Wisconsin Linux Users

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Last Updated: Monday, November 27 2017

Wisconsin Linux User Groups (LUG's)

• Fond du Lac Linux Users Group http://www.fdllug.org/
• Green Bay Linux Users Group https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/green-bay-linux-users-group
• La Crosse Linux Users Group http://groups.google.com/group/lacrosselug
• University of Wisconsin-Madison Linux Users Group https://win.wisc.edu/organization/wisclug
• Milwaukee Linux Users Group http://www.milwaukeelug.org/
• Walworth County LUG http://walworthcountylug.wordpress.com
• Wisconsin LoCo Team is a group of folks that <3 Ubuntu. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WisconsinTeam
• University of Wisconsin of Stevens Point Linux User Group hhttp://stuorgs.uwsp.edu/LUG/Pages/default.aspx

Join the Wisconsin Linux Users Group - Google+ Community

https://plus.google.com/communities/114661011476776060142

Other Wisconsin Technology User Groups / Meetups / Hacker-Makerspaces

There is a lot of overlap between Wisconsin GNU/Linux & FOSS users and these non-Linux-specific Wisconsin Technology Groups. The more the merrier!

• Appleton Makerspace http://appletonmakerspace.org/
• BarCamp Fond du Lac http://www.barcampfdl.org/
• BarCamp Green Bay http://www.barcampgb.org/
• BarCamp Madison http://barcampmadison.org/
• dc414 https://dc414.org/ Your Milwaukee area DEFCON group
• MakeBit http://makebit.org/ Fond du Lac, WI
• Milwaukee Makerspace http://milwaukeemakerspace.org/
• Sector67 http://www.sector67.org/ Madison, WI
• The Bodgery http://www.thebodgery.org/ Madison, WI
• Web608 http://www.web608.org/

Chat/IM/IRC

• Several people inhabit the #wilug channel on irc.freenode.net http://wilug.github.com/
• Ubuntu Wisconsin LoCo team maintains the #ubuntu-us-wi channel on irc.freenode.net
• The Milwaukee Linux Users Group maintains the #mlug channel on irc.milwaukeelug.org

ISPs and Hosts in Wisconsin

Commentary on Internet Service Providers and Hosts in Wisconsin:

• 5Nines in Madison http://5nines.com/
• AT&T http://www.att.com/ - Decent DSL service/UVerse
• NTD Athenet offers residential and business Internet services as well as dedicated, colocated, or virtual hosting in Appleton, WI. http://www.athenet.net/
• NetNet http://www.netnet.net/ - Internet access and web hosting in North East Wisconsin.
• NetSonic offers dedicated, colocated, or virtual hosting right in Green Bay, WI. http://www.netsonic.net/
• Spectrum https://www.spectrum.com/ - You can get an Internet-only line.
• TDS Metrocom http://www.tdsmetro.com/ - Available in some AT&T land line areas
• TDS Telecom http://www.tdstelecom.com/ - Primary carrier for certain areas.

GNU/Linux Distributions

You can't have a web site about Linux without links to the popular distros!

• CentOS http://www.centos.org/
• Debian http://www.debian.org/
• Fedora http://fedoraproject.org/
• FreeBSD http://www.freebsd.org/ <<< Not Linux, but open and excellent!
• Lunar-Linux http://www.lunar-linux.org/
• OpenBSD http://www.openbsd.org/ <<< Not Linux, but open and excellent!
• openSUSE http://www.opensuse.org/
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) http://www.redhat.com/
• Slackware http://www.slackware.com/
• SUSE http://www.novell.com/linux/
• Ubuntu http://www.ubuntu.com/
• And a lot more at http://distrowatch.com/

GNU/Linux and FOSS Mirrors in Wisconsin

• http://mirrors.tds.net/