From:	 <starr@ls.net>
To:	 dennis
Subject: Gnu-Linuxfest - July 14, 2001
Date:	 Fri, 8 Jun 2001 12:48:28 -0400 (EDT)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For Further Information Contact:
Dennis Warren
dennis@ls.net
540-236-3400
http://www.gnu-linuxfest.com
LSNet to Host Third Annual Linuxfest
Galax, VA -- June 6, 2001 -- LSNet, a local Internet Service Provider in 
Galax, Virginia, will host the third annual Linuxfest on July 14, 2001.  
Linuxfest has traditionally celebrated Linux, the alternative operating 
system.
Linuxfest this year will offer entertainment, food and Linux related 
demonstrations which include Satellite Internet and the new Mandrake OS, as 
well as servers, KDE, Gnome, Afterstep, Quick Cams and audio recording. 
There will be space to sell and swap and some great door prizes. This 
year's Linuxfest will be held on Grayson Street in Galax; and will be the 
first street fest in the history of the event.
Starr Hopkins, LSNet webmistress and coordinator of the very first LSNet 
Linuxfest feels confident that this Linuxfest will stand apart.  "This 
event is not as high tech as Linux-Expo but we always have a lot of fun.  
Rock music and computing go together as well as cheese and wine or AMD and 
Linux."  This year's entertainment will include a mix of bluegrass, blues, 
rock and alternative music and a Middle Eastern (belly) dancer.  
Cryptameria (cryptameria.com) will be performing last, as is traditional at 
all the LSNet Linuxfests.
The first Linuxfest was held on May 3, 1999 at the home of Jim and Barbara 
Tarvid, the owners of LSNet.  That event boasted attendees from as far away 
as West Virginia, Washington DC and Atlanta, Georgia.  The Roanoke Times 
compared the event to Stompin' '76, a comparison that bolstered attendance 
for the next two years.   This event is free and open to the public.  
Attendees may register at the event's website at www.gnu-linuxfest.com.
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