-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Don't forget the InstallFest today! Come down and get help, give help, learn and socialize. I'll make an appearance for a while this morning with a bunch of Ubuntu CD sets. Come down to meet, mingle, teach and learn. Alan Alexander Henry wrote: > Community event: Phoenix Linux User's Group (PLUG) Installfest. > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > CALENDAR POSTING > > > > > > > What: Special Edition: Phoenix Linux User's 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, near Fry's Electronics Tempe). > > When: NOT ON THE LAST SATURDAY OF NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER > > When, again? : Saturday, December 10, 2005, 10:00 a.m. thru 5:00 p.m. > > RSVP: InstallFest@PLUG.phoenix.az.us > - Your computer with specs and equipment > - What you hope to accomplish and learn by installing Linux > - Encouraged to RSVP but not required > > Who: Anyone who wants to see Linux or run it on their computer. > - Volunteers always needed, please e-mail your pledge for time. > > Installations take over two hours, please arrive within the first few > hours. > > > > ONE-SENTENCE FORMAT - CALENDAR FORMAT > > 12/10 (Saturday 10:00am - 5:00pm) Phoenix Linux User Group (PLUG) > Installfest. > Bring your computer, volunteers will install Linux for you to use at home. > Where: University of Advancing Technology: 2625 W. Baseline Tempe, AZ > 85283. > > > > > SHORT FORMAT - CALENDAR FORMAT - AZIPA/AZTECHLIST/TECHOASIS FORMAT > > 12/10 (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 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 > InstallFest@PLUG.phoenix.az.us > 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 > > > > > LONG/ARTICLE FORMAT > > (Phoenix, Arizona) -- Saturday, December 10, 2005 > > The Phoenix Linux User Group (PLUG) is holding their monthly Linux > Installfest > Saturday, December 10, 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 > required, > if you are considering attending, an e-mail to the event coordinator > stating > your specific interest would be greatly appreciated. Please e-mail > InstallFest@PLUG.phoenix.az.us with "Installfest" in the subject line. The > PLUG 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. Local computer > vendor and service provider Red Seven (http://www.redseven.biz/) provides > computer systems and IT services to the home user and small business. > 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 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 > 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 > 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. > > For more information, see: > The Phoenix Linux User's Group website: http://plug.phoenix.az.us > Linux Online: http://www.linux.org > > -- > Alexander > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDmwQwDQw/VSQuFZYRAunCAJ0UOdNd9o9mirUT6Zbs32RfU0kviACfeNRR rdOvX4cBuB2Hdf5/3MxBloA= =pp7u -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------- 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