Who's the Largest LUG in the World? | Linux Today

Who’s the Largest LUG in the World?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 30, 1999

Thanks to Ian Kluft for
this link.

“There are two groups who have competing claims to be the
largest LUG (Linux User Group) in the world. They are the Silicon
Valley Linux User Group (SVLUG) in San Jose (Silicon Valley),
California and the Skåne Sjælland Linux User Group
(SSLUG), which spans across Sweden and Denmark.”

“SSLUG makes the largest claim, with 2200 members. SSLUG makes
this claim based on the number of subscribers on its e-mail
list.

“SSLUG is a conglomeration of the local Linux User Groups in
Denmark and part of Sweden.”

“SVLUG’s membership of almost 1000 comes from counting the
subscribers to its mail lists. It is like most LUGs in that it
primarily covers a contiguous metropolitan area. Or in this case
it’s a fraction of a large metropolitan area, in the southern
portion of the San Francisco Bay Area.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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