The Uganda Linux User Group is a community organization dedicated to the promotion and discussion of open-source technology.
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Security, flexibility, affordability, transparency, perpetuity, and interoperability. Open-source software can be studied, changed, improved, and distributed by anyone.

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LUG - Ideas
By Brian Ssennoga 21 weeks 4 days ago
KOHA-Library Management System
By Mac mark 48 weeks 2 days ago
Looking Ahead to 2012
By Simon Vass 1 year 20 weeks ago
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Techfest Uganda 2011 (at Orange Expo) - Hackers for Charity
By Kyle Spencer 1 year 25 weeks ago
Techfest Uganda 2011 (at Orange Expo) - Fundibots
By Kyle Spencer 1 year 25 weeks ago
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March 2013 LUG Meeting
Saturday, March 23, 2013 - 16:24

A goat in the main S7 computer lab
Linux User Group Meeting
Friday, February 22, 2013 - 16:00

Final LUG Meeting 2012
Saturday, December 15, 2012 - 09:00

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Recent news

Distribution Release: Slackel 3.1 "Live Openbox"
Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 10:30

Dimitris Tzemos has announced the release of Slackel 3.1 "Live Openbox" edition, a lightweight Linux distribution based on Slackware Linux and Salix: "Slackel Live 3.1 Openbox has been released. Includes the live kernel 3.8.8 and lots of updates from Slackware's 'Current' tree. Slackel Live 3.1 Openbox includes the....


Distribution Release: Alpine Linux 2.6.0
Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 01:10

Natanael Copa has announced the release of Alpine Linux 2.6.0, a security-oriented, lightweight Linux distribution for servers, based on uClibc and BusyBox: "We are pleased to announce Alpine Linux 2.6.0. Since 2.5, among the various bug fixes, several packages have been upgraded: Linux kernel upgraded to 3.9.2 with....


Linux Mint 15 'Olivia' Release Candidate Is Out
Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 01:07

New submitter Anand Radhakrishnan writes "The release candidate for the much-anticipated Linux Mint 15 'Olivia' is available for user testing. Its many new features include Cinnamon Control center, an improved login manager with HTML 5 support, a driver manager, and a lot of under-the-hood improvements.


Development Release: openSUSE 13.1 Milestone 1
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 12:32

The development of openSUSE 13.1, the distribution's next stable release whose availability is tentatively scheduled for early November 2013, has commenced with the initial milestone build: "openSUSE is pleased to announce that the newest milestone of the upcoming version of openSUSE 13.1 is available for testing. As an....


Linux is an Obvious Choice for Automating the Beer-Brewing Process (Video)
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 21:25

Linus Torvalds, Jon 'maddog' Hall, and many other names closely associated with Linux are also closely associated with beer. (Ed. note: I have personally watched them associate with beer, and may have even joined them.) It comes as no surprise, therefore, when Linux advocate and LinuxAutomation.org founder Kurt Forsberg talks about using Linux to control his beer brewing.


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