Be Part of the Linux Clubs Program

Linux Clubs make learning technology enjoyable

Clubs at schools and community centers make learning technology enjoyable. Their programming can prepare Club members for rewarding careers to perhaps just engaging hobbies. They encourage community service and involvement, entrepreneurship, innovation and learning-by-doing. They can provide members with social networks that can last a lifetime. Working with Open Source software further encourages an ethos of sharing, collaboration, and shared accomplishment. All the while Club members are having fun with computing, they can be laying the groundwork for fulfilling, high-paying careers working with Open Source.

A Linux Club at a school requires a champion, an instructor or staff, who would advance it as part of supervised extra-curricular activities. The exact form may vary from school to school, but usually they either run on low budgets or engage in community fundraising. At LPI, we want to accelerate this process, enabling sponsorships that provide Linux Clubs with the resources they need to do the club programming they want.

As part of our mission to elevate the skills of people interested in working with Open Source Software, LPI’s Linux Clubs program builds upon the great work of Stu Keroff at Minnesota’s Aspen Academy, who have made it easy to create a Linux Club at your school or community center.