You Found the CABAL

(or is it the other way around?)

Consortium of All Bay Area Linux

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There is no CABAL.

Well, maybe there is. CABAL is a group of enthusiasts of the GNU/Linux operating system in the San Francisco Bay Area. We meet every 2nd and 4th Saturday at 4 pm at 2033 Sharon Road near Alameda de las Pulgas, Menlo Park.

We also are a shadowy force helping the main Bay Area GNU/Linux user groups run InstallFests, such as those at Robert Austin Computer Shows at the Cow Palace and Oakland Convention Center.

Please read the InstallFest FAQ before seeking our help at CABAL InstallFest events.

• Join CABAL's mailing list, or participate in it in Usenet newsgroup format.
• Read the CABAL FAQ
• Join the CABAL! Help us run the InstallFests, by bringing your GNU/Linux PCs, distribution CD-ROMs, expertise, ethernet cards, laplink cables . . . Please write to installers@linuxmafia.com, to let us know you'll be there. This is our chance to show GNU/Linux off to the general computing public.

Upcoming CABAL Intrigues:

For a full listing of upcoming Bay Area Linux Events, see BALE.

The Usual Suspects:

The CABAL's regulars meet 2nd and 4th Saturdays at 4 pm at 2033 Sharon Road near Alameda de las Pulgas, Menlo Park. CABAL does frequent installations (for people who pre-arrange them by e-mailing the install team), Q & A, discussion of applications and tools, and use of Deirdre & Rick's fast sDSL Internet connection and GNU/Linux servers, including a full Debian mirror.

Directions to 2033 Sharon Road, Menlo Park

By car: From I-280: Exit eastbound onto Sand Hill Road, going downhill 1 mile to turn left (north) at a traffic light onto Sharon Park Drive. There is a Shell gasoline station on the corner, and you then will see the Sharon Heights shopping centre on your left. At the end-of-the-block stop sign, turn right (east) to continue on Sharon Road, which will curve slightly left and then a slow 90 degrees right, and then (at a traffic light) cross Alameda de las Pulgas. On the next block, 2033 Sharon Road is on your right in mid-block, recessed on a long driveway. Please park on Sharon Road.

From US-101: Exit westbound onto Marsh Road, turning left (logical south) when Marsh Road ends after 1 mile, onto Middlefield Road. Go 1/2 mile, past Watkins Ave., Lane Place, Prior Lane, Encinal Ave. (note schoolyard), and Surrey Lane, to turn right (logical west) onto Glenwood Ave. In one mile, Glenwood crosses El Camino Real at a traffic light, becoming Valparaiso Ave. Proceed 2 miles to turn left (logical south) at the first traffic light, onto Alameda de las Pulgas. (There is a fire station on the corner.) Proceed eight blocks (1/4 mile) to turn left (logical east) at the Sharon Road traffic light, which is at the top of a rise. 2033 Sharon Road is on your right in mid-block, recessed on a long driveway. Please park on Sharon Road. (map)

By CalTrain: Exit at Menlo Park station, then walk 2 miles logical west along Santa Cruz Avenue. Alternatively, call us at 650-561-9820, and we'll come pick you up. After 1.8 miles, you'll see a graveyard on the left. Just after that, Santa Cruz Avenue turns half-left (south). Turn half-right (logical west) at the second intersection, onto Sharon Road. 2033 Sharon Road will be on your left in mid-block. (map)

By bus: Unfortunately, SamTrans routes 295 San Mateo - Menlo Park Caltrain Feeder and 282 Portola Valley-Palo Alto CalTrain, as well as Stanford University's free Marguerite shuttle bus route M (Menlo Line) run weekdays only, and therefore are no use for these events.

Secret CABAL Papers:

Material used to prepare for the Robert Austin InstallFests is at http://linuxmafia.com/pub/linux/cabal/.

Cooperating Groups:

The CABAL is everywhere, including these fine organizations (but don't blame them for us):

• Bay Area Linux Users Group
• Cal Linux Users Group
• CCSF GNU/Linux Users Group
• North Bay Linux Users' Group
• SlugLUG (Santa Cruz)
• Silicon Valley Linux Users Group

Last modified: 2002-02-22

By the way . . .
Linux rules!