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==Online LUGs==

Not all online Linux support groups refer to themselves as "a LUG", and the use of the word is sometimes (as in the [http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/User-Group-HOWTO.html Linux User Group HOWTO]) intended to specifically refer to groups of Linux users which organise regular meetings. However, the LUG indexes list groups with members over a large geopgraphicalgeographical area, and over time, organisations like the '''EU LUG''', for Linux users throughout the [[European Union]] ([[as of 2005]], apparently defunct) use the term LUG to refer to themselves.

Online LUGs use [[mailing lists]], [[bulletin boards]] and IRC as their primary method of communication, with members meeting physically seldom or not at all. As with local LUGs, some groups are limited to technical discussions and others seek to form social bonds between Linux users by having "chat" or "off topic" forums.