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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 |
First Tuesday & Third Monday Every Month |
Davis |
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Second Thursday Every Month |
Sacramento |
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Third Saturday Every Month |
Merced |
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Occasional? |
Central Valley Area Linux Enthusiasts |
Inland Empire
Inland Empire MSA - Riverside and San Bernadino counties
Group |
Meeting Date |
Location |
Second Saturday Every Month |
Redlands |
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Last Saturday Every Month |
Riverside County |
Los Angeles Metro
Los Angeles MSA - LA & Orange counties
Group |
Meeting Date |
Location |
Random Saturday Every Month |
Cal State Fullerton |
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Saturday (Bi-Monthly) |
Denny's - Van Nuys Airport |
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Special events |
Westwood |
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First Thursday Every Month |
Lancaster |
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First Thursday Every Month |
Media Tmple, Culver City |
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First Friday Every Month |
Irvine |
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Second Monday Every Month |
Sun Microsystems - Irvine |
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Second Thursday Every Month |
Caltech Campus, Pasadena |
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Second Saturday Every Month |
LAX/Torrance/SouthBay |
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Last Sunday Every Month |
Chapman University - Orange |
San Diego
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
Group |
Meeting Date |
Location |
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 |
Every Friday & Fourth Thursday |
Humboldt |
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Quarterly FYM events |
San Luis Obispo |
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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
National Ubuntu ConferenceAppearances
dmoz.org CA LUG List
linuxlinks.com CA LUG List
svlug.org regional List
linuxmafia.com BALE (Bay Area Linux Events)
Recipe for a Successful LUG from linuxmafia.com
LUG HowTo from Linux.com
BUUG Resources for Berkeley area & many Unix links
Other Open Source events: lwn, lj, linux mag, foundation, linux.org, Fedora, Debian, IBM
former Linux.org CA LUG List
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.