Linux Installfest

Interested in alternatives to Windows? Interested in virtually free operating systems and software? Want to see what you can do with Linux and Unix? Come to the CSU's Linux Installfest. Watch how to install and set up a Linux system. See demonstrations of Linux and FreeBSD.

The place to be is:

Event: CSU Linux Installfest
Date:	Sat 19 Sep
Time:	09:00 to 17:00
Place	Charles Sturt Uni (Albury city campus) Nowik theatre (car parking next door to theatre off Guinea Street)
Purpose	To introduce Linux to those who seek an alternative to MS
Cost	Gold coin to cover costs of refreshments
Contact	Howard Lowndes
Info	A registration form and checklist will be forwarded to respondents. Check the CSU's main Installfest information page for further information and the registration form.

There will be a FreeBSD demo courtesy Erwin Bejsta.

CDROMs with RedHat Linux 5.1 and errata will be available as well as RH 5.1 on NFS.

Come in for a chat, a cuppa, and a refreshing change.

You can read more about Linux and Red Hat from Red Hat Software and an article from CNN about Linux on the rise

ALI Notices:

Accounts systems
Our latest round of accounting system changes have come on-line. For those who want to consolidate more than one account onto the same bill, we can now provide you with a quick and efficient single invoice including all access and incidental charges for all accounts.

We have also had a surprising number of calls from people demanding to be changed from the old hourly plan, to our Volume plan. Full details on how to achieve this have been included on every invoice sent out since the plan was introduced in October last year. You MUST authorise and complete the change yourself.

Please e-mail accounts@albury.net.au for more information.

A final reminder. We do not post monthly accounts. All account information is sent directly to your e-mail account. If this is inconvenient, we have alternatives - you can have your account faxed to a local number, or you can have it e-mail to another more convenient address.

Phone Number changes
It's final - Telstra have completed the regional phone number changeover. ALL REGIONAL NUMBERS NEED the 60 or 57 prefix or they WILL NOT WORK. You should have changed your ALI dial in number by now to include the correct prefix for your area (otherwise your ALI dialler won't work - instructions are here).

Modems
If you have a 56K modem, you WON'T get anything faster than 33K6 unless you are calling our digital modem pool. If you can call Albury for a LOCAL CALL then you should change to the digital number, but you may also need to update your Trumpet dial script. You can download a replacement Trumpet script from ftp://ftp.albury.net.au/pub/hidden/login.cmd Download this script into a temporary folder or directory, re-name or back-up your old working script in your Trumpet directory for safe-keeping, then copy the new script into your Trumpet directory.

If you are still using SLIP (all new accounts for at least the last two years have been PPP accounts), we would appreciate you changing to PPP. For information on changing, please e-mail ppp@albury.net.au

Commission
Did you remember that referrals are worth $10 to you?

Each friend, associate, business partner, family member etc that joins up with us, and indicates they were referred by you (they need your e-mail address) will earn YOU a $10.00 credit on your account!

Modems We now have found a replacement modem for the Motorola modems we used to sell. We have stocks of the Netcomm V.90 Roadster II modem for $239.00. The modems come with cables and software for IBM compatible computers. Macintosh users will need a different cable and software which we can also provide.
We also have stocks of the Netcomm InPlus56 internal (PC) modem, flash up-gradeable to V90, for $239.00.

Eudora Pro at ALI We have stock on the shelf (literally) of the Eudora Pro V4 email package (Windows; CD only) - with integrated spell checker, advanced filtering, multiple e-mail accounts, multiple address books, html mail support, voice mail and more.

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