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Updated User Group HOWTO for the author as per authors request via third party
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<title>Linux User Group HOWTO
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<title>Linux User Group HOWTO
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<author><url name="Rick Moen" url="mailto:%20rick@linuxmafia.com%20"></author>
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<author><url name="Rick Moen" url="mailto:%20rick@linuxmafia.com%20"></author>
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<date>v1.8.6, 2016-02-25
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<date>v1.8.7, 2016-03-14
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<abstract>
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<abstract>
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The Linux User Group HOWTO is a guide to founding, maintaining, and
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The Linux User Group HOWTO is a guide to founding, maintaining, and
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<item>LUG leaders poorly managing a generational transition,
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<item>LUG leaders poorly managing a generational transition,
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leaving nobody ready to take over as they bow out.</item>
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leaving nobody ready to take over as they bow out.</item>
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<item>Greater ubiquity of the Internet generally, and
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<item>Greater ubiquity of the Internet generally, and
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specifically reputation-based collaborative sites like StackExchange,
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specifically reputation-based collaborative sites like
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StackOverflow, Doctype, Codeproject, and Serverfault, not to mention
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<url name="StackExchange" url="http://unix.stackexchange.com/">,
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<url name="StackOverflow" url="http://stackoverflow.com/">,
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<url name="Doctype" url="http://doctype.com/">,
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<url name="Codeproject" url="http://www.codeproject.com/">, and
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<url name="Serverfault" url="http://serverfault.com/">, not to mention
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users becoming skilled at Web-searching, making LUGs far less
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users becoming skilled at Web-searching, making LUGs far less
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pragmatically necessary, and the main action involving SaaS sites having
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pragmatically necessary, and the main action involving SaaS sites having
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site scale and network effects with which LUGs cannot compete.</item>
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site scale and network effects with which LUGs cannot compete.</item>
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As of 2016, there are LUGs in 43 US states, seven of Canada's ten provinces,
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As of 2016, there are LUGs in 43 US states, seven of Canada's ten provinces,
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all six of Australia's states plus the Australian Capital Territory, in 76
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all six of Australia's states plus the Australian Capital Territory, in 76
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locations in India, and over 100 other countries, including Russia, China, most
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locations in India, and over 100 other countries, including Russia, China, most
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of Western and Eastern Europe, and many parts of Africa, South America, Central
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of Western and Eastern Europe, and many parts of Africa, Asia, South America,
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America, Oceania, and the Caribbean. (This does not include Linux groups
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Central America, Oceania, and the Caribbean. (This does not include Linux
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internal to <url name="Meetup.com" url="http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Essays/meetup.html">.)
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groups internal to <url name="Meetup.com" url="http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Essays/meetup.html">.)
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<itemize>
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<itemize>
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<item><url name="Lugslist" url="http://lugslist.com/"></item>
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<item><url name="Lugslist" url="http://lugslist.com/"></item>
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OSes, our OS will not live or die by the level of its acceptance and
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OSes, our OS will not live or die by the level of its acceptance and
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release/maintenance of ported applications. It and all key applications
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release/maintenance of ported applications. It and all key applications
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are open source: the programmer community that maintains it is
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are open source: the programmer community that maintains it is
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self-supporting, and would keep it advancing and healthy regardless
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self-supporting, and would keep it advancing and and healthy regardless
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of whether the business world and general public uses it with wild
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of whether the business world and general public uses it with wild
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abandon, only a little, or not at all. Because of its open-source
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abandon, only a little, or not at all. Because of its open-source
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licence terms, source code is permanently available. GNU/Linux cannot be
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licence terms, source code is permanently available. GNU/Linux cannot be
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they've been joined by
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they've been joined by
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<it><url name="Linux Format" url="http://www.linuxformat.com"></it> (UK),
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<it><url name="Linux Format" url="http://www.linuxformat.com"></it> (UK),
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<it><url name="LinuxUser and Developer" url="http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/"></it> (UK),
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<it><url name="LinuxUser and Developer" url="http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/"></it> (UK),
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<it><url name="Linux Magazine" url="http://www.linux-magazine.com/"></it> (German publishing firm; publishes in English, German, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, and Spanish; North American edition is named Linux Pro Magazine),
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<it><url name="Linux Magazine" url="http://www.linux-magazine.com/"></it> (German publishing firm; publishes in English, German, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, and Spanish; North American edition is named <it>Linux Pro Magazine</it>),
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<it><url name="Open Source For You"
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<it><url name="Open Source For You"
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url="http://opensourceforu.efytimes.com/"></it> (India; formerly <it>LINUX
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url="http://opensourceforu.efytimes.com/"></it> (India; formerly <it>LINUX
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For You)</it>,
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<item><url url="https://my.fsf.org/associate/support_freedom" name="Free Software Foundation">
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<item><url url="https://my.fsf.org/associate/support_freedom" name="Free Software Foundation">
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<item><url url="http://www.kde.org/community/donations/" name="KDE Project (KDE e.V.)">
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<item><url url="http://www.kde.org/community/donations/" name="KDE Project (KDE e.V.)">
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<item><url url="http://www.gnome.org/friends/" name="GNOME Foundation">
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<item><url url="http://www.gnome.org/friends/" name="GNOME Foundation">
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<item><url url="http://http://sfconservancy.org/" name="Software Freedom Conservancy">
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<item><url url="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/" name="The Mozilla Foundation">
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is never going to adopt the usage "GNU/Linux", but please indulge me anyway.
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is never going to adopt the usage "GNU/Linux", but please indulge me anyway.
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Linked in two appropriate places to separate Meetup.com rant.
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Linked in two appropriate places to separate Meetup.com rant.
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<Item>1.8.6: Fixed new typos and punctuation errors, revised antiquated emphasis on ftp, and averted one quibble about tax-exempt status not requiring incorporation (the 501(c)(3) exception). Politely disagreed with Kendall's implication that everyone deserves an equal say in "big decisions".
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<Item>1.8.6: Fixed new typos and punctuation errors, revised antiquated emphasis on ftp, and averted one quibble about tax-exempt status not requiring incorporation (the 501(c)(3) exception). Politely disagreed with Kendall's implication that everyone deserves an equal say in "big decisions".
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<Item>1.8.7: Add Software Freedom Conservancy and The Mozilla
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