====== Bay Area Open Source, LINUX, BSD, UNIX, User Groups and related associations and events ======

===== Meta-list - list of lists =====
(Want a shortcut to this list-of-lists?  Can use: [[https://www.balug.org/LOL]] \\
think: **L**ist **O**f **L**ists - might not fully remember that?
[[https://www.balug.org/~root/etc/apache2/sites-available/rewrites/rewrites_lol.conf|It's quite permissive on the matching]].) \\
[[http://linuxmafia.com/bale/|The BALE -- Bay Area Linux Events]] \\
[[https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=caj9iea2ol69b7n2uqdek4ocso%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Los_Angeles|SF Bay Area Open Source/Linux Events]] ([[https://goo.gl/b9WY5k|Google short link to same]]) \\
[[http://www.svlug.org/farm.php#other-local|Silicon Valley Linux Users Group Other (Linux, Unix, Software, etc.) Local Groups]] \\
[[http://www.lugod.org/calendar/|Linux Users' Group of Davis Upcoming Local Linux Events]] \\
[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Projects/UserGroupContacts/Groups#SF|Ubuntu CaliforniaTeam San Francisco Bay Area numerous Linux and Open Source and related User Groups]] \\


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===== Location of meetings/events (least to most specific, then by location) =====
==== Bay Area ====
[[#Bay Area Debian]] \\
[[#Red Hat User Group - Bay Area]]
=== Berkeley ===
[[#Berkeley Unix User Group]]
=== Oakland ===
=== San Francisco ===
[[#LinuxWorld Conference & Expo]] \\
[[#San Francisco Linux Users' Group]] \\
[[#Bay Area Linux Users Group]]
=== Sunnyvale ===
[[#The Linux Anniversary Picnic|Linux Picnic]]

===== Emphasis/focus =====
==== Debian ====
[[#Bay Area Debian]]
==== LINUX ====
[[#LinuxWorld Conference & Expo]] \\
[[#The Linux Anniversary Picnic|Linux Picnic]] \\
[[#San Francisco Linux Users' Group]] \\
[[#Bay Area Linux Users Group]]
==== UNIX ====
[[#Berkeley Unix User Group]]

===== Frequency (approximatley) of meetings =====
==== annually ====
[[#LinuxWorld Conference & Expo]] \\
[[#The Linux Anniversary Picnic|Linux Picnic]]
==== monthly ====
[[#Bay Area Debian]] \\
[[#Bay Area Linux Users Group]] \\
==== semimonthly/biweekly ====
[[#San Francisco Linux Users' Group]] \\
[[#Berkeley Unix User Group]]


===== Groups/Associations/Events =====

==== The Linux Anniversary Picnic ====
[[http://www.linuxpicnic.org/|The Linux Anniversary Picnic]]

==== LinuxWorld Conference & Expo ====
[[http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/|LinuxWorld Conference & Expo (LWCE)]]

==== Bay Area Debian ====
[[http://bad.debian.net/|Bay Area Debian (BAD)]]

==== Red Hat User Group - Bay Area ====
[[https://events.redhat.com/profile/182439|Red Hat User Group - Bay Area]] (see also:[[https://red.ht/rhugs|Red Hat User Groups]])

==== San Francisco Linux Users' Group ====
[[http://www.sf-lug.org/|San Francisco Linux Users' Group (SF-LUG)]]

==== Berkeley Unix User Group ====
[[http://www.buug.org/|Berkeley Unix User Group (BUUG)]]

==== Bay Area Linux Users Group  ====
[[http://www.balug.org/|Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG)]]