Groups
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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. California is a huge state with 58 counties yet 68% of the population resides in just three statistical areas (Greater LA, SF Bay Area & Inland Empire). Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and combined statistical areas (CSAs) are used by the US OMB. The regions are sorted alphabetically and then sorted by the monthly meeting date.
Central Valley
Central Valley wikipedia - Metropolitan Fresno CSA, Sacramento metro CSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, Yolo, Yuba & Sutter counties), Bakersfield MSA (Kern County), Stockton MSA (San Joaquin County), Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County), Visalia-Porterville MSA (Tulare County), Merced MSA, Chico MSA (Butte County), Redding MSA (Shasta County)
Group |
Meeting Date |
Location |
First Tuesday & Third Monday Every Month |
Davis |
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Second Thursday Every Month |
Sacramento |
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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 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 CSA includes the standard nine counties plus Santa Cruz and San Benito - Alameda County, Contra Costa County, Marin County, Napa County, San Francisco County, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, Solano County, and Sonoma County
Group |
Meeting Date |
Location |
*Every* Monday |
Santa Cruz |
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*Every* Wednesday |
San Francisco |
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*Every* Friday |
Walnut Creek |
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First Sunday & Third Monday Every Month |
San Francisco |
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First Wednesday Every Month |
Mountain View |
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First & Third Thursday Every Month |
Berkeley |
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First Saturday Every Month |
Felton |
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Second Tuesday Every Month |
Sebastopol |
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Second & Fourth Saturdays Every Month |
Menlo Park |
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Second & Fourth Sunday Every Month |
Berkeley |
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Third Tuesday Every Month |
San Francisco |
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Third Tuesday Every Month |
Sunnyvale |
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Third Tuesday Every Month |
Palo Alto |
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Third Wednesday Every Month |
Fremont |
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Third Friday (during school terms) |
Cabrillo College - Aptos |
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Fourth Wednesday Every Month |
Redwood City |
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. 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, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Sierra, Siskiyou, Stanislaus, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne.
Group |
Meeting Date |
Location |
Every Friday & Fourth Thursday |
Humboldt |
References for State Wide & User Groups
National Ubuntu ConferenceAppearances
Linux.org CA LUG List
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
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.