About
The Linux Users’ Group at NC State is a student group dedicated to maker culture and serving the free & open source software community. Founded in Fall of 1994, we are one of the oldest existing LUGs. While we have Linux in the name, our group is more like a general technology enthusiasts club.
Membership
Feel free to join us on Discord, Matrix, or IRC and introduce yourself!
If you are interested in joining the LUG, membership is easy to obtain. Simply attend meetings and make yourself known to the club!
Given the nature of the LUG, our membership mostly consists of software developers and students from the NC State Computer Science Department, but we don’t turn anyone away - there are no dues, and you don’t have to be a student to attend.
Meetings
The LUG meets every week during the Spring and Fall semesters, typically Friday nights at 7:00 PM. From week to week, we alternate activities from tech talks to hack days to social dinners. Technical sessions and hack days are generally held in the same room over the course of the semester. Any room changes will be sent out on our communication channels. Venues for social dinners are decided upon via group vote, and then sent out on the same channels.
Typical Meeting Location
Engineering Bldg II, Room 3001
890 Oval Dr,
Raleigh, NC 27606
- Make sure to check our communication channels for any changes.
Parking
We hold our meetings on NC State’s Centennial Campus. Parking at NC State is free after 5 PM in most places (be sure to check the signs). When parking on Centennial, the best place to get a spot is in the CC decks on Partners Way. If there are spots open on Oval Drive that is also convenient. There are four decks on Partners: two CC, one Public pay parking, and one private corporate deck.
Guest Speakers
The LUG is a close-knit community of hackers and makers who like to get together on a weekly basis to geek out over technology and creativity. We welcome guest speakers who share in this passion to come and speak with us, not to us.
Topics the LUG is interested in include:
- programming
- computer software
- computer hardware
- computer ethics
- hacking
- free & open source movements
- and similar!