One of the main pillars of the promotion of the free community is free software user groups . These user groups are an invaluable source of information (guides, tutorials) and are also places for discussion and discussion. Very often, these communities operate thanks to volunteers who perpetuate the collaborative spirit that reigns in the world of free software.
While browsing the Internet, there are many encounters with free software user groups. Here is an overview.
The free software community in Quebec
Among the most dynamic user groups in Quebec, we should point out Linux-Quebec, which notably offers links to various resources.
It also exists :
- GULUS , the Linux Users Group of the University of Sherbrooke.
- GULSE , the Group of Users of St-Eustache and the Surroundings.
- MLUG , the Montreal Linux Users Group.
- MRLUG , the Montreal Regional Linux Users Group.
User groups and resource sites
Here is a non-exhaustive list of user groups:
- alim.cjb.net : free software site in Morocco
- http://www.education.free.fr/ : education.free, the educational software site distributed under a free license
- france.fsfeurope.org/index.fr.html : French chapter of the Free Software Foundation (FSF)
- fsffrance.org : FSF France
- jesuislibre.org : site that promotes various free software
- lea-linux.org : French website containing several Linux tips and tricks as well as a book (PDF, 4.5 Mb) dealing with a large number of Linux topics.
- linuxfr.org/pub : the LinuxFr.org portal
- linux-kheops.com/index.php : Linux information portal in French
- stommel.tamu.edu/ baum / linux-meta.html : The Linux Meta-page is a must-see that identifies a set of resources on Linux.
- thot.cursus.edu/rubrique.asp? no = 17332 : Thot, education and free site
- www.abul.org : Bordeaux Linux Users Association
- www.adae.gouv.fr : ADAE online, the French government site of the resource and exchange center of the Agency for the Development of Electronic Administration
- www.aldil.org : Lyonnaise Association for the Development of Free Computing (ALDIL)
- www.alpinux.net : the Linux users group of Savoies.
- www.april.org : Association for Research in Free Computing. APRIL is an associated organization of the French chapter of the FSF.
- www.axul.org : Association of Linux Users and Free Software
- www.cosnix.org : Linux and free software users’ club in Cosne sur Loire and in the Nivernais region
- www.fr.linuxfocus.org/Francais : LinuxFocus is a magazine distributed on the Internet. This magazine is in several languages: French, German, English, Arabic, etc.
- www.funix.org : Funix site, which aims to provide the means to set up a complete and efficient computer network made up of free software (freeware, GPL license, etc.) for use in a private or small setting structure (association or school type) and having few resources.
- www.gnu.org/ www.aful.org : French Association of Users of Linux and Free Software
- www.linux.org : Linux on line
- www.linux.org/groups : list of several Linux user groups around the world
- www.linuxbourg.ch : Linux-User-Group from Friborg (Switzerland)
- www.linux-center.org/fr/index.html : The Linux Center project is a thematic index of Web pages devoted to the Linux operating system, its applications and more generally to free software.
- www.linux-france.org : Linux France and its section of education-related projects
- www.linuxgazette.com : Linux newspaper, in English, accessible on the Internet
- www.linuxined.org : Linux in education, member of Schoolforge
- www.linuxjournal.com : the site of the Linux Journal (in English) and more particularly the section www.linuxjournal.com/resources.php
- www.namurlug.org : Linux user group from Namur (Belgium)
- www.schoolforge.net : site dealing with free software in the field of education