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<p>A Linux User Group or Linux Users' Group (LUG) or GNU/Linux User Group (GLUG) is a private, generally non-profit or <a href="/facts/Nonprofit_organization/AmXu2c85">not-for-profit organization</a> that provides support and/or education for <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a> users, particularly for inexperienced users. The term commonly refers to local groups that meet in person but is also used to refer to online support groups that may have members spread over a very wide area and that do not organize, or are not dependent on, physical meetings. Many LUGs encompass <a href="/facts/FreeBSD/RKsFTm7F">FreeBSD</a> and other <a href="/facts/Free_software/IaoVtJXn">free-software</a> / <a href="/facts/Open_source/7X9rCdz4">open source</a> Unix-based <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating systems</a>. </p>