i will be there. i'm a newbie and need help getting my wireless on my laptop to work. i can also help a little with basic (ie, easy) installations. rich villa --- Alexander Henry wrote: > Community event: Phoenix Linux User's Group (PLUG) > Installfest. > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > CALENDAR POSTING > > > > > > > What: Phoenix Linux User's Group (PLUG) Installfest. > > Where: University of Advancing Technology: 2629 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: Saturday, June 25, 2006, 10:00 a.m. thru 4:00 > 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 > > 06/25 (Saturday 10:00am - 4:00pm) Phoenix Linux User > Group (PLUG) > Installfest. > Bring your computer, volunteers will install Linux > for you to use at home. > Where: University of Advancing Technology: 2629 W. > Baseline Tempe, AZ > 85283. > > > > > SHORT FORMAT - CALENDAR FORMAT - > AZIPA/AZTECHLIST/TECHOASIS FORMAT > > 06/25 (Saturday 10:00am - 4:00pm) Phoenix Linux User > Group (PLUG) > Installfest. > Where: University of Advancing Technology: 2629 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, June 25, 2006 > > The Phoenix Linux User Group (PLUG) is holding their > monthly Linux > Installfest > Saturday, June 25, from 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. at > the University of > Advancing > Technology (UAT), 2629 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 > > > -- > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------- 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