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'''The Portland Linux/Unix Group''', also called the '''Portland Linux Users Group''', (PLUG) is a group of [[Linux]] enthusiasts in [[Portland, Oregon]]. The group was started in early 1994 as a venue to discuss and promote Linux, and is one of the oldest Linux User Group]]s in existence. Its existence has contributed, in part, to the ___location of the [[Open Source Development Labs]] in the Portland suburb of [[Beaverton, Oregon|Beaverton]], as well as the [[O'Reilly Open Source Conference]] in Portland three years in a row.

== The Portland Linux/Unix Group (PLUG) ==

(aka the Portland Linux Users Group)

PLUG is a group of [[Linux]] enthusiasts in [[Portland Oregon]] (USA). The group was started in early 1994 as a venue to discuss and promote Linux.

[http://www.pdxlinux.org/ PLUG's home page]

PLUG's activities include the following:

* [http://www.pdxlinux.org/mail/ Active mailing lists] - The group's general list averages between 800 and 1000 messages a month ([[as of 2004]]).

* [http://www.pdxlinux.org/meeting/ Linux Advanced Topic Talk] - A monthly meeting covering subjects that are considered too technical for average users.

* [http://www.riverdale.k12.or.us/~danh/ PLUG's Linux Clinic] - A monthly installfest

* [http://www.riverdale.k12.or.us/linux/ PLUG for Education] - A group dedicated to promoting Linux for use in education.

Other groups and projects associated with PLUG include:

* [http://crime.zotconsulting.com/ CRIME] -

* [http://www.linuxfund.org/ The Linux Fund] - LinuxFund gives grants to worthy Open Source projects.

*[http://www.linuxfund.org/ The Linux Fund] - LinuxFund gives grants to worthy Open Source projects.

* [http://www.freegeek.org/ FreeGeek] - a not for profit community organization that recycles used technology to provide computers, education, Internet access and job skills training to those in need in exchange for community service.

* [[PersonalTelcoPersonal Telco]] - a wireless community project. PersonalTelco is the reason Portland was declared [http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20030304corp.htm the most Un-wired city in America] in 2003.

* [http://www.mwvlug.org/ MWVLUG] - The Mid-Willamette Valley Linux Users Group.

== External link ==

* [[PersonalTelco]] - a wireless community project. PersonalTelco is the reason Portland was declared [http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20030304corp.htm the most Un-wired city in America] in 2003.

* [http://www.pdxlinux.org/ PLUG's home page]

* [http://www.mwvlug.org/ MWVLUG] - The Mid-Willamette Valley Linux Users Group.

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