[NCLUG] INSTALLFEST: Press Release v2

Matt Clauson mec at dotorg.org
Fri Oct 13 15:37:43 MDT 2000


Anyone have a bit of background on the LUGofCSU?  Webpage?  And a contact
that we can put on the release?

--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

Evelyn Mitchell tummy.com, ltd efm at tummy.com
970-494-0355

Northern Colorado Linux Users Group and Linux Users Group of CSU Announce
3rd Annual Install Fest

The Northern Colorado Linux Users Group (NCLUG), in conjunction with the
Linux Users Group of Colorado State University (LUGofCSU) 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 in Fort Collins.  The goal of the event is to
showcase the Linux operating system: a very robust, easy to use, flexible,
and free operating system that runs a very wide range of applications on
many different types of computers. This includes everything from
speadsheets on laptops to large network servers and supercomuting
applications.  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. 
Members of the public are welcome to bring their computers in.  CDs of
Linux distributions will be given out, with people on hand to help with
the installation.  "Test Drive" computers running Linux, as well as
support by Linux for existing Windows, Macintosh, and DOS applications
will also be demonstrated. Local support resources, including NCLUG and
LUGofCSU members and consultants such as tummy.com, ltd. will be available
to answer questions.  Local and regional Linux companies, such as Terra
Soft 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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