San Antonio College and the San Antonio Linux Users Group, with co-sponsor Rackspace Managed Hosting, will present the Spring 2004 GNU/Linux/Open Source Fest at San Antonio College May 10-15. On Saturday, May 15, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., Rackspace recruiters will have a table and accept resumes. The event is free and open to the public.

Steve Kolars, Chairman of the Computer Information Systems Department, invites interested people to submit a proposal for a session to request a session by mailing proposals to skolars@venus.sac.accd.edu.

Linux is an operating system developed by Linus Torvalds at the University of Helsinki in Finland in 1991, who released the source code for free public use. It is now the main alternative to Unix and Microsoft proprietary operating systems and has been accepted by IBM, Hewlett-Packard and other computing companies worldwide. Linux user groups use the code to develop a wide variety of programs for such uses as anti-spam, encryption, email, games, graphics, databases, spreadsheets, word processors, and scientific projects in AI, astronomy, biology, and math, among other things.

The Linux Fest workshops will be held in the Nail Technical Center (NTC). Call Steve Kolars at 733-2290 for more information or check the website http://sol.sac.accd.edu/~skolars/satlug/.

Monday, May 10, 6-8 p.m.:
Using OpenOffice-Word Processing: Instructor Ita Borger-Boglin, NTC 140

Monday May 10 - Tuesday, May 11, 6-8 p.m.:
Cascading Style Sheets: Instructor Bruce Dubbs, NTC 104
Debian: Instructor Nate Durr, NTC 213 A
PHP and MySOL: Instructor Joey Parsons (Rackspace), NTC 126

Monday May 10 - Friday, May 14, 6-8 p.m.:
Perl Programming (a five-day class): Instructor Ken Puhaly, NTC 108

Tuesday, May 11, 6-8 p.m.:
Using OpenOffice-Spreadsheet: Instructor Ita Borger-Boglin, NTC 140

Wednesday, May 12, 6-8 p.m.:
Using OpenOffice-Impress (presentations): Instructor Ita Borger-Boglin, NTC 140

Wednesday, May 12-Thursday, May 13, 6-8 p.m.:
TCPdump: Instructor Steve Kolars, NTC 104
Running DNS Servers with BIND9: Instructor Matt Montgomery (Rackspace), NTC 126

Thursday, May 13, 6-8 p.m.:
Using OpenOffice-Project Management: Instructor Ita Borger-Boglin, NTC 140

Friday, May 14, 6-8 p.m.:
Using OpenOffice-Diagrams: Instructor Ita Borger-Boglin, NTC 140

Friday, May 14, 6-8 p.m. and Saturday, May 15, 9 a.m. - 12 noon:
Slackware: Instructor Jeremy Mann, NTC 213 A

Saturday, May 15:
9 a.m. - 12 noon PostgreSOL: Instructor Dan Zollars, NTC 104
9 a.m. - 12 noon Gentoo: Instructor Michael Munson, NTC 108
1-5 p.m. Sendmail: Instructor Thomas Weeks (Rackspace), NTC 126