April 25th. NewTLUG meeting: The What, Why and How of Linux Distributions (reminder)

[Herb Richter]

	This month's NewTLUG meeting will be held Tues April 25th., 7:00pm
	at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, during the LinuxWorld and
	NetworkWorld Conference & Expo


Topic:	The What, Why and How of Linux Distributions:

   1) 	What is a Distribution?

   2) 	Why there are so many diverse Linux distributions and
	how users benefit from the choice.

   2) 	How To Choose One Linux Distribution Over Another:

	A number of local power users will discuss a few of the more
	prominent distributions and explain why they chose one over
	another.

	Scheduled Distribution discussion and speakers are:
	- Debian & Knoppix - Colin McGregor
	- Fedora - Paul Mora
	- Mandriva - Evan Leibovitch
	- PCLinuxOS and SimplyMEPIS - Geoff Mitchell
	- Ubuntu - David Patrick


Time, Date and Location:

	Date: April 25, 2006
	Time: 7:00 to 10:00pm

	Room: 201D

	LinuxWorld and NetworkWorld Conference & Expo April 24-26, at the
	Metro Toronto Convention Centre see <http://lwnwexpo.plumcom.ca/>

	If you haven't already, you have until *April 23* to claim your
	*free* pass to the tradeshow: <https://www.exporeg.com/lwnw/>


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        Herb Richter  <hgr-FjoMob2a1F7QT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org>
        Toronto, Ontario
        http://PartsAndService.com
        http://PartsAndService.ca








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