HPR1168: How I started my local Linux User Group

Summary: Intro /me 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands What is a LUG? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_user_group Reaching out November 2011: Home alone, hacking away At work - not successful in getting colleagues interested Ubuntu NL members map - sending private messages http://forum.ubuntu-nl.org/index.php?action=googlemap Ubuntu NL forum post http://forum.ubuntu-nl.org/algemeen-42/starten-van-een-linux-users-group-in-den-bosch/msg782708/ Debian NL mailing list http://lists.debian.org/debian-user-dutch/2011/11/msg00006.html OpenSuse mailing list http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/2011-11/msg00116.html Gentoo and CentOS mailing lists (lists seem down) DukesOfHackers - Hackerspace in Den Bosch http://forum.ubuntu-nl.org/algemeen-42/lijst-van-hackerspaces-nederland/msg749087/#msg749087 Looking for a meeting place Meet up with Roel to discuss the Hackerspace and LUG Second reunion, with Roel and Vin to find a place First meetings Bar: In de Keulse Kar 1st and 2nd meting Ex-squat Knoflook for subsequent meetings http://ontspoord.org/knoflook-2/ Visit to HCC afdeling Noord Oost Brabant http://no-brabant.hcc.nl/ The continuation Regular place, recurring date/time Events; FOSDEM Tools Website Mailing list IRC Google Plus / Facebook Meetup Links - Recipe for a Successful Linux User Group http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Linux_PR/newlug.html Linux User Group HOWTO http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/User-Group-HOWTO.html Den Bosch Linux User Group http://lug.project073.nl/ MadLUG: Madison, Wisconsin Linux Users Group http://www.madisonlinux.org/ UK Linux User Groups http://lug.org.uk/ Show released under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/