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FreeBSD's widespread popularity has spawned a number of user groups around the world.

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Australia

BSD Users Group Sydney (BUGS): The BSD Users Group Sydney (BUGS) meets every two months and have mailing list members from all over NSW. To join the mailing list send a message to majordomo@bugs.au.FreeBSD.org with subscribe bugs in the body of the message. Located in New South Wales.
BUGA, The BSD User Group of Adelaide: We meet at irregular intervals. Join the mailing list by sending a message to majordomo@lemis.com with the text subscribe BUGA in the body. Located in South Australia.
Home Unix Users Group for Brisbane: We meet fortnightly at meeting rooms provided by the University of Queensland. More information, including how to join the mailing lists, is available at http://www.humbug.org.au. Located in Queensland.
Victoria's FreeBSD Users Group (VicFUG): Based in Melbourne. You can join the mailing list by sending an empty message to general-subscribe@vicfug.au.FreeBSD.org. Located in Victoria

Europe

AaUUG: AaUUG is a general Unix Group with most interest in Linux and BSD. Mailinglists, lectures and meetings. Located in Denmark, Aarhus.
AlbaBUG: The Albanian BSD Users Group is a group that represents and supports *BSD in Albanian language. More information is available at http://www.AlbaBSD.org. Located in Albania.
Augusta: The BSD User Group of the Augsburger Computer Forum e.V. meets every second Saturday at 17.00. Please visit our web site for more information on dates and our address. We have all kinds of BSD, but mainly FreeBSD and Mac OS X. Located in Germany, Augsburg.
BSD User Group Ekaterinburg (E#BUG): The BSD User Group Ekaterinburg (E#BUG) is a community of BSD users in Ekaterinburg, Russia. We distribute BSD releases to all who asks us for it in our city, and we are trying to help everyone to discover and use BSD. Please visit our web site and learn more about us.
BSD User Group Hamburg (BSDHH): The BSD User Group Hamburg (BSDHH) meets on the first Wednesday of the month at 7.00pm in the Chinese restaurant Lotosblute, Luwenstrasse 22 in Hamburg-Eppendorf. Most members are FreeBSD users, although users of all BSD flavors are welcome. Located in Germany, Hamburg.
BSD User Group Ireland (BUGI): The BSD User Group Ireland (BUGI) is currently a rather grandiose term for a mailing list and super minimal webpage. All BSD users and enthusiasts are welcome. Located in Ireland.
BSD User Group Latvia: To learn more about the BSD User Group Latvia, please visit our site and our forums. Located in Latvia.
BSD Users Sweden (BUS): The BSD Users Sweden (BUS) maintains a mailing list. To join send an email to majordomo@stacken.kth.se with subscribe bus in the body. Located in Sweden.
BSD-Crew Dresden: BSD-Crew Dresden is a User Group who has some projects related in bringing the BSD to the desktop and electronic communication. Located in Germany, Dresden.
BSD-DK: The Danish BSD User Group. Promotion and support of the BSD derived Operating Systems in Denmark. Mailing lists, lecture and workshops. Send mail subscription requests to bsd-dk-request@bsd-dk.dk. Located in Denmark.
BSE München: BSE (BSD Social Event) is located in München (Munich), Germany. Feel free to visit our regular meetings (every four weeks) or join the mailing list. For more information visit the BSE web site.
Berkeley in Munich (BIM): The Berkeley in Munich (BIM) caters for users of BSD based systems in Oberbayern. Located in Germany, Munich.
Bluefrogs e.V.: Unix and Linux User Group in Bergisch Gladbach (near Cologne), German. Meetings are held twice a month. We are working with all Open Source Unix derivates: FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Linux and others. We give workshops, lectures, talks and install parties. For more information please email us at: info@bluefrogs.de
FreeBSD UK Users group (FreeBSD UKUG): The FreeBSD UKUG (FreeBSD UK User's Group) exists for the benefit of FreeBSD users in the United Kingdom. Please follow the link for details. Located in The United Kingdom.
Gruppo Utenti FreeBSD Italia (GUFI): The Gruppo Utenti FreeBSD Italia (GUFI) is a "italian powered" FreeBSD User Group. It is intended to help Italian FreeBSD users to find support and articles on/about FreeBSD in the italian language. Please follow this link to know more about us. Located in Italia.
IFUG: The IFUG is a FreeBSD Users Group who support the Romanian FreeBSD community, promoting FreeBSD and Open Source. Located in Romania, Iasi.
Lund Linux User Group (LFUG): The Lund Linux User Group (LFUG) has nearly 50 members and cover FreeBSD and Solaris in addition to Linux. To join, contact Omar Dedovic. Located in Sweden, Lund.
Manchester BSD Users Group: The Manchester BSD Users Group meets reasonably often in the Lass O'Gowrie, on Charles Street, Manchester. Contact Sam Smith for more information. Located in The United Kingdom, Manchester.
Núcleo Português de FreeBSD (NPF): The Núcleo Português de FreeBSD (NPF) is a Portuguese FreeBSD User Group that is engaged in the production of documentation in Portuguese language. Currently the activities are centred on the translation of the FreeBSD Handbook and on the production of CF's (aka HowTos) that try to answer questions or propose solutions to problems that are experienced by Portuguese users. See http://npf.pt.FreeBSD.org for more information. Located in Portugal.
Romanian BSD Forums: Romanian BSD Forums provides a friendly place for the Romanian *BSD community to share knowledge. A specific FreeBSD section is available on the forum.
Russian UNIX Forums: Russian UNIX Forums provides a place for the Russian Unix community to share knowledge. There are some articles and there is a maintained Unix Encyclopedia Project. A specific *BSD section is available as well.
Swiss BSD User Group (SwissBUG): The Swiss BSD User Group (SwissBUG) caters for users of BSD-based systems in Switzerland. Located in Switzerland.
The Aachener BSD Stammtisch: The Aachener BSD Stammtisch is meeting infrequently to discuss BSD and related matters over a glass of beer. Meetings are coordinated through our mailing list. Located in Germany, Aachen.
The BSD User Group Austria (BUGAT): The BSD User Group Austria (BUGAT) is a german-language oriented user group. Visit our server for more information. Located in Austria.
The Cosmo-Project: The Cosmo-Project is a User Group with a difference. Instead of just meeting, they actively develop project such as robots. Most users use FreeBSD, but it is not a specifically FreeBSD-related group. Located in Germany, Duisburg.
The Dutch FreeBSD User Group (NLFUG): The Dutch FreeBSD User Group (NLFUG) has had our first meeting on oct 2, 1999. On this day 30 years before that, the second IMP was installed in Doug Englebart's lab at SRI. This, as you all know, was the start of something that grew to be the Internet (thanks to Edwin Kremer for bringing this to our attention). Located in the Netherlands.
The French FreeBSD UG: Please follow the link for details. Located in France.
The Koelner Linux und U.n.i.x Gruppe: The Koelner Linux und U.n.i.x Gruppe(Cologne Linux and U.n.i.x Group) is a community of Linux and Unix users located in Germany, Koeln (Cologne) with a mailing list and meetings two times a month.
The Lublin BSD Users Group: Please follow the link for details. Located in Poland.
The Norwegian BSD User Group (NOBUG): The Norwegian BSD User Group (NOBUG) is a User Group for BSD users and enthusiasts in Norway. Meetings are currently held in Oslo and Bergen. Visit our website for more information. There is also a Unix User Group ( NUUG) with more regular meetings, sometimes even with a BSD subject. Located in Norway.
The Portuguese *BSD Users Group: The Portuguese *BSD Users Group is a User Group for Portuguese users of BSD operating systems. Contact Rui Pereira ptbsd@yahoo.com for more information. Located in Portugal, Amadora.
The Romanian FreeBSD Users Group/Free Unix Group (ROFUG): The ROFUG (Romanian FreeBSD Users Group/Free Unix Group) is a User Group for the Romanian users of FreeBSD and Open Source in general, promoting and supporting FreeBSD and Open Source usage. To join the mailing lists, send an email to listar@rofug.ro with subscribe rofug and/or subscribe rofug-announce in the body of the message. Located in Romania.
The Serbian BSD User Group: The Serbian BSD Users Group provides an open forum for all things BSD-related in the Serbian language. Located in Serbia.
Ukrainian FreeBSD User Group (UAFUG): The Ukrainian FreeBSD User Group (UAFUG) is a Russian/Ukrainian languages oriented user group for the Ukrainian users of BSD-derivatives, promoting and supporting BSD flavours and Open Source usage. The UAFUG has had its first meeting on 2 June 2002 and meets every 2-3 weeks. We also provide an open forum for all BSD-related things in the Russian and Ukrainian languages (though we can read/write in english as well). To join the mailing list send a message to majordomo@FreeBSDDiary.org.ua with subscribe freebsd in the body of the message. Check the link above for more information. Located in the Ukraine.
Ulmer BSD User Stammtisch: The U-BUS meets every last Thursday of the month. For more information about meetings and related issues, please check the web page (u-bus). Located in Germany, Ulm.
Unix Users Group Rhein-Neckar eV (UUGRN eV): The Unix Users Group Rhein-Neckar eV (UUGRN eV) provides a regional forum for users of all Unix flavors, with a stress on Linux and BSD. Meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month at the "hafenschenke" in Mannheim and the fourth Wednesday of each month at the "Vater Rhein" in Heidelberg. Located in Germany, Mannheim.

North America

BSD Users Group of Orlando (BUGO): The BSD Users Group of Orlando (BUGO) is a group based in Orlando, FL that aims to bring a friendly forum to all Unix users in the central Florida area, and hopefully beyond. See the BUGO web page for further details. Located in Orlando, FL.
Bay Area BSD Users Group (BABUG): The Bay Area BSD Users Group (BABUG) has monthly meetings, alternating between San Fransisco and Berkeley. Those interested in attending should visit the web site or send mail to the BABUG Web Master. Located in North San Fransisco Bay Area.
Central California BSD Users Group: Central California BSD Users Group aims to be a group of people who prefer BSD. All forms are welcome. We meet on the 2nd Saturday of the month. Location to be updated on the website.
Free Unix for Indianapolis: Free Unix for Indianapolis is a non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging the use of Free Unix variants in and around Indianapolis. Essentially, we are a bunch of geeks who share a common passion: Unix. Visit the web site or send a message to info@fufin.org for additional information. Located in Indianapolis, IN.
FreeBSD-Milwaukee: FreeBSD-Milwaukee Wisconsin meets occasionally and has a mailing list: freebsd-mke-l@ns.sol.net send e-mail to freebsd-mke-l-request@ns.sol.net to subscribe.
GTABUG: The GTABUG User Group welcomes all BSD users. Monthly meetings give attendees a chance to share ideas, discussion and information. Installations and other events help preach the good news of BSD to the community. Come drop by for a meeting! Located in Greater Toronto Area, Ontario.
Greater Utah BSD Users Group (GUBUG): The Greater Utah BSD Users Group (GUBUG), formerly known as SLLUG-BUG, and affiliated with the Salt Lake Linux Users Group, is based in Salt Lake City, Utah. We welcome users of FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD or even Unix or Linux.
Kansas Unix & Linux Users Association (KULUA): The Kansas Unix & Linux Users Association (KULUA) is a Free Unix User Group based in Lawrence, Kansas, but with users throughout eastern Kansas and western Missouri. We have about 120 members and meet biweekly. Visit the web site or email kulua@kulua.org for more information. Located in Lawrence, Kansas.
Le Groupe BSD de Montreal (GBSDMTL): The Groupe BSD de Montreal (GBSDMTL) is a french speaking BSD User Group. Since this group is brand new, its main objective for now is to build a community of Montreal BSD users willing to share their experience and knowledge with other BSD metropolitan fellows. Located in Canada.
NMLUG: The NMLUG in Alburquerque meets once a month and supports both BSD and Linux users. To join the mailing list, send a message to majordomo@swcp.com with subscribe nmlug in the body. Located in New Mexico.
New York City *BSD User Group (NYCBUG): The New York City *BSD User Group (NYCBUG) meets the first Wednesday of the month. Mailing lists are available at http://lists.nycbug.org. Located in New York, NY.
Phoenix BSD Users Group: The Phoenix BSD Users Group is fully open for business. Anyone from the Phoenix area please feel free to join in http://bsd.phoenix.az.us. Located in Phoenix, AZ.
Portland (Oregon) FreeBSD Users Group: The Portland (Oregon) FreeBSD Users Group meets on the third Thursday of each month. Mail The Portland FreeBSD Users Group. Located in Portland, OR.
Reno Linux Users Group (RLUG): The Reno Linux Users Group (RLUG) meets monthly in Reno Nevada and discusses the use of BSD and Linux. Contact info@rlug.org for more information. You may also want to join our mailing list at http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug. Located in Reno, NV.
Rhode Island Free Unix Group: The Rhode Island Free Unix Group supports every form of Unix that can be obtained freely. They can be contacted at: http://users.tmok.com/~rifug or by e-mail at: rifug@entropy.tmok.com Located in Rhode Island.
San Diego BSD Users Group: The San Diego BSD Users Group for users of FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD. The meeting is first Thursday of every month at Boll Weevil off Clairemont Mesa Blvd., near the intersection with Ruffin Road. More information can be found here. Located in San Diego, CA.
Seattle BSD Users Group (SeaBUG): The Seattle BSD Users Group (SeaBUG) meets occasionally. View our web site for more details and for information on how to join our mailing list. Located in Seattle, WA.
Silicon Valley BSD User Group (SVBUG): The Silicon Valley BSD User Group (SVBUG), a forum for BSD and BSD embedded systems, meets on the first Thursday of the month. Meetings are held at the Carl's JR. on First Street and Trimble Road in San Jose, California. For details on events or what is going on visit the web site or send a message to webmaster@svbug.com. Located in Silicon Valley, CA.
Southern Illinois *BSD Group: The Southern Illinois *BSD Group is a meeting place for BSD users to experiment with networks and provide help with installs. Emphasis is on FreeBSD and it's KDE and GNOME desktops. Located in Southern Illinois.
St. Louis BSD User Group (STLBSD): The St. Louis BSD User Group (STLBSD) has just formed on July 20, 2000 to promote BSD operating systems in the St. Louis area. We have strong ties to the 10 year old St. Louis Unix Users Group (SLUUG) and expect to be a positive for within our community. Our membership is open to anyone interested in learning more about BSD, several mailing lists are available through our web site. Located in St. Louis, MO.
Tampa Florida Users Group: The Tampa Florida Users Group is now being formed. Interested parties can join the mailing list by sending e-mail to bsd-tug-request@bangheadhere.org with subscribe in the body. Located in Tampa, FL.
The Ames Free-Unix Group (amesfug): The Ames Free-Unix Group aims to promote the use of Free Unix. We meet on the campus of Iowa State University once a month and hold a presentation with an open question and answer session afterwards. You can join our mailing list by visiting http://lists.amesfug.org/mailman/listinfo. Located in Ames, Iowa.
The Berkeley Unix User Group: The Berkeley Unix User Group is a general Unix Users Group for anyone in the San Fransico Bay Area. We meet on a weekly basis in downtown Berkeley. Visit the web site or send a message to buug-request@weak.org with subscribe in the body. Located in Berkeley, CA.
The Capitals District *BSD Users Group: The Capitals District *BSD Users Group draws it's membership from New York's capital district and the surrounding communities. CDBUG was founded in December of 2004 and has a small bug growing membership. We currently meet on the last Sunday of every month in the Albany area. Our mailing list is graciously being hosted by NYCBUG at: http://lists.nycbug.org/mailman/listinfo/cdbug-talk. Located in Albany, NY.
The Connecticut Free Unix Users Group (CFUG): The Connecticut Free Unix Users Group (CFUG) is devoted to free Unix, but has resources for almost all Unixen. Their area of operation is Connecticut and Western Massachusetts. More information can be found at http://www.cfug.org. Located in Connecticut.
The Houston FreeBSD Users Group: The Houston FreeBSD Users Group was formed March 1999. Our goal is to promote and educate Houston area computer users on FreeBSD Unix. We meet on the third Saturday of the month. The group operates a mailing list at http://www.houfug.org/mailman/listinfo/hou-freebsd. Visit our website at http://www.houfug.org for more information. Located in Houston, TX.
The Users of Free Operating Systems (UFO Chicago): The Users of Free Operating Systems (UFO Chicago) is an open-source Unix User Group that meets twice a month in Chicago. For directions and mailing list information, please check our web site http://ufo.chicago.il.us. Chicago, IL.
The Yahoo Club: The Yahoo Club group is a foundation for a Los Angeles based BSD User Group. Located in Los Angeles, CA.
Triangle Area BSD Users Group: The Triangle Area BSD Users Group is a group for BSD users in the North Carolina Triangle area (Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill) along with surrounding areas. The website contains announcements, contact information, and directions for subscribing to the TriBUG membership mailing list.
Tucson Free Unix Group (TFUG): Tucson Free Unix Group, Arizona. Located in Tucson, AZ.
Twin Cities BSD User Group (TCBUG): The Twin Cities BSD User Group (TCBUG) meets once a month to discuss issues important to the BSD community. The website carries our major announcements, while you are encouraged to join the mailing list tcbug@tcbug.org to keep up with general group discussion. Look at the site, join the mailing list, come to a meeting. We look forward to learning from you and with you about BSD Unix. Located in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN.
Unix Users of Deep East Texas: The Unix Users of Deep East Texas is dedicated to all things Unix. This group is open to users of all flavors of Unix. We meet on the last Saturday of the month at the Angelina County Court House. See the web page for details, or send e-mail to admin@uudet.org. Located in East Texas.
Vancouver BSD Users Group (VanBUG): The Vancouver BSD Users Group (VanBUG) is a group of volunteers who are passionate about FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD. Their current goal is to raise awareness and also provide local assistance as much as we can. Located in Vancouver, BC.
WAFUG: A new FreeBSD Users Group has been created in Wichita, Ks. We are fairly new and working on our site, but we wanted to it up as soon as we had it available. We do not currently meet. Visit our site http://wafug.dynip.com or e-mail the group organiser (ben177@yahoo.com) for more information! Located in Wichita, Kansas.
Washington DC FreeBSD User Group: Washington DC (DC Metropolitan Area) FreeBSD User Group. Please contact Richard Cramer, Sytex Access Ltd. at 703-425-2515, or preferred, email at rcramer@sytex.net to be put on a member distribution list. Located in Washington DC.
Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group (WPLUG): The Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group (WPLUG) has a strong and growing community of BSD users that it supports. See our home page ( http://www.wplug.org) for information on regular meetings and join the mailing lists. Located in Pennsylvania.
Wichita Area FreeBSD Users Group (WAFUG): The Wichita Area FreeBSD Users Group (WAFUG) is a free Users Group provided to anyone in the Wichita area for support with FreeBSD and other Unix and Unix-like operating systems. We meet twice a month, usually in a restaurant where you can smoke or drink if you like. Please send us Email for more information or to find out how to get free shell account, www or ftp space on our system. Located in Wichita, Kansas.
Windsor Unix Users Group: The Windsor Unix Users Group (Windsor, Ontario, Canada) covers BSD, Solaris, SCO and others. This is not specifically a FreeBSD User Group, but we do already have members running FreeBSD. The group operates a mailing list (wuug-list@unixpower.org). More information can be found at http://www.wuug.org.
Yavapai Free Unix Users Group: The Yavapai Free Unix Users Group is now forming for *BSD/Linux, etc., users in Northern Arizona. Please contact Russel Carter ( rcarter@consys.com) for details. Located in Northern Arizona.

Other Areas

BSD Pakistan: BSD Pakistan is a user community who aims to promote and educate people about BSD Operating Systems; including FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD and Mac OS X. For more information please visit our web site.
CafeBUG: CafeBUG is a Spanish language oriented user group intended to help users to find support and promote BSD license, contact juanwalker@bsdmail.com.
FreeBSD Mexico: FreeBSD Mexico is a spanish oriented User Group not only for people in Mexico but also in other Spanish speaking countries. Please contact Alejandro Acosta for more information.
FreeBSD User Group Colombia: Visit http://www.bsdcolombia.org for the FreeBSD User Group Colombia.
The BSD Users Group Peru: The BSD Users Group Peru is a group of people with the objective to promote the use of the different *BSD systems in Peru. They provide information, documentation and forums for discussion. For more information you can use their web site http://www.bsd.org.pe or write to contacto@bsd.org.pe
The Brazilian FreeBSD User Group (FUG-BR): The Brazilian FreeBSD User Group (FUG-BR) is a Portuguese language oriented User Group intended to help Brazilian FreeBSD users to find support and articles on and about FreeBSD in the Portuguese language. We keep some projects such as the " FreeBSD LiveCD". Currently the group has over 800 members and our mailing list has an average traffic of 80 messages per day. To join FUG-BR mailing list, visit http://www.fug.com.br/fug/Inscrever_na_lista.
The China FreeBSD User Group (CNFUG): The China FreeBSD User Group (CNFUG) was formed May 2003. It publishes the CNFUG Journal (A FreeBSD Technical Journal in Simplified Chinese) monthly. In addition, we offer a BSD UNIX Support forum, IRC and several mailing lists in Chinese. Located in China.
The Daibou East *BSD Users Group (DEBUG): The Daibou East *BSD Users Group (DEBUG) is now forming for *BSD users in Tsukuba area. Located in Ibaraki, Japan.
The Echigo BSD Users Group (EBUG): The Echigo BSD Users Group is the users group for BSD users around Echigo (aka Niigata). For more information on our events and mailing lists, please check the EBUG web site.
The Israeli *BSD Users Group: The Israeli *BSD Users Group has a mailing list for general discussion of *BSD operating systems for Israeli users, which includes topics such as setting up and working with Hebrew in BSD and setting up Internet connections with ISPs. The Israeli *BSD mailing list promotes the use of *BSD throughout the country, and acts as an information center for all *BSD users. Mailing list posts can be sent to bsd-il@libagent.org. Visit http://www.libagent.org/mailman/listinfo/bsd-il to subscribe. Located in Israel.
The Jogja FreeBSD Users Group: The Jogja FreeBSD Users Group is based in Yogyakarta City, Indonesia. Send email to 22961476@students.ukdw.ac.id for more information.
The Kansai *BSD Users Group (K*BUG): The Kansai *BSD Users Group was established on November 13, 1999. It is expected to promote communication of any of the BSD variants' users. Some of its activitities are to hold friendly parties of the members, and to hold seminars covering wide variety of topics. Please e-mail here (kbug-admin@kbug.gr.jp). Located in Kansai, Japan.
The MyBSD Malaysia Project: The MyBSD Malaysia Project is a Kuala Lumpur based User Group for BSD users and open-source in general, promoting and supporting FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD and open source usage. We meet once a month, usually at Universiti Malaya or Restaurant Bahadur Shah. One of our projects is to develop a Unix file manager. Visit our web site or contact info@MyBSD.org.my for more information.
The New Zealand FreeBSD Users Group: The New Zealand FreeBSD Users Group is located in Wellington. No meetings have been scheduled yet.
User Group BsdSul: The User Group BsdSul (Grupo de Usuarios de FreeBSD du Sul do Brasil) is a South Brazilian User Group of FreeBSD. They provide information, documentation and forums for discussion. For more information you can use their web site.

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