Wisconsin Linux Users

Connect with other GNU/Linux enthusiasts in and around Wisconsin!

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Last Updated: Friday, May 23, 2025

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/group/green-bay-linux-users-group
• Kenosha - Practical Linux https://groups.place/group/home/414
• La Crosse Linux Users Group https://groups.google.com/group/lacrosselug
• Milwaukee Linux Users Group https://groups.google.com/g/MilwaukeeLUG
• Walworth County LUG http://walworthcountylug.wordpress.com
• Wisconsin LoCo Team is a group of folks that <3 Ubuntu. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WisconsinTeam
• Wisconsin Rapids tech_meetup at the WI Rapids library makerspace; first Thursday monthly. https://mcmillanlibrary.libcal.com/event/12280966

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/
• dc414 https://dc414.org/ Your Milwaukee area DEFCON group
• Milwaukee Makerspace http://milwaukeemakerspace.org/
• Sector67 http://www.sector67.org/ Madison, WI
• The Bodgery http://www.thebodgery.org/ Madison, WI

Chat/IM/IRC

• Several people inhabit the #wilug channel on irc.libera.chat and have this snazzy HTML page: http://wilug.github.io/
• 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
• NetSonic offers dedicated, colocated, or virtual hosting right in Green Bay, WI. http://www.netsonic.net/
• Nsight Telservices https://www.nsighttel.com/ - Internet access and web hosting in North East Wisconsin.
• Spectrum https://www.spectrum.com/ - You can get an Internet-only line.
• 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!
• 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 https://www.suse.com/
• Trisquel GNU/Linux http://trisquel.info/ <<< 100% Free Software
• Ubuntu http://www.ubuntu.com/
• And a lot more at http://distrowatch.com/

GNU/Linux and FOSS Mirrors in Wisconsin

• http://mirrors.tds.net/
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