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Many LUGs also organize installfests ([[FreeBSD]] groups tend to refer to them as "installations"), which are opportunities for experienced Linux users to help others, especially novices with installation and configuration of Linux systems. Installfests may also have break-out sessions for teaching new tips and tricks—performance tuning, security hardening, etc.
A few LUGs have developed projects of regional or even international stature. For example, the Uganda Linux User Group<ref>{{cite web|author=Uganda Linux User Group |url=http://linux.or.ug/ |title=linux.or.ug |publisher=linux.or.ug |access-date=2012-07-12}}</ref> operates in 3 major cities and frequently coordinates national and international events that have featured guests as high-profile as [[Tim Berners-Lee]]{{Citation needed}}. Cyberstorm.mu, a Linux User Group from [[Mauritius]], trains high school students on Linux to compete in [[Google Code-in]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hackers.mu/news/hackers-mu-leads-mauritians-for-the-google-code-in|title=Hackers.mu leads Mauritians for the Google code-in|website=hackers.mu|language=en-us|access-date=2017-03-02}}</ref> and organises [[Hackathon]]s focused on Linux.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Hackathon_Mauritius_-_Operation_SAD|title=Hackathon Mauritius - Operation SAD - FedoraProject|website=fedoraproject.org|language=en|access-date=2017-03-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE_talk:HackathonMauritius|title=openSUSE talk:HackathonMauritius - openSUSE|website=en.opensuse.org|language=en|access-date=2017-03-02}}</ref> The Bellingham Linux Users Group<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blug.org/ |title=blug.org |publisher=blug.org |access-date=2012-07-12}}</ref> (BLUG), in [[Bellingham, Washington]], holds the annual [[LinuxFest Northwest]], which attracts large numbers of participants from throughout the region, including western Canada. Likewise, Bellevue Linux Users Group<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bellevuelinux.org/ |title=bellevuelinux.org |publisher=bellevuelinux.org |access-date=2012-07-12}}</ref> (BELUG), which meets in a bookstore in [[Bellevue, Washington]], has developed The Linux Information Project<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linfo.org/ |title=linfo.org |publisher=linfo.org |access-date=2012-07-12}}</ref> (LINFO).
LUGs sometimes are gifted with surplus books, back issues of Linux magazines, copies of CDs/DVDs, and other promotional items to give away to their members.
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