBSD User Group (BUG) exist, although many LUGs encompass FreeBSD and other free Unix-based operating systems. Local Linux User Groups meet (typically weekly to monthly) to provide support and/...