Linux Users' Group of Davis
# Linux Users' Group of Davis

Linux Users' Group of Davis (commonly known as LUGOD) is a users' group of students and faculty from the University of California, Davis, Information technology professionals from the Sacramento region, and hobbyists interested in Linux and free and open-source software. It holds regular meetings in Davis, California, and holds installfests on a regular basis. Its members participate with each other online in numerous mailing lists and via Internet Relay Chat.

## History

The group was founded in early 1999 by Peter J. Salzman, Bill Kendrick, and about a dozen others, following a USENET posting in which Peter asked whether such a group existed in the Davis area. (Salzman and Kendrick held posts as president and vice president for most of the first five years of the group's existence.)

## Activities

When possible, LUGOD participates in many activities, including hands-on demos, exhibit booths at events such as LinuxWorld Expo, classes, fundraisers, and organizing the formerly annual Linux picnic in Sunnyvale, California, together with other SVLUG and other groups.

## "Reasons to Avoid Microsoft"

The LUG's website maintains a collection of news articles meant to help convince users to switch from Microsoft products.

Eric S. Raymond linked to this collection in his famous response to Microsoft's eighth Halloween document.

## Notable speakers

Despite its distance from the Silicon Valley, numerous notable speakers have presented at LUGOD, including:

### Individuals

* Jeremy Allison
* David Anderson of the SETI@home project
* Donald Becker of Scyld Computer Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Penguin Computing
* Steve Coast (founder of OpenStreetMap)
* Chris DiBona
* Asa Dotzler of Mozilla Foundation
* Christian Einfeldt (producer of The Digital Tipping Point)
* Jon "maddog" Hall
* Carsten "Rasterman" Haitzler (creator of Enlightenment)
* Leslie Hawthorn (Open Source Project Manager at Google)
* Valerie Henson
* Simon Horman
* Chander Kant of LinuxCertified
* Bill Kendrick (creator of Tux Paint)
* Sam Lantinga (creator of Simple DirectMedia Layer)
* Rasmus Lerdorf
* Don Marti of LinuxJournal
* Norman Matloff
* Patrick McGovern of SourceForge
* Sean Perry of Debian
* Dave Peticolas
* Kyle Rankin
* Hans Reiser
* Greg Roelofs from PNG
* Lawrence Rosen of Open Source Initiative
* Bill Saphir from Lawrence Berkeley Labs
* Richard Wallace of the A.L.I.C.E. Artificial Intelligence Foundation

### Organizations and companies

* Apple Computer
* AMD
* Borland
* Cisco Systems
* CodeWeavers (creators of CrossOver)
* Electronic Frontier Foundation
* Embedded Linux Consortium
* Encore Technologies (creator of the Simputer)
* Google
* gumstix
* Hitachi
* Hewlett-Packard
* IBM
* Ingres
* LynuxWorks
* No Starch Press
* Oracle Corporation
* Silicon Graphics
* Slim Devices
* Sony Computer Entertainment
* Sybase
* SpectSoft
* VA Linux
