Last Updated on February 20, 2023
Official Language: German
Population: 9 million
Capital: Vienna
Currency: Euro (€) (EUR)
Major Industries: Food and luxury commodities, mechanical engineering and steel construction, chemicals, and vehicle manufacturing
Austria is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It shares a border with the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west.
User Groups
| Location | Linux User Group |
|---|---|
| Salzburg | LUGA: Linux User Group Austria meet every few weeks usually on a Wednesday. Club evenings, workshops and other events are held. |
| St. Pölten | LUGSP: Linux User Group St. Pölten offer specialist lectures. |
| Tirol | LUGT: Linux User Group Tirol |
| Voralpen | VALUG: Voralpen Linux User Group is a meeting place for fans of free operating systems and free software. |
| Vorarlberg | LUGV: Linux User Group Vorarlberg is a community of people interested in Linux from Vorarlberg (Austria), Germany, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. |
| Wels | fhLUG is the Linux user group of the Hagenberg campus of the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria and offers students a platform for everything to do with Linux and free software. |
| Online | PLUG: Peuerbacher Linux User Group offers assistance from its forum. |
Austria is known for its mountain railways and trains such as the Giselabahn.
62% of Austria is covered by the Austrian Alps.