The Linux User Group HOWTO is intended to serve as a guide to founding, maintaining, and growing a Linux User Group.
Linux is a freely-distributable implementation of Unix for personal computers, servers and workstations. It was developed on the i386 and now supports i486, Pentium, Pentium Pro, and Pentium II processors, as well as x86-clones from AMD, Cyrix, and others. It also supports most SPARC, DEC Alpha, PowerPC/PowerMac, and Motorola 68x0 Mac/Amigas machines.
If you want to learn more about Linux, the Linux Documentation Project is a good place to start.
For general information about computer user groups, please see the Association of PC Users Groups.
New versions of the Linux User Group HOWTO will be periodically uploaded to various Linux WWW and FTP sites, principally North Texas Linux Users Group Web site and the Linux Documentation Project
You can always get the latest version of this document on the Web at the NTLUG Web site.
I welcome questions about and feedback on this document. Please send them to me at kclark@ntlug.org. I am especially interested in hearing from leaders of LUGs from around the world. I would like to include real-life examples of the things described here. I would also like to include a section on LUGs outside the United States, since this HOWTO as it stands now is rather US-centric. Please let me know if your group does things that should be mentioned in this HOWTO.