[announce] Meeting Announcement - February 28th

["Info" <info@xxxxxxxxx>]

             Air Capital Linux Users Group of Wichita, KS
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                          http://www.aclug.org/


Event Summary 
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http://www.aclug.org/events/
                  
 * Monday, February 28, 2000 - Tiny Linux Distributions
 * Monday, March 13, 2000 - Working with Audio Files - MP3, etc

Contact:  info@xxxxxxxxx

Location: 7:00/7:30 PM in 260 Jabara Hall at Wichita State (details below)
          This event is free and open to the public.  Please forward this
          message to anyone you feel may be interested in attending.


In This Bulletin
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 * Aclug Meeting - Monday Feb 28 - Tiny Linux Distributions
 * Aclug Demo Day - Saturday March 11
 * Aclug Meeting - Monday March 13 - Working with Audio Files
 * Other Business - Logo Contest 
 * Perl Online Class Starting
 * Meeting schedule
 * Upcoming events
 * When to arrive: Meeting format
 * How to find us: Location information and links to maps
 * Contacts, Background information on ACLUG, and miscellaneous


Linux Meeting: Monday, February 28
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This meeting will cover small Linux distributions, i.e. - those that will
fit on but a handful of floppies.  Most people are familiar with Red Hat,
Debian, and other full featured distributions. But do you realize there 
are several smaller distributions that can run on as little as one floppy?
While most of these are often specialized, and limited in features, they
do offer usable functionality for older hardware.   

This meeting is scheduled to be presented by John Alexander and Jon Hall.

During the business section of this meeting, Steve Saner will be answering
questions about the Online Perl Class that will begin on March 1st.


Linux Demo @ Saturday Sale: Saturday, March 11
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The ACLUG Staff is continuing to Demo Linux at the Saturday Sale, which is
held on the second Saturday of each month. We will be educating people 
on why they should consider Linux as an alternative to Windows 9x and
Windows 2000. Please consider dropping by and lending your support at the
Demo. 


Linux Meeting: Monday, March 13
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This meeting is tentatively  scheduled to cover Audio Files - Producing
MP3's - ripping, playing & streaming.


Other Business
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Linux Logo Contest:
At the meeting on Jan 31st, we announced the start of the Linux Logo
Contest. Details can be found at
http://www.complete.org/mailinglists/archives/announce-200002/msg00005.html 
   
Online Perl Class:
The ACLUG Perl class will start March 1, 2000.  Steve Saner will be at the
February 28th meeting to answer questions about the class. Further details on
joining or auditing this class will be sent out in a separate announcement.  

If you have suggestions for a future Workshop, or a topic for a future
meeting, please feel free to send your suggestions to info@xxxxxxxxx 

Meeting Schedule
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Pursuant to decisions made on August 16, 1999, ACLUG meetings will be 
scheduled as follows:

 * Every other Monday Beginning August 30, at 7:00/7:30 PM

Meetings will be held in 260 Jabara Hall on the campus of Wichita State
University as always.  Details on the event schedule and upcoming events can
be found at http://www.aclug.org/events/; maps can be found at
http://www.aclug.org/maps/.


Future Aclug Events
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Please send suggestions for future topics to info@xxxxxxxxx or mention
them at the meeting.  Consider this the ACLUG suggestion box! :-)

 +++ We need meeting topics and volunteer speakers for the meetings.+++   


Meeting Format Reminder
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One issue that has been somewhat troublesome is making presentations
interesting and useful for people with a wide range of Linux experiences. 
We want our meetings to be useful for as many people as possible, so our
plan is this: For those of you that are starting out with Linux, or just
interested in what Linux can do, please feel free to join us at 7:00 PM on
each meeting date (every other Monday starting August 30th).  We'll cover
some basics about the evening's topic or Linux in general, or  have an
informal Q&A time, depending on what the people present prefer. Also, 
if you have any Linux questions (beginning or advanced), we'd like to get to
them between 7 and 7:30 so that the evening doesn't get too late for those
that have to work or go to class in the morning.

Starting at 7:30, we will cover old and new business, and make
announcements of upcoming ACLUG events. 

Our regular presentation will begin after the announcements, at
approximately 7:45. Of course, if you can make it at 7, you're encouraged
to stay for the whole program.  You are welcome to arrive at either 7 or
7:30.


Location and Maps
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We will hold the this event in the Computer Science Department in
Jabara Hall on the main east campus of Wichita State University.
ACLUG has assembled some driving instructions on the Web at
http://www.aclug.org/maps/.  We will be located on the second floor of
Jabara Hall.  We expect to be in room 260, but we'll be sure to post
signs if we need to relocate elsewhere.  You'll be able to find a sign
on the wall in front of the 2nd floor elevator when you arrive.

Room 260 is almost directly in front of you as you exit the second-floor
elevator.


Miscellaneous
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For more information
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Further details will be posted to the aclug-announce mailing list; you can
subscribe for free at http://www.aclug.org/mailinglists/.

About the Air Capital Linux Users Group
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ACLUG was created in early 1998 as a group to help people discover
better ways to take advantage of modern computing through the use of
Linux.  All ACLUG events are free; we have hosted two free Linux
installation events, during which Linux was installed on dozens of
computers for no charge.  We would like to show the benefits of Unix
operating systems such as Linux to as many people as possible.  ACLUG
members range from people just starting out with computers and Linux
to those that have written parts of the Linux system or are doing
computer research under the Linux platform.

About Linux
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Linux is a modern, fully 32- and 64-bit operating system that runs on
a wide variety of hardware.  Its most popular use is on PC-style
hardware, where Linux can completely replace Windows 95, Windows 98,
or NT.  Linux sports astounding reliability, power, flexibility,
scalability, and networking.  Linux is the most popular OS for
Internet servers, beating NT.  Linux also works on less-expensive
computers than NT.

Linux is developed by a worldwide team of programmers: individuals,
companies, and universities using the Internet.  All source code is
available, allowing peer review -- which is important for an operating 
system.

ACLUG would like to show you the benefits of Linux for home and
business use.  Feel free to attend one of our meetings or ask
questions about Linux at help@xxxxxxxxx.  You may also examine the
archives of previous discussions on our discussion lists at
http://www.complete.org/mailinglists/archives/ or join the list;
instructions for doing so are at http://www.aclug.org/mailinglists/.
Announcements for upcoming ACLUG meetings and events will always be sent
first to the aclug-announce mailing lists.

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      Dale W Hodge  ACLUG Newsletter Editor  dwh@xxxxxxxxx
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