Linux Users' Group of Davis celebrates its 10 year anniversary

PRLog (Press Release) - Jan. 13, 2009 - The Linux Users' Group of Davis, a non-profit computer club for Sacramento-area Linux and open source software enthusiasts, celebrates its 10th anniversary on January 19th. Guest speaker Allison Randal will discuss the Parrot virtual machine project, of which she is chief architect.

LUGOD, founded by Davis community members and UC Davis students and staff in January 1999, has been an active part of the community since its inception. The group holds monthly meetings with both technical and non-technical presentations from guest speakers, "Installfest" workshops to help new users install and become acquainted with the Linux operating system, and other outreach projects. LUGOD consists of over 200 active members from all walks of life, from high school students to retired engineers.

The club's 10th anniversary meeting will take place at the Davis Branch of the Yolo County Library on Monday, January 19th at 7pm. The event will be free and open to the public. To celebrate, free pizza and cake will be served, there will be numerous give-aways and raffle prizes, sponsored by Google Inc., O'Reilly Media and LUGOD's own members.

The library is located at 315 East 14th Street in Davis. For more information, visit http://www.lugod.org/10/ or contact Bill Kendrick at pr@lugod.org or by phone at (530) 902-7416.

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The Linux Users' Group of Davis (LUGOD) is a 501(c)7 non-profit computer club dedicated the Linux and open source software. It holds regular meetings in Davis with presentations by guest speakers, as well as other outreach events. It maintains a website with information and archives of past events at http://www.lugod.org/

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