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Article #58483SLUG meeting 28 June: Newbie Night!
From: Ken Yap
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 00:00
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 00:00
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Hi all IBM-PC users and Linux users. The Sydney Linux Users Group (SLUG) will be meeting on the last Friday of this month, Friday the 28th June at the University of Technology Sydney, just opposite the Sydney Central Station complex. Meeting at 6:30pm for a 7:00pm start. UTS is on Broadway just up from Central Station. Building two is the engineering building. You get to it from the tower building level four, on the left hand side through a set of revolving glass doors. You take the lift in building two from level four to level six, and then find room 639 (turn right on exiting from lifts). There's a GIF map in the SLUG Web pages. What is Linux ? =============== Linux is a multiuser, multitasking and multiprogramming 32 bit operating system that is a fully (POSIX) compliant UNIX-like operating system. The best news is Linux is FREE and and it comes with gigabytes of FREE high quality applications programs, device drivers, Graphical User Interfaces (GUI), graphics programs, system utilities, internet and communication tools (eg: email, http, ftp, Web software etc.). You can run Linux on Intel 386, 486, Pentium++ boxes as well as on Motorola 68xxx, Sun Sparcs, DEC Alpha (64 bit systems), SGI, and the list goes on. Are there any joining Fees ? ============================ No, the only fee you will pay is if you wish to partake in Tea, Coffee & Biscuits at the nominal charge of only 50 cents. What is on at the next meeting ? ================================ The June meeting will be a Newbie Night and you are encouraged to bring along ANYBODY who would like to know more about Linux. From 6:30 to 7:30 there will be general discussion. This is usually spirited and a good time to catch up with news about Linux. The talks start at 7:30. There will be an introductory talk and demo on Linux and X Windows. John Floyd will talk on LyX, a word processing package that runs under Linux. What will SLUG do for me ? ========================== SLUG is primarily a meeting of the minds, a place to learn about Linux(Unix), discussion on the latest applications s/w, system tools, MSDOS, Win 3.1, Win96 and Win/NT connectivity and cross applications. (This last group would be of keen interest to MicroSoft users eg: aus.computers.ibm.pc'ers). Linux can be easily configured to look like a LAN manager (ie: File & System resource manager for connecting together numerous Win95, WfW, Win 3.11 systems using SAMBA). SLUG members are made up of Professional, semi-professional, hobbyist, and just those how like to play and gain knowledge of UNIX and the vast number of FREELY available application packages. SLUG offers access to Linux CDROMS, Video's, Magazines and Documentation especially to help newbies experience the joys of using Linux. We assist all newbies in setting up the machines and strive to answer all questions be they related to inter-connectivity, applications, core system issues or general "Does anyone know of a .... package that can do ......? " questions. If your machine is portable, bring it along to the meeting and we will help you set it up for Linux. For more SLUG details ===================== http://www.anatomy.su.oz.au/danny/SLUG/index.html Hope to see you at the next meeting! Cheers, Grahame, Ken and Jaime
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From: ken@syd.dit.CSIRO.AU (Ken Yap)
Subject: SLUG meeting 28 June: Newbie Night!
Date: 1996/06/14
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