It's a group of Linux hobbyists, professionals and enthusiasts in the vicinity of San Jose, California, which is also internationally known as Silicon Valley. Our members share interests in Linux and free or low-cost implementations of Unix, as well as other open source TM software. The group was originally formed in 1988 as the PC-Unix Special Interest Group of the Silicon Valley Computer Society . The meetings are either technical presentations, product demonstrations, or general question and answer meetings. The Saturday workshops are your chance to bring in your computer and install the basic system or work on more advanced features.
All meetings are free and open to the public.
Sign up for one of our mail lists to learn about local events and discuss Linux with local enthusiasts. The first meeting of the SVCS Linux SIG was in March of 1988, long before Linux was invented. At that time it was the SVCS PC Unix SIG, and we covered all Unix systems for PCs. Our first presentation was a talk by Frank Shultz on Minix. At this point 80286 support was very important, but some companies were starting to require an 80386.