JaxLUG History
The JaxLUG has a long history, and history must be learned from or it will be repeated. While the JaxLUG has survived for going on four decades, it is not without controversy and issues that are the motivation and reasoning behind the recent legal changes and forthcoming structural changes. To learn about how the JaxLUG got here, we are creating some pages to cover some of the pivotal moments in the JaxLUG history.
We aim to cover the good not just the controversial, and please feel free to open issues with any suggestions and/or corrections.
Community
The past unofficial Jacksonville Linux Users Group has rich history of people spanning several decades with both newbies and old-timers with various community histories, and history must be learned from or it will be repeated. These pages are not intended to disparage nor praise anyone, they are simply presenting facts of people's conduct in the community, and the resulting impact upon the community from their conduct and actions, and at times, lack of action. For further information please see the Unofficial Community page.
Please see the Unofficial Community Leadership page for more information on past leadership including a table of past leaders from 1996 to 2025.
Meeting History
If you are interested in some of our older meetings and presentations you can visit our Meeting History for a chronological list of past meetings. Some of the presentations will be linked to the YouTube channel for the corresponding recorded presentation.
JaxLUG.org Story
We are in the process of recovering the lost JaxLUG.org domain name. The JaxLUG.org recovery page details the work that has been done, and what remains to be done, along with progress updates. In the mean time, read The Story of How JaxLUG.org was lost!
JaxLUG.net Story
Learn the history behind the JaxLUG.net domain name, read The Story of JaxLUG.net came about! Covering the history of the 2013 JaxLUG Coup d'état, the resulting mess spanning years. Forking and killing the mailing list, the heart of the JaxLUG for 2 decades, followed by years of losing the wiki, data, and even losing JaxLUG.org domain name, making JaxLUG.net domain name the last one remaining, but never by intention, and never the official domain!
Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ) Story
Learn the tragic history behind the JaxLUG and Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ), and how the local community college has failed the local community, especially, the Jacksonville Linux community. Read the story of the JaxLUG and Florida State College at Jacksonville!
Meetup Story
Learn the history behind the JaxLUG unofficial Meetup group that is a neglected embarrassment. Read the JaxLUG Meetup Story!
Website Story
Learn the history behind the JaxLUG website's, which have been numerous over the years, and become a complete mess in recent years. Read the JaxLUG Website Story!
Recently, Github tried to take out this very website over content Github disagreed with. Github has entered the social policing business. Github is an enemy of Free Speech! Linux to the rescue! Read all about it in the Github Story.