Last Updated on February 20, 2023
Population: 4.2 million
Capital: Salem
Largest City: Portland
Major Industries: Forestry and wood products, agriculture, nursery products, and food processing
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States.
User Groups
| Location | Linux User Group |
|---|---|
| Corvallis | OSU Linux Users Group meet every Tuesdays in-person at 6pm in Kelley Engineering Center room 1005 on the Oregon State University campus. |
| Eugene | EUGLUG: Eugene Unix and GNU/Linux User Group is an informal group of enthusiasts of Unix and Unix-like operating systems, including (but not limited to) open source variants such as Linux. |
| Portland | PLUG: Portland Linux/Unix Group is a group of enthusiasts dedicated to teaching and learning about Linux, Unix and related freedom-producing technologies. |
| Portland | Portland Linux Kernel Meetup is designed for people who work on and are interested in the Linux kernel. |
| Portland | Portland Red Hat User Group is focused on connecting the Portland, Oregon area Red Hat software users, enthusiasts, and people with an interest in Red Hat's open source approach to technology. |
| Portland | Portland Elixir & Erlang User Group is for enthusiasts who are interested in sharing their knowledge and meeting people who share similar interests. |
| Portland | Docker Portland lets you meet other developers and ops engineers in your community that are using and learning about Docker. |
| Salem | Hack Salem! is a monthly meetup for anybody in the Salem area that's interested in programming, hardware hacking, Making, or other sorts of generally nerdy and geeky topics. |
The name ‘Oregon’ appears to derive from the French word ‘ouragan’ (meaning “storm” or “hurricane”), referring to the Chinook winds of the Columbia River.