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==============>>>>> BACK By POPULAR DEMAND!! <<<<<============== ==============>>>>> BLU Installfest -- Release IV <<<<<============== Boston Linux & Unix [BLU.ORG] InstallFest4 Information: When: 19 September 1998 Time: 9:00am -- 5:00pm Where: Howard Johnson's Hotel 777 Memorial Drive Cambridge, MA 1-617-492-7777 To Register please email Guy Bzibziak -----> guybz at world.std.com John Abreau -----> jabr at tarnhelm.blu.org and put SUBJECT: BLU Installfest4 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ on (where else but?) the Subject: line. The installfest is on Saturday, September 19th. at the Howard Johnson's in Cambridge. Seating is limited to 35 people. The cost is $25 per person. Attendees bring their Intel PC that they want Linux installed on. We set up Linux on your computer. The 'fest is oriented towards those who have been unsuccessful in getting Linux installed on their machines. We'll be installing RedHat Linux. We will also try to get X-Window running on your system. In order to get the new Linux user "up & running" with Linux, we must limit what we do the first time out; no exotic hardware, for example. We will be more flexible (adventurous(?)) on hardware/platforms at later installfests, after we've gained the experience from the first few. >>>>> A ``Quick & Dirty'' Rule of Thumb: If your system works under DOS/Windows, it "should" run under Linux (usually better!). <<<<< Minimal Hardware Requirements: ^^^^^^^ * CPU: Intel 386SX up to a Pentium II * CD-ROM drive * 3 1/2" Floppy Drive * AT LEAST 100 Megabytes free on your Hard-disk drive * at least 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 nine 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) 2,500,000 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/ <<<< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Please Note: This Page is Under Reconstruction! ********************************************************************* Guy W. Bzibziak - Boston Linux & Unix - BLU.ORG <guybz at world.std.com> Astor Station http://www.blu.org KB1CRY P. O. Box 230040 Boston, MA 02123-0040 --------------------------------------------------------------------- PGP Fingerprint: 9C 86 CA 11 14 95 9E 99 E5 C9 25 7D 6F 8F F7 82 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Voice# (Days Only): 617-536-5200 FAX# (Days Only): 617-536-0394 ********************************************************************* *** Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to discuss-request at blu.org
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