We are fortunate to have many other computer user groups nearby. There are several other LUGs, as well as groups for related technologies and other operating systems.
The Regional Municipality of Linux
Here are some other LUGs in Southern Ontario. When known, we list the days of the month they typically meet. Check out their websites for additional information.
- Kitchener - Waterloo - first Monday,
- Cambridge - third Monday,
- London - days TBA,
- Owen Sound - first Tuesday,
- St. Catharines - first Tuesday,
- St. Mary's - first Tuesday
- Hamilton - first Wednesday,
- Barrie - first Wednesday,
- Quinte - first Wednesday,
- Toronto - second Tuesday,
- Windsor - second Thursday,
- Peterborough - second Thursday,
- Wingham - third Wednesday,
- Toronto (New Users) - fourth Tuesday,
- West Toronto - first Wednesday
- London - appears idle,
- Kingston - appears idle,
- Stratford - appears idle
Other Computer Groups in K/W
- KW Perl Mongers mong Perl the third Thursday of the month.
- KW Ruby Users Group polishes Ruby.
- KW Python Users Group walks sillily with Python the fourth Tuesday of the month.
- KW Internet Users Group is not devoted to any one operating system or application, but covers a range of topics related to Internet use. "A Fun Place to Learn About the Internet".
- KW Unix Users Group caters to UNIX users and administrators. Meets the third Wednesday of the month.
- The Canada's Technology Triangle .NET User Group meets monthly to showcase the .NET environment.
- The Waterloo Libre Software Group meets biweekly to nosh on all software liberated.
- The Waterloo-Wellington Information Technology Professional User Group meets on the last Monday of the month to discuss Microsoft server technologies.
- The Waterloo Region Drupal Users Group geeks out over the popular CMS on the first Friday of every month.
Other Groups of Interest
- The Canadian Association for Open Source (a.k.a. CLUE) is an organization which advocates open-source adoption across Canada.
- The Toronto Smalltalk Users Group is not in KW, but it is the closest group where people can chatter about this squeaky language. There is an associated Tomb Robber's Club as well.