Just send the exact date and we will attend!
Jimmy Tiongson
Carlo Sogono wrote:
> My friend has successfully requested for a 2-day reservation at the Asia Pacific
>College in Magallanes Village for our long-planned Installfest II which we will call
>Linuxfest since we plan to cover more than just installation procedures.
>
> Several people has already shown interest both in attending and teaching. I am
>asking those who might want to contribute by teaching at the Linuxfest to please mail
>me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Why Linuxfest?
> - Most of all, this event is for people with zero to very little knowledge about
>Linux. We will start from explaining what Linux and open source is all about, to
>introducing UNIX commands, directory/system structure, etc (yes, that basic!). I feel
>that there is a need to touch this sector of the computer community since there is no
>way that the common 'Juan' will just start using Linux. A huge percent of the
>audience will be college students.
> - I'm not competing with PLUG (and its talks during meetings) or the Linux 2k since
>they cater to a different field in computing. I mean, let's face it, the average
>student will not be able to use NAT or beowulf, nor would they be interested in
>setting up a DNS server at home.
> - We will sell Linux to students, enthusiasts, and small business owners not as a
>feared UNIX OS but a powerful and practical workstation. We would also be covering
>X/KDE/GNOME (we would list down the utilities they can use to make Linux a desktop
>system), simple networking (home/ipmasq), and basic Internet services for small
>businesses.
>
> Plans:
> * Audience: students, enthusiasts, net cafe owners/admins (especially those who run
>WinNT/98-Wingate setup), staff of local computer retailers (malay mo, they might
>bundle Linux on their systems or make server packages, who knows?), and everyone else
>who plan or are curious about all the fuzz about Linux, the 'free' OS.
> * Computers: people are encouraged to bring their systems to the event so they can
>install Linux on them. While lectures are going on, a seperate team will guide those
>who brought their PCs on the other side of the venue.
> * Distributions: I'm expecting 7 or so new distributions that will come anytime
>within a week or two from the U.S. c/o Jeff Guttierez. We will be accepting orders
>from people before the event so we can burn them beforehand but we will also bring 2
>CDRW machines for those who want copies burned there. P50 per disk.
> * Agenda: tentative, I'm still accepting comments/suggestions. Here's a summary
>
> Day 1 AM / Module 1: Introduction to Linux/UNIX, comamnds, system structure and
>installation
>
> Day 1 PM / Module 2: X,KDE,GNOME, connecting and using the Internet (optional kernel
>configuration)
>
> Day 2 AM / Module 3: Home networking, diald, ipmasq, and discuss/explain misc
>network tools/commands (route, gated, ifconfig, netstat, etc.)
>
> Day 2 PM / Module 4: Networking for small businesses; apache, ftp, squid, bind, and
>other servers.
>
> Hope you guys'll support this...
>
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> carlo sogono
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