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Local Debian Groups
This page is an attempt to gather detailed information about Debian Local Groups around the world, for integration of that information into Debian infrastructure and also in order to improve the quality and quantity of events and the promoting of Local Groups initiatives.
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Asia
Hong Kong
Debian HK
Location:
Group Email Address:
Website: http://debian.org.hk
Wiki:
IRC Channel:
Contact: info@debian.org.hk
Description: Unite all Debian users in Hong Kong, dominate the Greater China Linux market, conquer all servers in the world!
Geolocation: 22.304 N 114.180 E
India
Debian India
Location
Group Email Address: debianindia@yahoogroups.com
Website: http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Debian
Wiki:
IRC Channel: #debian-in
Contact: Praveen A pravi.a@gmail.com
Description: Encouraging more Indian contribution to debian. Organises annual Debian Developers Conference.
Geolocation:
Japan
Debian JP
Location: Japan
Group Email Address: board@debian.or.jp
Website: http://www.debian.or.jp/
Wiki:
IRC Channel: #debian-japanese - #debianjp
Contact: Debian JP Board board@debian.or.jp, Junichi Uekawa dancer@debian.org
Description: Coordination of l10n task force, organization of local meetings, beer/keysigning parties.
Geolocation: 35.6 N 139.7 E
Taiwan
Debian.Org.Tw
Location: Taiwan
Group Email Address: members@debian.org.tw
Website: http://www.debian.org.tw
IRC Channel:
Contact: Debian.Org.Tw Members members@debian.org.tw, Andrew Lee andrew@linux.org.tw
Description: Localisation efforts of various kinds of local languages in Taiwan. Meets on the Debian Birthday Party and TWDebCamp. For information in Chinese, see the web sites above. English speaking Debian users in Taiwan are welcome to contact us (we read Chinese/English/German) by the Group Email Address. Or may contact AugustinMa (leave a message on his user page).
Geolocation:
Indonesia
Debian-id
Location: Indonesia
Group Email Address: debian-id@googlegroups.com
Website: http://www.debian-id.org
Wiki: http://doc.debian-id.org
IRC Channel: #debian-id
Contact: Debian-ID.Org Team <team@debian-id.org>, ?Izharul Haq <atoz@debian-id.org>
Description: Localisation efforts of various kinds of local languages in Indonesia. LocalGroups/Debian-id
Geolocation:
Oceania
Australia
Melbourne
Debian-melb
Location: Melbourne, VIC, AU
Group Email Address: debian-melb@taz.net.au
Website:
Wiki:
IRC Channel:
Contact: Daniel Stone daniels@debian.org
Description: Meets very irregularly - usually just when people are in town.
Geolocation: 37.817 S 144.967 E
Sydney
Debian Slug AU
Location: Sydney, New South Wales, AU
Group Email Address: debian-au@lists.linux.org.au
Website: http://debian.slug.org.au/
Wiki:
IRC Channel:
Contact: debian@slug.org.au (Craige ?McWhirter, Robert Collins, Matt Hope)
Description: Active Debian Group, with monthly meetings. See website for whats coming up.
Geolocation: 33.883 S 151.217 E
Europe
Austria
Debienna
Location: Vienna, Austria
Group Email Address: debienna@rerun.lefant.net
Website: http://debienna.at/
Wiki:
IRC Channel: #debian.or.at
Contact: debienna@rerun.lefant.net
Description: meets every Thursday in Vienna (at the hype Museumsquartier). If you are close drop by - see linked wiki for details.
Geolocation: 48.200 N 16.367 W
Belarus
Debian-by
Location: Minsk, Republic of Belarus
Group Email Address:
Website: http://debian-by.org
Wiki:
IRC Channel: #debian-by on irc.debian.org (OFTC)
Mailing list: <debian DASH dug DASH by AT SPAMFREE lsits DOT debian DOT org>
Description: We organize DebBeer`s, Release Parties, Meetings and Debian Birthday Parties (Debian Day) in Belarus. Our goal to gathering Debian contributors in Belarus.
Germany
Berlin
BUUG-L
Location: Berlin, Germany, Europe
Group Email Address: buug-l@buug.de (not exclusively Debian, but the Berlin DDs hang around here!)
Website:
Wiki:
IRC Channel:
Contact: buug-l@buug.de (not exclusively Debian, but the Berlin DDs hang around here!)
Description: Meets every last Friday of an odd-numbered month at various locations (e.g. the "Max & Moritz", Oranienstr. 162, 10969 Berlin-Kreuzberg)
Geolocation: 52.517 N 13.400 E
Hamburg
DUG-HH
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Group Email Address: dug-hh@gnu-forum.de
Website:
Wiki:
IRC Channel:
Contact: dug-hh@gnu-forum.de
Description: to be written
Geolocation: 53.550 N 10.000 E
Munich
Debian Muc
Location: Munich, Germany
Group Email Address: area-muc@teams.debian.net
Website:
Wiki: LocalGroups/DebianMuc
IRC Channel: #debian-muc
Contact: Michael Ablassmeier <abi@debian.org>
Description: Meets roughly monthly - or when people are in town and get in touch with us.
Geolocation: 48.150 N 11.583 E
Italy
The Secret "Fetch Every DD Passing Thru Bologna and Take 'em To Dinner" Group
Location: Bologna, Italy
Group Email Address: None. But we track debian-private@lists.debian.org and debian-italian@lists.debian.org
Website:
Wiki:
IRC Channel: #debian-it
Contact:
Description: Thou Shalt Not Pass For Bologna Without Gaining An Extra Kilo
Geolocation: 44.483 N 11.333 E
Debianizzati
Location:
Group Email Address:
Website: http://debianizzati.org
IRC Channel: #debianizzati at irc.azzurra.org
Contact:
Description:
Geolocation:
Switzerland
Debian Unizh
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Group Email Address: debian-unizh@lists.madduck.net
Website:
Wiki:
IRC Channel:
Contact: Martin F. Krafft madduck@debian.org
Description: Meets irregularly - usually when people are in town and get in touch with us. Mailing list is set up to be a support forum. Don't be distracted by -unizh... it started out at the university, but it's moved to the city and beyond. I just haven't had time to update...
Geolocation: 47.367 N 8.550 E
The Netherlands
Debian-nl
Location: The Netherlands
Group Email Address: debian-events-nl@lists.debian.org
Website:
Wiki:
IRC Channel: #debian-nl
Contact: Just use the list
Description: Discussion list, mainly used to announce keysigning party's once some non-dutch developer visits the Netherlands.
Geolocation: 52.350 N 4.917 E
UK
Debian UK
Location: United Kingdom/Great Britain/'England'
Group Email Address: debian-uk@chiark.greenend.org.uk
Website:
Wiki:
IRC Channel: #debian-uk
Contact: The list. Insofar as anyone is in charge: SteveMcIntyre <93sam@debian.org>
Description: Debian developers and hangers-on in the UK. Meets and exhibitions are organised through this list. By far the largest concentration is in Cambridge so most physical meets happen there, several times a year. Meets in London are quite common, especially when visitors are passing through.
Geolocation: 51.517 N 0.105 W (London) 52.205 N 0.144 E (Cambridge)
North America
Canada
(Greater) Toronto
THUG
Location:
Group Email Address: thug@gnu.org
Website: http://www.nongnu.org/thug/
Wiki:
IRC Channel: #thug
Contact:
Description: We are currently a small group that is growing nicely. We meet every couple months in a convenient location, usually the University of Waterloo. Our current leaders are all Debian developers and GNU Hurd enthusiats.
Geolocation: 33.000 S 151.600 E
Waterloo, Ontario
UW-DIG
Location: University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Group Email Address: uw-dig@uw-dig.uwaterloo.ca
Website: http://uw-dig.uwaterloo.ca
Wiki:
IRC Channel:
Contact:
Description: The University of Waterloo Debian Interest Group is a group of Debianers who meet monthly to learn from each other and discuss the current projects the group has going.
Geolocation: 43.467 N 80.533 W
Mexico
Debian Mexico
Location: Mexico D.F., México
Group Email Address: debianmexico@red-libre.org
Website: http://www.debianmexico.org/
Wiki:
IRC Channel: #debian-mx
Contact:
Description: Mexican Debian users group
Geolocation: 19.400 N 99.150 W
USA
CA - Los Angeles, San Diego
Continent / Nation
Location: CA, US (Los Angeles, San Diego)
Group Email Address: scd@scd.debian.net
Website: http://scd.debian.net/ (If you receive a 403 error, please contact Blars Blarson <blarson@blars.org>. He will be more than happy to explain to you why you are not able to access this web site).
Wiki:
IRC Channel:
Contact: Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
Description: The usual low-traffic mailing list, irregular meetings, key signing
Geolocation: 32.715 N 117.156 W
CA - San Francisco Bay Area
Continent / Nation
Location: CA, US (San Francisco Bay area)
Group Email Address: bad@bad.debian.net
Website: http://bad.debian.net
Wiki:
IRC Channel:
Contact:
Description: A loose collection of over 100 Debian developers and enthusiasts. Currently has get-togethers on the second Wednesday of most months.
Geolocation: 37.775 N 122.418 W
DC - Washington
Continent / Nation
Location: Washington, DC, US
Group Email Address: area-washington-dc@teams.debian.net (subscription directions)
Website:
Wiki:
IRC Channel:
Contact: Aaron M. Ucko <ucko@debian.org>
Description: A dozen or so Debianers (mostly but not exclusively DDs) who meet irregularly (usually by request).
Geolocation: 38.895 N 77.037 W
MA - Boston
Continent / Nation
Location: Boston, MA, US
Group Email Address: debian-boston-soc@meepzorp.org
Website: http://www.meepzorp.org/mailman/listinfo/debian-boston-soc
Wiki:
IRC Channel:
Contact:
Description: Informal group of Boston/Cambridge-area locals who meet somewhat frequently and for notable occasions like release parties or when other Debian-related folks come to town. The list is mostly pretty low-traffic, and not everything is announced there, so please be sure to introduce yourself if you'd like to stay on top of events.
Geolocation: 42.358 N 71.060 W
NY - New York
Continent / Nation
Location: New York City, USA
Group Email Address: debian-nyc@vireo.org
Website: http://vireo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/debiannyc
Wiki:
IRC Channel: #debian-nyc
Contact: Benjamin Mako Hill mako@debian.org
Description: Mailing list We get together to celebrate noteable events for Debian and sometimes Ubuntu or when people come to town looking for Debian signatures or who are of interest to other Debian folks. We meet roughly once every month or two. Usually over Belgian beer.
Geolocation: 40.714 N 74.006 W
OR - Portland
Location: Portland, OR, USA
Group Email Address: debian-portland-soc@pdx.debian.net
Website: http://pdx.debian.net/mailman/listinfo/debian-portland-soc
Wiki:
IRC Channel:
Contact: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
Description: Mailing list Local group of Debian folks who get together about once a month for beer and the occasional hackfest. If you're in the area, drop us a note!
PA - Philadelphia
Continent / Nation
Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA
Group Email Address: pads@list.LinuxForce.net
Website: http://www.LinuxForce.net/pads
Wiki:
IRC Channel:
Contact: Chris Fearnley <cjf@LinuxForce.net>
Description: The Philadelphia Area Debian Society (PADS) was founded in May 1999 by Chris Fearnley to organize a working group of users and developers for improving Debian GNU/Linux based distributions (e.g., Libranet, Knoppix, etc. and our understanding of them).
Geolocation: 39.952 N 75.164 W
WA - Seattle
Continent / Nation
Location: Seattle
Group Email Address: debian-seattle-soc@lists.yukidoke.org
Website: http://lists.yukidoke.org/mailman/listinfo/debian-seattle-soc
Wiki:
IRC Channel:
Contact: Benj. Mako Hill mako@debian.org
Description: Low-traffic mailing list of folks that meet irregularly for keysigning, lunches, the odd bug squash, and to coordinate when some Debianer comes to town.
Geolocation: 47.606 N 122.331 W
Central America
More at DebianLatinoamerica/LocalGroups.
El Salvador
Continent / Nation
Location: El Salvador, San Salvador
Group Email Address: debian-sv@listas.debian.org.sv
Website:
Wiki:
IRC Channel: #debian-sv
Contact: René Mayorga rmayorga@debian.org
Website: http://sv.debian.net
Description: We only get together on demand, mostly supporting local GNU/Linux related meetings
Geolocation:
South America
More at DebianLatinoamerica/LocalGroups.
Argentina
Continent / Nation
Location:
Group Email Address: info@ar-debian.org
Website: http://ar-debian.org
Wiki:
IRC Channel: #debian-ar
Contact: Fabian Portantier fabian@portantier.com
Description:
Geolocation:
Brazil
Continent / Nation
Location: Brazil
Group Email Address: debian-br@listas.cipsga.org.br
Website: http://www.debian-br.org/
Wiki:
IRC Channel: #debian-br
Contact:
Description: Debian-BR is a project created by Brazilians with the goal of making Debian easier and more accessible to local users, trying to coordinate mainly translation efforts and its "sub-divisions", a different user group for each state, so that very well localized efforts to promote Debian are possible.
Geolocation:
Ceará
South America / Brasil
Location: Fortaleza, Ceará
Group Email Address: debian-ce@listas.cipsga.org.br
Website: http://www.debian-ce.org/
Wiki:
IRC Channel:
Contact: Eder L. Marques frolic@debian-ce.org
Description: Ceará Debian Users Group - Brasil since 2002
Geolocation:
Colombia
Continent / Nation
Location: Colombia
Group Email Address: general@listas.debiancolombia.org
Website: http://www.debiancolombia.org/
Wiki: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianColombia
IRC Channel: #debian-co
Contact:
Description:
Geolocation:
Perú
South America / Peru
Location: Lima, Peru
Group Email Address: debian@listas.apesol.org
Website: http://www.debianperu.org
Wiki:
IRC Channel: #debian-peru
Contact: Rudy Godoy rudy@apesol.org.pe
Description: Debian Perú is a user group which intents to promote the use, deployment and development of Debian in Perú and also help Debian trough involment into the project activities, specially l10n, documentation (spanish), packaging and trying to help to kill bugs. Also to meet other Debian fellows to share a beer and talk about world domination.
Geolocation: 12.050 N -77.050 W
Uruguay
Continent / Nation
Location: Uruguay
Group Email Address: debianuy-usuarios@debianuruguay.org
Website: http://www.debianuruguay.org/
Wiki:
IRC Channel: #debian-uy
Contact: debianuy-usuarios@debianuruguay.org
Description: Uruguay Debian users/developers group
Geolocation:
Venezuela
Continent / Nation
Location: Caracas, Venezuela
Group Email Address: debian-ve@solve.net.ve
Website: http://www.debian.org.ve/
Wiki:
IRC Channel: #debian-ve
Contact: debian-ve@solve.net.ve
Description: Venezuelan organization gathering all the resources for local developers, maintainers and translators willing to participate in the Debian project. Also provides support for local users in spanish. Fully integrated into DebianLatinoamerica initiative. DebianVenezuela
Geolocation: 10.500 N 66.917 W
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