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Last call for swag

by Jurgen Gaeremyn

Hey all, 20 hours from now, I will be sending out the swag packs. There are still some left. If you're quickly, you can still get one in your inbox. Greetings, Jurgen

Aug. 17, 2025

Website downtime - Software Freedom Day Updates - swag packs

by Jurgen Gaeremyn (Digital Freedoms)

Hey all, I've been hearing sounds from people already prepping for Software Freedom Day - and doing crazy stuff again. Also seeing small teams taking their first steps organizing something something cozy. Both are great! During the last 48 hours, the website has been down due to some technical issues. These are resolved. If you intended to register your event <https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/sfd/add-event> for Software Freedom Day — the site is back up now. Also, don't forget to spread the word with artists as they can win a nice Huion Tablet in our artist challenge <https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/sfd/blog/sfd-mascot-huion-challenge-2025>. Last year we had 3 entries for 3 prizes — so don't hold back. Everyone can be an artist. Did you see the great swag ideas <https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/sfd/blog/software-freedom-day-artwork-and-ex…> Chris created for this year? They all come with SVG-files so you can translate them to your local language too! Ah... and as a small sneak preview — swag is ordered this year for interested teams. The first 25 teams who register their event, can apply for free swag <digitalfreedoms.org/en/sfd/blog/order-swag> (or volunteer chip in a bit too). Hurry up, 15 events are registered already! And shipping will happen on August 20th so everybody gets their swag in time. Thanks to the Linux Professional Institute (LPI - lpi.org) for sponsoring for the swag.

Aug. 2, 2025

Some Free Software Favorites in the GUI category

by LM

In preparation for #SFD2025, I thought it might be fun to discuss lightweight GUIs. Maybe some of them will inspire you to create your own #FreeSoftware for #SoftwareFreedomDay2025. Please share your favorite Free Software with this list in preparation for Software Freedom 2025 in September. One of my favorites, #raylib. It's designed so students can start programming quickly without having to spend a lot of time learning how to get text and graphics on screen: https://github.com/raysan5/raygui Check out some of the games created for it: https://www.raylib.com/games.html #SDL is a popular graphics library: https://www.libsdl.org/ With addons like sdl3_ttf, sdl3_mixer, sdl3_image, sdl3_gfx, you can easily get text and graphics on screen or listen to music. Have SDL2 programs you want to keep enjoying? Check out the compatibility layer: https://github.com/libsdl-org/sdl2-compat #FLTK has a lot of the features of standard #GUI libraries but still manages to be lightweight with few dependencies. It's been used with #nano-x to create #XFDOS and #nanolinux. #TinyCore also features FLTK applications. FLTK applications even work on handheld and mobile devices. Here's a list of FLTK programs: https://www.fltk.org/links.php?LC+P22+Q While some are designed for older versions of FLTK, I've had no trouble updating many of them to later versions of the library. #nuklear doesn't have as many applications as many other GUIs, but it ports to an impressive number of systems. Here's a list of some programs written with it including a CAD program: https://github.com/vurtun/nuklear/issues/202 nuklear ( https://github.com/Immediate-Mode-UI/Nuklear ) is lightweight but still offers a lot of functionality. If you're looking for a GUI library that works with your #OpenGL programs, I really like #OTK: https://sourceforge.net/projects/otk/ There are some interesting sample programs for this library. #pdcurses ( https://pdcurses.org/ ) brings the ease of use of the classic curses library to a wide variety of platforms. It can even use a SDL backend so that you can run pdcurses applications with X Windows, Wayland, Android or anywhere else SDL works. Use BSD #form and #menu libraries with it to add more GUI functionality.

July 27, 2025

Re: Brainstorm swag ideas

by LM

On Wed, Jul 23, 2025 Marcos Marado wrote: > It isn't much of a craft, barwly an hack, but in the past we've used SFD > stickers to turn "blank notebooks" into "SFD notebooks" to give to people > to take notes on the event's presentations. I think that's a very inventive and useful idea. I really like it.

July 25, 2025

Re: Brainstorm swag ideas

by Marcos Marado

It isn't much of a craft, barwly an hack, but in the past we've used SFD stickers to turn "blank notebooks" into "SFD notebooks" to give to people to take notes on the event's presentations. On Tue, Jul 22, 2025, 20:27 LM <lmemsm(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Are you good at arts & crafts? Help us brainstorm ideas for homemade > swag for #SoftwareFreedomDay2025. Have a printer & mailing labels? You > can create #SFD2025 stickers: > > https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/sfd/blog/software-freedom-day-artwork-and-ex… > What about bookmarks, origami disk/USB holders or calligraphy > projects? You could even make your own minizine with #FreeSoftware. > What would you make? > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com > To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave(a)mailman3.com >

July 23, 2025

Brainstorm swag ideas

by LM

Are you good at arts & crafts? Help us brainstorm ideas for homemade swag for #SoftwareFreedomDay2025. Have a printer & mailing labels? You can create #SFD2025 stickers: https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/sfd/blog/software-freedom-day-artwork-and-ex… What about bookmarks, origami disk/USB holders or calligraphy projects? You could even make your own minizine with #FreeSoftware. What would you make?

July 22, 2025

We need guest bloggers

by LM

Have you ever wanted to be a guest blogger? We'd love to share blog posts on our Software Freedom Day blog. Any Software Freedom Day topic is fair game from organizing tips for Software Freedom Day events to ideas for activities during Software Freedom Day. You can even share an article on your favorite Free Software picks. We'll promote guest blogger articles on the DFF social media accounts. Ready to see your name published as a guest blogger? Send submissions to the SFD-discuss mailing list or to me. Plus, if you have banner ideas for your article, feel free to include a banner of your choice with a 3 x 1 aspect ratio image.

July 15, 2025

Beyond 40

by LM

For areas that may not have active Software Freedom Day planning groups, I thought this might be helpful: https://beyond40.codeberg.page/ They're trying to reignite local interest in Free Software in various areas. We're hoping to get more local FOSS groups organized and interested in creating local Software Freedom Day events.

July 11, 2025

Re: Free Software meeting

by murph

Would have been interesting, would have like to join. Just read this now. I'm also planning an event in NJ. Still working on it. Will look forward to what you come up with. --murph ----- Original message ----- From: LM <lmemsm(a)gmail.com> To: sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com Subject: [SFD-discuss]Free Software meeting Date: Friday, June 27, 2025 16:48 I'm hosting a short virtual meeting to brainstorm ideas for Software Freedom Day and discuss FLOSS programs in general this Saturday, June 28th at 10:30 AM Eastern on Jitsi at https://meet.jit.si/SoftwareFreedomDay If anyone would like to join, they're welcome to. _______________________________________________ SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave(a)mailman3.com

June 28, 2025

Free Software meeting

by LM

I'm hosting a short virtual meeting to brainstorm ideas for Software Freedom Day and discuss FLOSS programs in general this Saturday, June 28th at 10:30 AM Eastern on Jitsi at https://meet.jit.si/SoftwareFreedomDay If anyone would like to join, they're welcome to.

June 27, 2025