GULCR stands for Grupo de usuarios de Linux de Costa Rica (Costa Rican Linux User Group). The GULCR is a non-profit organization whose goal is to provide information about the Linux OS to the local community. It also promotes linux-related activities and sometimes acts as a Linux representative in computer related events and conferences.

=History=

It was informally created on August 18, 1998. Its mailing list [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gulcr/5 started] two days after that.

As of October 2004 there are about 20 people who participate actively in the group and some 300+ people subscribed to its main mailing list. Its [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gulcr/173 first] meeting was in February, 1998.

See also: Linux#History

=Activities=

The group organizes activities such as Installfests and talks in the central region of Costa Rica, but it is in no way restricted to that area. Also, people meet monthly, generally, in places like Cafes, in San Pedro, Costa Rica near University of Costa Rica.

=Mailing Lists=

This LUG has various mailing lists, among others, a main list used for discussions about Linux in general, an Activities Mailing List and a Novice Users Mailing List.

=IRC Channel: #gulcr=

The group has also an Internet Relay Chat channel on the Freenode Network. You can access this channel through the server irc.freenode.net:6667. You can use [irc://irc.freenode.net/gulcr this link] to start clients like ChatZilla on Mozilla web browsers. : Note: Naturally, the language used is Spanish_language as in their mailing lists.

=External Links=