Next Meeting: Introduction to Linux November 15th

[Jim Jackson <nospam [at] scs.leeds.ac.uk>]

Our first Introduction to Linux Meeting on the 8th went down well, we had
around 50 people present and there seemed to be a lot of interest.

The second Introduction to Linux meeting is on 15th November and is free
for anyone to attend.

It is aimed at people new to Linux.

cheers
Jim

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Where do you want to take your computer Tomorrow?

West Yorkshire Linux User Group (WYLUG)
http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/wylug

is organising a introductory Linux meeting and an InstallFEST

Introduction to Linux Evening on Mon. November 15th 6:30 for 7pm

Linux InstallFest on Sat. November 20th 1pm - 5pm

and a Follow-Up Evening on Mon. December 13th 6:30 for 7pm

Many will have heard about the powerful new OS on the block - LINUX. But
what is it? What does it do? What's it look like? Why should you be
interested? Well to answer these and other questions come to one of our
Introductory nights. And if we suceed in firing your imagination then
bring your hardware along to the InstallFEST, and let us help and guide
you through the installation procedure.

The Venue is Active Learning Lab., (Level 7, near staircase 2)
E.C. Stoner Building (aka Physics/Admin)
University of Leeds
Woodhouse Lane
Leeds UK

for location of Leeds University Campus Map see

http://www.leeds.ac.uk/campus/location-maps.html
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/campus/physa-1.html
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/campus/campusmap.html

Also Sheflug Linux Demo Week is from the 29th November to the 4th of December.

http://http://www.sheflug.co.uk

contact Richard <r.ibbotson [at] zetnet.co.uk>

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If you are coming to the WYLUG InstallFest on November 20th then please
complete the following details and email to: jj [at] scs.leeds.ac.uk
or send to:
Jim Jackson, School of Computer Studies
The University of Leeds
Leeds, LS2 9JT

Name:

Email address: Phone Number:
or postal address:

Hardware details:

Does your computer have a CDROM Yes/No

Can it boot from the CDROM Yes/No

Does your computer have a FLOPPY Yes/No

Amount of Memory (RAM) ________Mb

and free disk space ________Mb

Do you have IDE or SCSI disks ________

If SCSI which controller card ________

What Graphics Hardware do you have ____________________

What Sound Card/Hardware ____________________

What Ethernet card, if any ____________________

List other peripherals/cards ____________________
Please note WinModems and Some Windows Printers
will not work under Linux. Also support for scanners,
TVcards, Radio Cards, Video Input etc is sparse.

Anything we ought to know? ____________________________

_______________________________________________________

Attendance at the InstallFest implies you have read and agreed
to the following DISCLAIMER:

The organisers, while taking all reasonable precautions, cannot and
will not accept responsibility for damage of any kind to Hardware,
Software or data on any computer voluntarily presented at the
InstallFest for Linux Installation.

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For more information on Linux here are some good Web sites....

The newbie linux manual:
http://www.thebits.co.uk/nlm/index.html

Linux Newbie Administrator Guide:
http://sunsite.auc.dk/linux-newbie/

Wanna learn linux? New users help and info:
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/

and their Newbie Help Files....
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf

Linux Administration Made Easy (LAME)....
http://www.ojichan.com/linux-admin

RedHat installation support pages....
http://www.redhat.com/cgi-bin/support#install

Debian installation info.....
http://www.debian.org/

Suse distribution info.....
http://www.suse.org/

Slackware installation help....
http://www.slackware.com/install/

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