Just a few suggestions: Alexander Henry wrote: > Community event: Phoenix Linux User's Group (PLUG) Installfest. > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > CALENDAR POSTING > > > > SHORT FORMAT - CALENDAR FORMAT - AZIPA/AZTECHLIST/TECHOASIS FORMAT > > 4/30 (Saturday 10:00am - 5:00pm) Phoenix Linux User Group (PLUG) > Installfest. > Where: University of Advancing Technology: 2625 W. Baseline Tempe, AZ 85283 > (Baseline Road, just west of I-10 and Pointe Hilton South Mountain, > south side > of Baseline). The Phoenix Linux User's Group and the Arizona Open > Technology > Organization (AZOTO) would like to invite you to our monthly Linux > Installfest. Bring your PC, Mac, or other for one-on-one help to get your > machine running Linux, and to learn how to use Linux. RSVP is strongly > encouraged to ensure the right volunteers will be available for your needs, > but not required. Please RSVP to Alexander Henry > with the following information: Your computer with specs and equipment you > wish to run, and what you hope to accomplish and learn by installing Linux. > Installations take over two hours, please arrive within the first few > hours. > PLUG: http://plug.phoenix.az.us AZOTO: http://www.azoto.org > > > > > > LONG/ARTICLE FORMAT > > (Phoenix, Arizona) -- Saturday, April 30, 2005 > > The Phoenix Linux User Group (PLUG) and the Arizona Open Technology > Organization (AZOTO) are holding their monthly Linux Installfest Saturday, > April 30, from 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. at the University of Advancing > Technology (UAT), 2625 W Baseline Tempe, just west of I-10. Free and > open to > the public. Bring your P.C. for free one-on-one help with installing > Linux. > The Linux Installfest also features demos to view Linux for those > considering > switching to Linux for home or business use, as well as Knoppix CD's to try > Linux at home without damaging your PC or files. While no RSVP is I think the word "modifying" is better here than "damaging". > required, > if you are considering attending, an e-mail to the event coordinator > stating > your specific interest would be greatly appreciated. Please e-mail s/be greatly appreciated/facilitate the process/ > Alexander > Henry with "Installfest" in the subject line. The > PLUG/AZOTO Installfest is held at UAT on the last Saturday of every month. > > Linux is a free Unix-type operating system originally created by Linus > Torvalds > with the assistance of developers around the world. Developed under the GNU > General Public License, the source code for Linux is freely available to > everyone. Apart from the fact that it's freely distributed, Linux's > functionality, adaptability, and robustness has made it the main > alternative > to proprietary Unix and Microsoft operating systems. IBM, > Hewlett-Packard and > other giants of the computing world have embraced Linux and support its > ongoing development. More than a decade after its initial release, Linux is > being utilized worldwide as a server platform primarily. Its use as a home > and office desktop operating system is also on the rise. National > governments > in countries such as China, India, Germany, Singapore, Brazil, and many > more > are adopting Linux as their official operating system in both servers and s/in/for/ > desktops. Some governments are adopting economic policies around a future > boom in Linux. > > The Phoenix Linux User Group is the local Linux user's group (LUG) for the s/user's/users'/ ? > Phoenix area. Like any other computer user group, it is populated by > hobbyists and computer professionals, and provides a forum for discussion. > Unlike many other computer user groups, LUGs also provide the same > functions > as a "regional office" for IBM, Macintosh, Microsoft, or Sun; they have the > responsibility to train, support, and educate Linux users, coordinate Linux > consultants, advocate Linux as a computing solution, and serve as > liaison to > local news outlets. Because Linux is Free Software or Open Source s/Free Software or Open Source/Free and Open Source/ > software, > LUGs are entirely volunteer based. PLUG holds several monthly > meetings: one > in the southwest Phoenix area, one in Glendale, one in Mesa, and one in > Tempe. > PLUG membership is free and anyone may join. PLUG also welcomes users and > fans of all Free Software and Open Source Software such as GNU and FreeBSD. > > The Arizona Open Technology Organization (AZOTO) is an Arizona based > non-profit > organization dedicated to promoting the use of Free Software and Open > Standards in the state of Arizona. > > For more information, see: > The Phoenix Linux User's Group website: http://plug.phoenix.az.us > The Arizona Open Technology Organization website: http://www.azoto.org > Linux Online: http://www.linux.org > -- -Eric 'shubes' "There is no such thing as the People; it is a collectivist myth. There are only individual citizens with individual wills and individual purposes." -William E. Simon (1927-2000), Secretary of the Treasury (1974-1977) "A Time For Truth" (1978), pg. 237 --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss