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{{Short description|Dutch association of UNIX and Linux users}}
{{notability|prg|date=August 2022}}
[[Image:NLUUG-ds-200x143.png|right|200px|NLUUG logo]]
The '''NLUUG''' (formerly known as The Netherlands Local Unix User Group) is an association of professional [[Unix|UNIX]] and [[Linux]] users in the [[Netherlands]]. The group aims to increase and extend the awareness and use of Open Standards (including UNIX) and similar [[open system (computing)|open system]]s and Open Source software.

The NLUUG also maintains one of the largest FTP mirrors in the world, and is the prime FTP site for several packages including [[Vim (text editor)|VIM]].

==Activities==
Typically, the NLUUG organises two large conferences every year. Topics over the last years include:
* IP Communication
* Languages and Tools
* E-mail and Beyond
* Visualization in Software Engineering
* Open Source in Business
* Security
* Web Applications

==History==
The NLUUG was founded in 1983, but the initial members were active together a long time before that.

The NLUUG founded the first Internet provider in the Netherlands, [[NLnet]]. NLnet at the time only was serving businesses, which is why [[XS4All]] usually claims to be the first Internet provider (for consumers).

Other claims to fame are the founding of the SANE Conferences organization and the fact that the NLUUG was the first organisation to have [[Linus Torvalds]] be a speaker on a conference outside Finland.<ref>in Ede, the Netherlands, November 5, 1993. See Chapter XI of: {{cite book | last = Torvalds | first = Linus |author2=David Diamond  | title = [[Just for Fun (book)|Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary]] | publisher = [[HarperCollins]] | year = 2001 | isbn = 0-06-662073-2 }}</ref>

==NLUUG Awards==
The NLUUG sometime gives awards to people who have been helping the cause of Open Systems and Open Standards. Over the years, awards have been given to amongst others [[Piet Beertema]], [[Guido van Rossum]], [[Wietse Venema]], [[Bram Moolenaar]], [[Andrew S. Tanenbaum|Andy Tanenbaum]], Wytze van der Raay, [[Teus Hagen]], Olaf Kolkman and Bert Hubert.<ref>in Utrecht, the Netherlands, May 11, 2023. See [https://www.computable.nl/artikel/nieuws/carriere/7505271/250449/bert-hubert-geeerd-door-open-source-gemeenschap.html Bert Hubert NLUUG Award]</ref>

==External links==
*[http://www.nluug.nl/ NLUUG home page]
*[http://ftp.nluug.nl/  The FTP site]

===In het Nieuws===
*[https://www.computable.nl/artikel/nieuws/carriere/7505271/250449/bert-hubert-geeerd-door-open-source-gemeenschap.html Bert Hubert geëerd door opensource-gemeenschap]

==References and footnotes==
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[[Category:Professional associations based in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:User groups]]


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