Groups

We are working to collect links to active user groups to help Ubuntu users connect with one another. Your participation is appreciated. The regions are sorted alphabetically and then sorted by the monthly meeting date.

Since California is a huge state with 58 counties and yet 68% of the population resides in just three statistical areas (Greater LA, SF Bay Area & Inland Empire) we have used the measures used nationwide to group the areas of the state. Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and combined statistical areas (CSAs) are used by the US OMB and we use the same system for the regions of our state as well.

Central Valley

Central Valley wikipedia - Metropolitan Fresno CSA, Sacramento metro CSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, Yolo, Yuba & Sutter counties), Bakersfield MSA (Kern County), Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County), Visalia-Porterville MSA (Tulare County), Merced MSA, Chico MSA (Butte County), Redding MSA (Shasta County). I see information about the inclusion of the San Joaquin in both the Central Valley and SF Bay Area now.

Group

Meeting Date

Location

LUGOD

First Tuesday & Third Monday Every Month

Davis

SacLUG

Second Thursday Every Month

Sacramento

Merced Hour

Third Saturday Every Month

Merced

CVALE

Occasional?

Central Valley Area Linux Enthusiasts

Inland Empire

Inland Empire MSA - Riverside and San Bernadino counties

Group

Meeting Date

Location

LUGIE

Second Saturday Every Month

Redlands

SRCLE

Last Saturday Every Month

Riverside County

Los Angeles Metro

Los Angeles MSA - LA & Orange counties

Group

Meeting Date

Location

OCLUG

Random Saturday Every Month

Cal State Fullerton

SFVLUG

Saturday (Bi-Monthly)

Denny's - Van Nuys Airport

UCLALUG

Special events

Westwood

AVLUG

First Thursday Every Month

Lancaster

UUASC-LA

First Thursday Every Month

Media Tmple, Culver City

OC2600

First Friday Every Month

Irvine

UUASC-OC

Second Monday Every Month

Sun Microsystems - Irvine

SGVLUG

Second Thursday Every Month

Caltech Campus, Pasadena

LILAX

Second Saturday Every Month

LAX/Torrance/SouthBay

NOCCC

Last Sunday Every Month

Chapman University - Orange

San Diego

San Diego urban area & county

Group

Meeting Date

Location

Kernel-Panic General

Second Thursday Every Month

UC San Diego

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area has a Combined Statistical Area which includes the standard nine counties plus San Joaquin, Santa Cruz and San Benito. The nine Bay Area counties include Alameda County, Contra Costa County, Marin County, Napa County, San Francisco County, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, Solano County, and Sonoma County

There are numerous Linux and Open Source and related User Groups in and around the San Francisco Bay Area. Rather than an almost guaranteed to always be out-of-date list here, you may want to check one or more of these generally well curated lists/calendars, and also the respective User Group web sites, etc.:
Bay Area Linux Events (BALE)
SF Bay Area Open Source/Linux Events (Google Calendar)
Other (Linux, Unix, Software, etc.) Local Groups
Upcoming Local Linux Events

Ventura

Ventura MSA & county

Group

Meeting Date

Location

SCLUG

Every other Saturday

Simi Valley

Other Counties

We hope this list grows as more groups are found/created. Humbolt County, San Luis Obispo County, and Santa Barbara County are represented.

Group

Meeting Date

Location

HumLUG

Every Friday & Fourth Thursday

Humboldt

CPLUG

Quarterly FYM events

San Luis Obispo

SB LUG

Every Other Thursday

Santa Barbara

Counties without user groups represented on this list are Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Colusa, Del Norte, Glenn, Imperial, Inyo, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa, Mendocino, Modoc, Mono, Monterey, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Stanislaus, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne.

References for State Wide & User Groups

We have made personal contact with some user groups and continue to have relationships with them. User Group Contacts describes how to contact groups and what we can offer them.


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