September 2013 - SFD-discuss - lists.mailman3.com

Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD in Tasmania (Launceston and Hobart)

by Frederic Muller - DFF

Hey guys! Thanks for the reports (I mean both from Tasmania and from Dallas). We would love to make those a bit more public and if you do have a regular blog talking about FOSS in general we will happily had you to the SFD planet. Besides we have launched the SFD competition offering 2 XO-1 which we are getting from OLPC Australia. Again the purpose is to talk about what happened and how our efforts were perceived. So thanks a lot and please let me know if I can add you to the existing feeds. Thanks. Fred

Sept. 24, 2013

SFD in Tasmania (Launceston and Hobart)

by Cheeseness (Josh Bush)

Here's a quick recap of our two Tasmanian events for anybody who might be interested in hearing! Attitude kicked off the morning in an interview with Chris Wisbey for ABC Statewide Mornings, talking about the history behind Software Freedom Day and some of the philosophies that the Free/Open Source Software movement is based on. Our first trial of the Launceston Bowls Club as a venue for SFD Launceston was a success, with such attractions as a virtual graffiti wall and SuperTuxKart arcade cabinet brought by Garry, some lovely Gimp painting demonstration by Mim and the ever popular Oculus Rift being used to show off OpenHMD support in Neverball. Hobart's return to Software Freedom Day was a success as well, with a crowd of Free Software enthusiasts and TasLUG regulars chatting and hacking on exciting projects. faulteh worked on Owncloud, ruagair worked on E17, tserong hacked on his Gumstix Overo board and I hear there was procedural jazz as well! In Launceston we didn't quite have as much advertising as previous years and only managed to get about 30 people through. In Hobart, they had a few people through as well, mostly thanks to the radio interview. http://www.taslug.org.au/modules/news/article.php?storyid=222 Cheese

Sept. 23, 2013

report on SFD in Dallas, Texas

by Steve Rainwater

We had a good Software Freedom Day event in Dallas, Texas this year. The event was hosted by Dallas Makerspace, a local hackerspace. We did not get an exact count for attendance. Estimates varied from 50 to 75 people. We had representatives from Fedora to demonstrate GNU/Linux and give away Fedora T-shirts and CDs. Representatives from CircuitCo demonstrated the BeagleBoard and Intel Minnow free hardware boards running GNU/Linux. We had lots of swag from SFD, FSF, and Creative Commons. (For some reason the EFF did not respond to our requests this year, so no EFF swag). We grilled hot dogs and hamburgers for our guests. We had talks on Drupal, Blender, Civic Hacking, GNU/Linux security and privacy, Libre Office, and other topics. I took a few photos with my mobile phone: http://flickr.com/photos/steevithak/sets/72157635746080145/ You can read more about the event on our web page: https://dallasmakerspace.org/wiki/Software_Freedom_Day_2013 -Steve

Sept. 23, 2013

Re: [SFD-discuss] Package arrived yesterday

by G.T.RAO

Greetings all, SFD 2013 , Goodies arrived in Ahmedabad,Gujarat,India, Regards, On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 10:34 PM, Kevin Cole <dc.loco(a)gmail.com> wrote: > For your records, the Washington, DC package arrived yesterday. Thanks. > > Especially thanks for removing dates from stuff: Since in recent years, > the package has arrived after our event, it means the materials from this > year can be used next year, because most of it is date-free. (This year, > we used last year's package, which also was date-free.) > > I haven't been paying attention, and only noticed Free Education Day from > the flyers sent with this year's package. So, thanks for that info too. I > need to look into that further, since that's really where my interest lies: > FLOSS / FLOSH in education -- schools, libraries, community centers, etc. > > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > > -- G.T.RAO A free software fund-a-mentaL-isT. http://fossyatra.wordpress.com http://paper.li/GTRao/1342070958 mobile:9953506651 लिनक्स: नि:शुल्क और खुले स्रोत सॉफ्टवेयर आप के लिए और दुनिया के लिए अच्छा है. ना कोई adware,ना कोई spyware, सिर्फ अच्छा सॉफ्टवेयर. Linux(લિનક્ષ ): મુક્ત અને નિઃશુલ્ક(મફત) ઓપન સોર્સ સોફ્ટવેર તમારા માટે અને વિશ્વ માટે સારું છે. ના કોઈ એડવેર , ના કોઈ સ્પાયવેર, માત્ર સારું સોફ્ટવેર.

Sept. 23, 2013

Barnaul, Altai Krai, Russia

by Ivan Shmakov

We’ve had some 40 or so participants at the event, which is roughly the number gathered in 2010, and (I guess) twice as much as there was in both 2011 and 2012. There was a conference, which took perhaps a bit too long to complete, and we were also showing Sintel and Big Buck Bunny. Finally, there was a semi-serious contest on the knowledge of free software, with the open-source Arduino board being the winner’s prize. PS. I hope we’ll manage to bring one or more photos of our event to Wikicommons [1] (and thus under a free license!) shortly. [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Software_Freedom_Day -- FSF associate member #7257 http://sfd.am-1.org/

Sept. 22, 2013

Re: [SFD-discuss] First team to see the SFD light of day

by Rodrigo Rodríguez

Frederic Muller - DFF <fred(a)digitalfreedomfoundation.org> escribió: >Hey, great jb! > >I just finished my SFD and it was rocking hot! I had a great time, met >great people and hope this will be the start of a strong contributing >community. > >So excited about the year to come. > > >Thanks. > >Fred > >On 21/09/13 09:57, Rik Tindall wrote: >> Hello world, >> >> Greetings from team New Zealand! >> >> We have our SFD open in a local library ICT lab and workroom, solving >> problems, showing distros and MythTV. >> >> >http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1309/S00513/software-freedom-day-christchu… >> >> >> >http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1309/S00286/software-freedom-day-celebrate… >> >> >> http://www.infohelp.co.nz/sfd13.html >> >> http://www.robertson.net.nz/sfd >> >> http://www.facebook.com/TeamChristchurchSFD >> >> Dedicated mail list: http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz >(Cc) >> >> Best wishes for your Software Freedom Day, 2013! >> >> Regards, >> >> Rik Tindall >> >> pp Team Christchurch SFD NZ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SFD-discuss mailing list >> SFD-discuss(a)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 We are celebrating in a local bar right now. :-) We had a small but pretty event, you can see some pictures and updates on our Twitter channel: @sfdnicaragua Happy SFD! Cheers, -- Rodrigo Rodríguez http://mundonomada.info

Sept. 22, 2013

SFD - Detroit MI (Ferndale to be exact just north of Detroit)

by mike bader

We had one, it was not as large as last years, but still great. thanks mike bader

Sept. 22, 2013

About 25 at the event in Saguenay, Canada

by AnthonyLapointe

Was really great, had a lot of participation for our small city!

Sept. 22, 2013

Go out and dance on SFD

by meric mara

Dear Guys: Our team created a theme song for our Software Freedom Day event this year! You may want to use this too. ENJOY! Title:Go out and dance on SFD Go out..go out and celebrate yell out ..and participate Let everyone know there’s a software for(that’s) free Use it freely..it's for you and for me. Free to run and study,Modify and make copies Everyone's happy... You sure can save more money Go out..go out and celebrate yell out ..and participate Dance to the beat and feel the heat Hackers are smiling, knowledge a’flowing Throughout the whole world, Sharing is plenty Software freedom day, FOSS is Here to Stay. Go out..go out and celebrate yell out ..and participate (Chill out/ Cheer out) Yell out and participate

Sept. 21, 2013

Re: [SFD-discuss] First team to see the SFD light of day

by Frederic Muller - DFF

Hey, great jb! I just finished my SFD and it was rocking hot! I had a great time, met great people and hope this will be the start of a strong contributing community. So excited about the year to come. Thanks. Fred On 21/09/13 09:57, Rik Tindall wrote: > Hello world, > > Greetings from team New Zealand! > > We have our SFD open in a local library ICT lab and workroom, solving > problems, showing distros and MythTV. > > http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1309/S00513/software-freedom-day-christchu… > > > http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1309/S00286/software-freedom-day-celebrate… > > > http://www.infohelp.co.nz/sfd13.html > > http://www.robertson.net.nz/sfd > > http://www.facebook.com/TeamChristchurchSFD > > Dedicated mail list: http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz (Cc) > > Best wishes for your Software Freedom Day, 2013! > > Regards, > > Rik Tindall > > pp Team Christchurch SFD NZ > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss >

Sept. 21, 2013