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COMMERCIAL: Linux Conference in November
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lars Wirzenius)
Sat Oct 7 09:26:42 1995
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 16:17:54 +0200
From: Lars Wirzenius <wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi>
To: linux-announce@vger.rutgers.edu
From: "Michael K. Johnson" <johnsonm@nigel.vnet.net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce
Subject: COMMERCIAL: Linux Conference in November
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Linux at Open Systems World '95
Monday and Tuesday, November 13-14, Open Systems World/FedUNIX
in Washington, DC is hosting the Second Annual Linux
International Users & Developers Conference.
On Monday, there will be 7 Linux-related sessions.
On Tuesday, there will be a tutorial: Linux for the new user
The currently scheduled Monday sessions are:
8:00 am: Introduction to Linux
9:00 am: Linux and networks
10:30 am: Building a WWW site with Linux
1:00 pm: Linux in a commercial setting
2:00 pm: Introduction to Linux International
3:15 pm: Porting to Linux/Developing on Linux
4:30 pm: Panel discussion
BOF session to follow, email osw95-bof@ssc.com if you
wish to participate.
Tuesday's tutorial, from 9am to 5pm, will cover a wide range
of Linux topics for new users. Some topics to be covered are:
o What and Why Linux?
o Introduction to Linux documentation, free and commercial
o Hardware requirements and recommendations
o Choosing a Linux distribution
o Installation basics
o Networking
- LAN
- Internet
o Installing and configuring the X Windowing System
- How to install
- How to configure the server
- How to configure the system
- The desktop
- Motif
o Finding Linux applications
- Native Linux applications
- Using the DOS box
- Running Unix applications
- Running Windows applications
o User groups and Linux International
Prices: until Oct. 23 after Oct. 23
Both days $229 $249
Mon. only $109 $129
Admission to the OSW exhibit floor, open Wednesday and Thursday
(November 15-16), is free. Many Linux-related vendors,
including ACC Bookstore, Caldera, Digital Equipment
Corporation, Free Software Foundation, Linux Journal, PromoX,
Red Hat Software, X Inside, and Zebu Systems will be exhibiting
on the floor, and encourage you to stop by and chat.
For more information:
voice: +1 301 596 8800
fax: +1 301 596 8803
email: oswinfo@mcsp.com
http://www.mcsp.com/OSW-FedUNIX.html
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