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usually meet once every month free facilities provided by universities, colleges, community centers, private corporations or rooms for banquets behind restaurants. For example, the Silicon Valley SVLUG met for about 10 years in the back of Carl's restaurant, and had gathered for the past years in theaters in Cisco Systems and, more recently, Symantec . Similarly, Baluga (SF Bay Area LUG) has always met in a banquet room at the top of the Four Seas Restaurant in Chinatown in San Francisco.
The Most LUGs are free and require no monthly or annual payments. In many cases, participants are encouraged to sponsor the hosts (especially in meetings in restaurants, buying food).
Some LUGs are informal conferences or roundtable discussions, the members just sit around and talk about issues related to Linux. Some provide formal presentations. For example, Linus Torvalds has lectured to occasionally SVLUG or Baluga (which are close to former home in Silicon Valley), and Hans Reiser (creator of ReiserFS) launched its first design plans at a meeting of SVLUG. Presenters can be any of the community members with something interesting to say. Occasionally, corporations may sponsor or encourage their employees to appear in the user groups to promote their products. LUGs generally require that these presentations provide technical content that is interesting rather than sales numbers show. Sometimes the LUG meetings provide an opportunity for members and guests to make announcements, especially to seek or find employment and / or requests for assistance (free consulting or professional), and hardware for sale or to be given away. Many LUGs
organize " installfests (install fests, which groups FreeBSD tend to be called as "installathons") that are opportunities for experienced Linux users to help others, especially rookies, with the installation and configuration of Linux systems. Installfest untimely may also have sessions to teach new tricks and tips, performance tuning, improving safety and so forth. Few
LUGs have developed projects of regional or even international. For example, Bellingham Linux User Group (BLUG) in Bellinham, Washington, is the organizer of the annual event Norhwest LinuxFest, which attracts large numbers of participants throughout the region, including western Canada . Similarly Bellevue Linux Users Group (Beluga), which meets in a bookstore in Bellevue, Washington, has developed Linux Information Project (lymph).
LUGs often receive gifts of surplus books, magazines, copies of CDs and other promotional items to be distributed among its members.
addition to these "official" activities, the meetings provide opportunities for users to socialize. The members exchanged email addresses, URLs and phone numbers and provide technical support or collaboration in research or development projects together. Some local LUGs LUGs sharing features online, meeting through IRC or mailing lists mail in addition to physical meetings. LUGs may also have a presence online in blogs, an example is the Nottingham LUG, which NottsLUG Planet is a concentration of several blogs of its members.
LUGs may also be a natural place for local organizations to find Linux skills. Unix teachers for courses at San Jose State University from the SVLUG in the early days of Linux guest readers to find their classes, some LUGs provide computer support to schools and nonprofit organizations, and develop other community services.

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