Wisconsin Linux Users

From Wisconsin Linux Users

Connect with other GNU/Linux enthusiasts in and around Wisconsin! Feel free to edit this page and add your own content related to GNU/Linux use in Wisconsin.

Link Us!!! Please consider linking to http://wisconsinlinux.org from your Linux related web site. Wisconsin Linux User Groups (LUGS) are especially encouraged. Your links help other Wisconsin Linux users find http://wisconsinlinux.org and share their knowledge and ideas about Linux.

Contents 1 Wisconsin Linux User Groups (LUG's) 2 Other Wisconsin Technology User Groups / Meetups / Hacker-Makerspaces 2.1 10 Most recent discussions on the Linux User Group mailing lists 3 Meetings / Event Calendar 4 Chat 5 Individuals 5.1 GNU/Linux - Open Source - Techie - Individuals from Wisconsin -- with websites! 6 ISPs and Hosts in Wisconsin 7 Software 7.1 Linux Distributions 7.2 GNU/Linux and FOSS Mirrors in Wisconsin 7.3 Handy applications employed by Wisconsin Linux users. 8 Large GNU/Linux Implementations in Wisconsin

Wisconsin Linux User Groups (LUG's)

• Eau Claire Linux users group is an informal group of Linux and open source software enthusiasts. http://eclug.homelinux.org
• Fond du Lac Linux Users Group http://www.fdllug.org/
• Kenosha Area Linux Users Group http://www.kenoshalinux.org/ <<< Kenoshans Unite! Get this group off the ground.
• La Crosse Linux Users Group http://groups.google.com/group/lacrosselug
• Madison Linux Users Group http://www.madisonlinux.org/
• Milwaukee Linux Users Group http://www.milwaukeelug.org/
• North East Wisconsin Linux Users Group http://www.newlug.org/
• Sheboygan / Manitowoc Linux Users Group http://www.bratlug.org/
• UW Oshkosh Computer Science Club http://www.uwosh.edu/cs_club/ <<< This is not an open membership group, but you can join their mailing lists.
• Walworth County LUG - http://walworthcountylug.wordpress.com
• West of Madison Technology Users' Group http://groups.google.com/group/westofmadtech <<< Not Linux-specific, but welcomes Linux-related discussion/presentations and formation of Linux SIG.
• WiLoCo is an Ubuntu LoCo Team of folks from Wisconsin. http://ubuntu-wisconsin.org/

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!

• BarCampFoxValley http://barcampfoxvalley.org/
• BarCampMadison http://barcampmadison.org/
• BarCampMilwaukee http://barcampmilwaukee.org/
• Bucketworks http://www.bucketworks.org/ Milwaukee, WI
• dc414 https://dc414.org/ Your Milwaukee area DEFCON group
• Distributed Hacker/Maker Network http://dhmn.net/ Appleton, WI and the Fox Valley
• MakeBit http://makebit.org/ Fond du Lac, WI
• Milwaukee Makerspace http://milwaukeemakerspace.org/
• NEWNET http://mydigitechnician.blogspot.com/
• Sector67 http://www.sector67.org/ Madison, WI
• Web414 http://www.web414.com/
• Web608 http://www.web608.org/
• Web920 http://www.web920.com/

There is also an extensive list of local Wisconsin Tech Groups here: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pDMgmYwi3Um77V18tIM76Kw

10 Most recent discussions on the Linux User Group mailing lists

As of 2012-05-19 6:46am

Meetings / Event Calendar

http://www.virtuallug.com has Ekiga/IRC Linux chats at 9:00 p.m. Eastern time each Thursday night.

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Chat

• Several people inhabit the #wilug channel on irc.freenode.net . Point your IRC client to irc.freenode.net and /join #wilug or if you don't have an IRC client handy http://java.freenode.net/ has an applet based client. Choose the Freenode.net server and the #wilug channel. Stop in sometime and introduce yourself. You can also browse over to http://www.wilug.org/ to get a synopsis.
• 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 .

Individuals

GNU/Linux - Open Source - Techie - Individuals from Wisconsin -- with websites!

• http://www.djhsolutions.com/
• http://seiler.us/
• http://mydigitechnician.blogspot.com/
• http://www.theputnams.net/mike/
• http://www.lfod.us/
• http://www.hentzenwerke.com/
• http://www.apocalyptech.com/
• http://upsidedownkingdom.org/
• http://www.lyonlabs.org/
• http://www.chadkittel.com/
• http://www.bertramland.com/

See how many Wisconsin-ites are counted on the Linux User Counter

ISPs and Hosts in Wisconsin

Commentary on Internet Service Providers and Hosts in Wisconsin:

• Time Warner Cable / Roadrunner http://www.timewarnercable.com/wisconsin/ - You can get an Internet-only line.
• AT&T http://www.att.com/ - Decent DSL service
• 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.
• NetSonic offers dedicated, colocated, or virtual hosting right in Green Bay, WI. http://www.netsonic.net/
• 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.
• Hosthead http://www.hosthead.com/ - Web Design services and hosting based in Madison, WI.
• Dotnet http://www.dotnet.com/ - Web hosting, colocation and wireless internet access in most of Fond du Lac county and surrounding area.
• Midwest Data Systems http://www.midwestdatasystems.com - Full ISP (Dialup, Broadband, PTP), Web Services (Design & Development, Maintenance, Hosting on linux, Colocation), Networking (Onsite Networking, System Administration, Onsite Computer Repair), and PC (Repair, Upgrades, etc). Based in Marinette, WI.

Software

Linux Distributions

You can't have a web site about Linux without links to the popular distros! In no particular order:

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

Distrowatch.com is a good place to watch the many, many different flavors of Linux.

linux.org is a good place to stay current with Linux news, find tutorials, or user groups in other states / countries.

GNU/Linux and FOSS Mirrors in Wisconsin

• http://mirror.services.wisc.edu/
• http://mirrors.tds.net/

Handy applications employed by Wisconsin Linux users.

• Here is a great article on bluetooth programming by NEWLUG member Ben DuPont: http://drdobbs.com/mobile/232500828 Added 2/1/2012
• twill http://twill.idyll.org/
• tmux http://tmux.sourceforge.net/
• screen ftp://gnudist.gnu.org/pub/gnu/screen
• irssi http://www.irssi.org/
• firefox http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
• PPF http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppf/
• PircBot http://www.jibble.org/pircbot.php
• PieSpy http://www.jibble.org/piespy/
• mplayer http://www.mplayerhq.hu/
• mpd http://www.musicpd.org/
• mpc http://www.musicpd.org/mpc.shtml
• mpdscribble http://www.frob.nl/scribble.html
• MythTV http://www.mythtv.org/
• MediaWiki http://www.mediawiki.org/
• phpBB http://www.phpbb.com/
• drupal http://drupal.org/
• Enemy Territory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfenstein:_Enemy_Territory
• dwm http://dwm.suckless.org/
• Asterisk http://www.asterisk.org/
• Mercurial http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/
• subversion http://subversion.tigris.org/
• OpenWRT http://openwrt.org/
• WebGUI http://webgui.org/
• vim http://vi-improved.org
• VirtualBox http://www.virtualbox.org/
• Linux Terminal Server Project http://www.ltsp.org/
• Synergy http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/
• backuppc http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ A backup solution supporting client backups from Windows, Linux, Etc.
• snownews http://kiza.kcore.de/software/snownews/

Large GNU/Linux Implementations in Wisconsin

• University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee uses Zimbra Collaboration Suite on Red Hat Linux for ~50,000 users email and calendaring needs. Read more...
• University of Wisconsin - Madison High Energy Physics group employs large scale GNU/Linux and *BSD infrastructure for research efforts including the CERN Large Hadron Collider project. Read more... UW-Madison has long and rich computing history and can be counted among participants in the timeline of modern computing. For example...
• Burlington Coat Factory uses GNU/Linux for all point-of-sale transactions. Read more...