August 2007 - SFD-discuss - lists.mailman3.com

Re: [SFD-discuss] Location for the wiki pages of the teams has changed?

by Pia Waugh

Hi Julio, <quote who="Julio Cesar Puigpinos"> > When trying to get to my country wiki page > (http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/centralandsouthamerica/argentina) > I got a message "The page does not exist yet.......". I can see that > what is wrong is the address, before we use > http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/ and then we add the rest > (regional team, country, etc), but now I have to add /teams/ again > http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/teams/centralandsouthamerica/argentina > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Our apologies, it looks like an issue from the site recovery process. We will fix this for next year but for now it is easiest to leave as it is. Cheers, Pia -- Software Freedom Day 2007 http://softwarefreedomday.org/

Aug. 28, 2007

Re: [SFD-discuss] What happened to the site?

by Robert Schumann

Thanks for letting us know, we're currently working on the problem. The links will fix themselves once we're done! Robert. On 8/28/07, Douglas A. Whitfield <whitdoug(a)email.unc.edu> wrote: > > It looks like an extra "team" directory has been added to the site in > front of the original team directory. Now all our links are broken. What > gives? > > Thanks, > > Douglas A. Whitfield > > Carolina Open Source Initiative Co-President > http://www.ibiblio.org/cosi > Group SFD site: http://tinyurl.com/2qmreb > Cell: 919-360-0306 > > http://www.softwarefreedomday.org > *UNC SFD Platinum Sponsors: Dell* > UNC SFD Partners: Red Hat > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > >

Aug. 28, 2007

Location for the wiki pages of the teams has changed?

by Julio Cesar Puigpinos

Hi When trying to get to my country wiki page (http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/centralandsouthamerica/argentina) I got a message "The page does not exist yet.......". I can see that what is wrong is the address, before we use http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/ and then we add the rest (regional team, country, etc), but now I have to add /teams/ again http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/teams/centralandsouthamerica/argentina ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ It's an error or the naming convention has changed? Saludos, Julio -- NO A LA MATRICULA!!!: http://noalamatricula.wordpress.com/ Software Freedom Day 15 de Septiembre http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/centralandsouthamerica/argentina?action… www.kwort.org Kwort Linux Distribution www.lugro.org.ar GNU/Linux User Group Rosario, Argentina Registered GNU/Linux User #358886 "Say No to Trolls with no Balls!" "Netiquette o Tablas!!!"

Aug. 28, 2007

What happened to the site?

by Douglas A. Whitfield

It looks like an extra "team" directory has been added to the site in front of the original team directory. Now all our links are broken. What gives? Thanks, Douglas A. Whitfield Carolina Open Source Initiative Co-President http://www.ibiblio.org/cosi Group SFD site: http://tinyurl.com/2qmreb Cell: 919-360-0306 http://www.softwarefreedomday.org *UNC SFD Platinum Sponsors: Dell* UNC SFD Partners: Red Hat

Aug. 28, 2007

Re: [SFD-discuss] Gnome + SFD celebration

by Pia Waugh

Hi Peter, <quote who="Peter Eisinger"> > Boston MA, USA -- August 15, 2007 -- A one month, world-wide celebration of > GNOME's tenth anniversary begins this week, culminating in mid-September with > Software Freedom Day [1] > > Mailing lists: UP! ;) > > [1] http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/gnome10years.html Happy 10th birthday GNOME! Thanks for letting us all know Peter :) Cheers, Pia -- Software Freedom Day 2007 http://softwarefreedomday.org/

Aug. 28, 2007

FOSS and open source software has broken into the imaging industry

by xolani Ndlovu

hie all i was reading my monthly Biophotonics newsletter i was impressed to read that open source software has broken into the imaging industry . congratulations free people... -- member of OpenSourceBulawayo free software as in freedom -- member of OpenSourceBulawayo free software as in freedom

Aug. 27, 2007

Re: [SFD-discuss] Software Freedom Day 2007 Competition!

by David Thomas

Robert Schumann wrote: > > On 8/25/07, *David Thomas* <dthomas(a)cableone.net > <mailto:dthomas@cableone.net>> wrote: > > I went to the website and it say I can not view the page, even when I > was logged in? > > > Sorry, that was my fault. Now fixed. > > Robert. > > > And we in New Mexico can't wait were really happy to be a part of > this. > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org <mailto:SFD-discuss@sf-day.org> > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > Thanks

Aug. 25, 2007

Re: [SFD-discuss] Software Freedom Day 2007 Competition!

by Robert Schumann

On 8/25/07, David Thomas <dthomas(a)cableone.net> wrote: > > I went to the website and it say I can not view the page, even when I > was logged in? Sorry, that was my fault. Now fixed. Robert. And we in New Mexico can't wait were really happy to be a part of this. > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss >

Aug. 25, 2007

Re: [SFD-discuss] Software Freedom Day 2007 Competition!

by David Thomas

Pia Waugh wrote: > Hi all, > > We are very pleased to announce that there is another competition for SFD > this year. The two prize categories are: > > 1) The best SFD event for 2007 > 2) The best OLPC contribution or plan for contribution > > The two prizes are, you guessed it, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) computer > systems generously donated by Google! The due date for your entries is the > 30th September, so make sure you get started on planning your entries. In > particular make sure your SFD events are fantastic and that you take plenty > of photos and such :) > > Details of the competition are below including rules and such. > > http://softwarefreedomday.org/Competition2007 > > Good luck everyone with your planning. It looks like it'll be a fantastic > and truly global event this year! :) > > Cheers, > Pia > > I went to the website and it say I can not view the page, even when I was logged in? And we in New Mexico can't wait were really happy to be a part of this.

Aug. 25, 2007

Re: [SFD-discuss] Apologies and update for teams

by Lars Noodén

It's good to hear the servers are back up and running. Pia Waugh wrote: > ... Details below on what happened: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/loco-contacts/2007-August/001506.html > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/loco-contacts/2007-August/001510.html I'm a little shocked to hear that they were running cleartext passwords (e.g. FTP) and allowing arbitrary CGIs to be run. It's a releive to know know that SSH is now being used, it's been available since the 1990's. In the announcement, a distinction is not made between 'upgrading' and 'patching'. It should not matter if the servers were still running Breezy as long as they were patched. Patching != upgrading, and upgrading can bring its own set of problems, including security and stability. One of the key advantages of Free Software, as I have seen it, is that one has the option of keeping a stable set up and not being forced into arbitrary upgrades. Debian, on which *buntu is based is a good example and one can choose to patch the existing software. The more users a service has, the more important this is. Back to lurking, Regards, -Lars

Aug. 25, 2007