LOCAL -- Boston Linux & Unix InstallFest -- 01/18/97

[guybz at world.std.com (Guy W Bzibziak)]

LOCAL -- Boston Linux & Unix InstallFest -- Boston, MA - 01/18/97
Keywords: Linux  BLU.ORG  New Users  Linux-Installation

Boston Linux & Unix [BLU.ORG] InstallFest '97 Information:

When:	18 January 1997
Time:	11:00am -- 5:00pm
Where:	Howard Johnson's Hotel
	777 Memorial Drive
	Cambridge, MA
	1-617-492-7777

To Register please telephone Mark at:

	Voice: 1-617-762-7874

	Fax:   1-617-332-7970
	Attention: "BLU INSTALL FEST"


The installfest is on Saturday, January 18th. at the Howard Johnson's in
Cambridge.

Seating is limited to 25 people. The cost is $75 per person. Attendees
bring their Intel PC that they want Linux installed on. We supply a CDROM
that the person can keep, and set up Linux on your computer: this is a
major part of the $75 cost, as is the room rental. 

The 'fest is oriented towards beginners who have been unsuccessful in getting
Linux installed on their machines. We'll be installing RedHat 4.0 for Intel.
We are trying to limit what we do the first time out; no exotic hardware,
for example. We will be more flexible for later installfests, after we've
gained the experience from the first few.

Minimal Hardware Requirements:

* CPU: Intel 386SX up to a Pentium Pro
* CD-ROM drive
* 3 1/2" Floppy Drive
* AT LEAST 100 Megabytes free on your Hard-disk drive
* 8 Megabytes RAM
* VGA video system
* VGA monitor
* ---> Bring your User's manual for the video system & monitor <---

The Boston Linux & Unix Group [BLU.ORG], is the successor to the Boston
Computer Society's Linux & Unix User Group. We want to promote the
awareness and use of Open Systems, and to educate the public and our
members about Open Systems.

Linux is a UNIX-like operating system built around POSIX standards.
>From its inception less than six years ago, it was developed over the
Internet by a group of people who (for the most part) have never seen
each other, and now runs on an (estimated) 1,000,000 computer systems.
The operating system (and the source code for it) is free to anyone
who wants it. It has been ported to at least the following platforms:
Intel, SPARC, Alpha, MIPS, PPC, and M68K. This is probably the largest
development project ever accomplished using the Internet.

For more information, please visit our web page:

        >>>>            http://www.blu.org/             <<<<
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        Please Note: This Page is Still Under Construction!


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