Subject: LOCAL: International Linux Association Monthly Meeting, Seminar
From: [email-masked] (Charles Liu)
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 1994 14:15:26 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce

ILA (tm) International Linux Association (tm) 

Contents:
	Section A: This month's meeting on 9/19
	Section B: Linux Seminar on 9/20	
	Section C: Future activities

Contact: 408-369-9818; [email-masked]

******** A ******* 	September's Monthly Meeting
	Time:	7 p.m. 9/19/94, Monday
	Place:	IHOP International House of Pancake, 5403 Stevens Creek 
		Blvd., Santa Clara (near Lawrence Expressway, I-280)
	Topic:	Support Issues of Linux
	Speaker:  Randy Hootman
	Cost:	You pay what you eat to IHOP, plus admission charge:

		Non-Member $5
		Member Free

	Also in the meeting: yourself introduction, Linux CD/Book display/sales.

Randy Hootman is a software consultant, has been using Linux over one 
year. He has been giving Linux seminars for ILA for the last two months 
for 80+ people and won reputation as an excellent Linux trainer.

******* B *******      Linux Seminar on 9/20

Topic: Linux - a Complete  PC UNIX(tm) Clone, by Randy Hootman

Time: 6:00 - 10:00 pm, September 20, 1994 (Tuesday)

Location: 1330 S. Bascom Ave., Suite F, San Jose, CA 95128 (at Stokes Street, next to Dick's   Center)

Cost: Member $20; Non-member $25.

Audience:
	1.	Experienced Unix professionals like to see how to install your own Unix system on your PC inexpensively and experience how other Unix hackers world wide are enhancing the system on hourly bases.
	2. 	Computer professionals like to start learning Unix.
	3. 	Corporate MIS personnel like to explore this new open   system of open systems, to seek why PC Week is using Linux for internal Internet and W-Window services.

Display/Sale:  Various current Linux CDs, Books, Linux Journal.

Note: 

Same class will be offered again (please call); also watch for our 
future offer of advanced Linux related seminars such as networking.  

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	Linux is a free Unix clone, can be purchased as low as $20 on CD-ROM Disc.  Linux gives stable full power of POSIX Unix including kernel, C/C++, X-Window, NFS, TCP/IP, INTERNET and MOSAIC, along with editing and system administration programs.
	Linux was selected as the product of the week by PC Week April 11, 1994, and used internally for PC Week's WWW, FTP, and X Window host server. 
	Over 70 people have attended this seminar during last two months, resulting in saving learning curve and time to bring Linux to live.

Seminar content (with live demonstration):

   I. Brief History of Linux
  II. System Features 	
 III. Software Features
  IV. Installation
   V. Setting up X-Windows
  VI. Obtaining programs and compiling
 VII. System administration
VIII. Frequent asked questions and problems.

******* C ******      Future Activities  TBA and TBC(onfirmed)

	1) A monthly meeting (meet Patrick Volkerding, Creator of Slacker)
	2) A morning of panel discussion/session
	3) A formation of Linux User Special Interest Group (Chairman wanted)
	4) More seminars

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