[NCLUG] INSTALLFEST: Draft Press Release

Matt Clauson mec at dotorg.org
Fri Oct 13 13:11:04 MDT 2000


The following press release is for your perusal -- if there are no glaring
errors found, I'll send it out at 4pm today, to the following news
outlets:

Denver Post 
Denver Rocky Mountain News 
KWGN-TV (channel 2)
KCNC-TV (channel 4)
KGWN-TV (channel 5, Cheyenne WY)
KMGH-TV (channel 7)
KUSA-TV (channel 9)
Clear Channel communications (Denver Radio media,including KOA, KRFX, KTLK)
Other denver radio outlets (as soon as I look 'em up)
Boulder Daily Camera
Longmont Times Call
Greeley Tribune
Fort Collins Coloradoan
the CSU student paper (sorry, I forget the name)
Estes Park Trail-Gazette
KKEZ (Estes Park Radio)
KUNC (UNC Student Radio)
KCSU (Colorado State University student radio)


Any other outlets I should think of?

--Matt

Northern Colorado Linux Users Group Media Release

For more information, contact:

Matt Clauson
Northern Colorado Linux Users Group
mec at dotorg.org
(303) 882 8300

(would like Matt T.'s info here)
(would like Sean R.'s info here)

Northern Colorado Linux Users Group Announces 3rd Annual Install Fest

The Northern Colorado Linux Users Group (NCLUG) today announced an open
invitation to the community at large to attend their third annual
"Install Fest".  The event is a volunteer-run project in collaboration
with other area Linux user groups, including the LUGofCSU, based at
Colorado State University.  The goal of the project is to demonstrate
other viable alternatives to Microsoft Windows as an operating system for
the personal computer (PC), and to showcase the Linux operating system. 
The event will be held in the North Ballroom of Lory Student Center, on
the Colorado State University campus in Fort Collins, CO, on Sunday,
October 22nd, from 1-8PM.  Setup will begin at 10am.

Linux is an operating system, a type of computer program that controls the
application programs that run on a computer, in much the way Microsoft
Windows controls spreadsheets or word-processing applications that run on
a PC. Linux has been developed by an International team of computer
programmers, over the Internet, led by Linus Torvalds.  Torvalds created
Linux while he was a student in Finland. Over the past 9 years, developers
from almost every country in the world have contributed programs,
documentation and testing to the development of Linux. This massive effort
has created a computer system thought by many to be more reliable and more
flexible than those produced by traditional proprietary approaches.

Exhibits will demonstrate the ways Linux can be used in "back office"
applications such as web, electronic mail, and database servers, as well
as file and print service for networks of Windows and Macintosh computers.
Other demonstrations will show Linux on the desktop running word
processing, spreadsheets, presentations and graphics applications. 
Support by Linux for existing Windows, Macintosh, and DOS applications
will also be demonstrated. Local support resources, including Northern
Colorado Linux User's Group (NCLUG) and consultants such as tummy.com,
ltd. will be available to answer questions. Local and regional Linux
companies, such as Terrasoft Solutions (the producers and distributors of
Yellow Dog Linux) and LinuxMall (a major online retailer of Linux and Open
Source-related products) have been invited, as well as national vendors,
such as VA Linux Systems.

NCLUG, based in Fort Collins, Colorado, is a group of Linux users and
enthusiasts. (Other Front Range Linux User's Groups include Boulder and
Greeley.) Monthly meetings offer members opportunities for support,
networking, and socializing. More information about NCLUG can be found on
the Internet at http://www.nclug.org.



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