. PHILADELPHIA ALTERNATE SYSTEMS USER GROUP
. http://www.phillyos2.org
The Philadelphia Alternate Systems User Group (PASUG), formerly
The Philadelphia OS/2 User Group, invites all interested computer
users to attend the January monthly meeting:
. -- INTRODUCTION TO LINUX --
. Thursday, January 23, 2003 7:00-10:00 PM
. Bryn Mawr Community Center, 9 S.Bryn Mawr Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA
I M P O R T A N T A N N O U N C E M E N T
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NEW YEAR -- EXPANDED CHARTER -- NEW NAME
As we enter this new year, we're pleased to announce that our
charter is being augmented by the introduction of the Linux
operating system alongside of our original OS/2 areas of
interest, a move which we have been planning for the past
several months. Linux is now rapidly growing in development
and popularity across the nation for many business users as
well as the personal user market.
Consistent with this move, it was appropriate to change our
name to the Philadelphia Alternate Systems User Group (PASUG),
whereby we may also look at other new operating systems, such
as BeOS, for example, and others, at some future time.
Our first meeting of 2003 will be devoted to this long-awaited
introduction of Linux.
COME SEE - Run Linux from a CDROM: *NO INSTALLATION*
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Knoppix is a complete *bootable* Linux, booted and also *RUN*
directly from a CDROM drive. Your hard drive is used only for
swap space, plus any storage you might wish to employ.
There is NO installation required. Repeat: NO installation!
Knoppix is an outstanding way to familiarize yourself with the
many features and characteristics of Linux.
Knoppix may be freely downloaded from www.knopper.net, a German
website. But unless you have broadband service, it's not a good
idea to try to download the 700MB file.
Several copies of Knoppix will be made available at the meeting
for raffle and auction. For those who don't want to download the
ISO image file, and then burn a CDROM, orders will be taken for
copies of the CDROM for a nominal service charge.
COME SEE - *LIVE INSTALLATION* of Red Hat Linux
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Larry Lavins and David Moskowitz will conduct a live installation
of the popular Red Hat Linux 8.0, with commentary & explanations
at each major step along the way. Hopefully, this will go a long
way towards dispelling the mystery & fear of Linux installation.
Meeting attendees may also ask relevant questions during the
installation, and discussions are encouraged in order to promote
understanding of the basic installation process. Future meetings
will address advanced installation topics, internet access,
Linux applications, Linux commands, networking, etc.
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Other agenda items include announcements, news and raffles.
The usual free refreshments will also be available.
Directions to the Bryn Mawr Community Center (BMCC) and other
useful information about PASUG activities may be found on our
web site at http://www.phillyos2.org, or contact PASUG Leader
Larry Lavins: llavins _at_ worldnet.att.net, or phone (215) 878-9609.
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Larry Lavins <llavins _at_ worldnet.att.net>
Leader, Philadelphia Alternate Systems User Group
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