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Announcing the second Western Mass. Linux Install Fest

Interested in running Linux but need a little help? We'll be glad to help! The Western Mass. Linux Users Group (WeMaLu) cordially invites you to our Linux Install Fest. If you bring your PC to the Install Fest, we'll install Linux on it (preserving your existing Windows installation, if you have one) and help you with a basic X windows configuration, and network setup.

Please read the whole text of this message before sending your reply, thanks!


Dates and Locations:

  • Saturday, April 7, 2001 Lederle Graduate Research Center (room A110A)
    on the UMass campus. From 11:00 to 4:00 PM (Those setting up, arrive an hour earlier)


Minimum system requirements:
Style Needed
Disk Space 		Memory (RAM) CPU
Bare installation
(no X Windows, command-line only.
Good if you have some Unix experience,
or limited hardware.) 		300 MB 8 MB Intel 386
Minimal X Windows Installation
(if you want to see how Linux works.) 		500 MB 16 MB Intel 486
Typical X Windows Installation
(X Windows, programming tools, etc.) 		1 Gb 32 MB Pentium
Recommended advanced.
(all the above plus StarOffice or Applix; Quake, etc.) 		2 GB 64 MB Pentium

Still interested? Walk-ins are welcome, but it would help us a lot if you could pre-register by email.

Please send an email to Emily and, or fill out the form, and tell us about the following:

  1. Your Name:

  2. Your email address:

  3. What time will you arrive:

  4. Tell us about your system:
    • Make and model (if applicable):
    • CPU:
    • RAM:
    • Free disk space:
    • Is this a laptop or a desktop computer?:
      		•

  5. Optional: If you already know Linux and have a distribution preference, tells us about it. We'll try to accommodate you.

  6. Do you have any prior experience with Linux? (It's OK if you don't :-) )

Thanks, and we hope to see you at the install fest!

For those that want to post flyers, here is The PDF Flyer and The Postscript Flyer