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Re: [SFD-discuss] IRC SFD event hang out and talks on the day of SFD

by Ivan Shmakov

>>>>> Michael Dorrington <michael.dorrington(a)gmail.com> writes: > What about having a general hang out and even talks on IRC on the day > of SFD? It would show attendees the worldwide nature of the event > and Software Freedom. And having IRC "talks"/workshops would be a > great way to tap into the Free Software expertise from around the > world. I'd like to second, but I see a problem with that: the language. -- FSF associate member #7257 1 day left to Software Freedom Day http://sf-day.org/ Event at Altai State University: http://sfd.am-1.org/

Sept. 15, 2011

IRC SFD event hang out and talks on the day of SFD

by Michael Dorrington

What about having a general hang out and even talks on IRC on the day of SFD? It would show attendees the worldwide nature of the event and Software Freedom. And having IRC "talks"/workshops would be a great way to tap into the Free Software expertise from around the world. Regards, Mike.

Sept. 15, 2011

Re: [SFD-discuss] [Planning-es] GNU operating system for old machines

by Michael Dorrington

On 15/09/11 18:32, Quiliro Ordóñez wrote: <snip> > Distribute free (as in freedom) software > <https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html> There are other fully Free Software distributions, such as Debian, that are not listed there because the list is for those following Free *System* Distribution Guidelines not the Free *Software* Distribution Guidelines. A system can be fully free software but not comply with the "Free System Distribution Guidelines". http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html Further, distributions that follow the "Free System Distribution Guidelines" can include non-free documentation, such as GFDL with non-modifiable non-licence parts. > and caution > <http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/Resources/CdNotice> others about > software that is non-free. I have joint authorship with RMS on that. :) Be Free, Mike.

Sept. 15, 2011

[Planning-es] GNU operating system for old machines

by Quiliro Ordóñez

An extremely light distribution that is being tested to be approved as the tenth free software GNU distro by the Free Software Foundation <https://www.fsf.org/about/> which is recommended for machines with 64MB RAM or more is Connochaetos <http://www.connochaetos.org/wiki/>. It comes in its version for 486 CPUs or better <http://sourceforge.net/projects/connochaetos/files/connos-0.9.0.iso/download>. It can be valuable to demonstrate that it is possible to have a modern GNU operating system with with nothing but free (as in freedom) software. If you are a little more knowledgeable on the subject, you can install Parabola <https://parabolagnulinux.org/>. It is a distro of the GNU operating system which is totally configurable because it installs nothing that you have not commanded to be installed. (Not even the graphic user interface.) It is a distro that comes with packages almost as new as if you were to compile them yourself from the developers' latest source code. So, if you like to hack, use it and advocate it for its philosophical as well as technical freedom! If you are going to install it on SFD, practice beforehand so you do not have probles on Saturday. If you want a free distro that works with at least 512MB on RAM and has an interface similar to Windowz, use Trisquel <http://devel.trisquel.info/dagda/iso/>. It comes for 64 bits <http://devel.trisquel.info/dagda/iso/trisquel_5.0_amd64.iso> and 32 bits <http://devel.trisquel.info/dagda/iso/trisquel_5.0_i686.iso>. Try Triskel for 32 bits <http://devel.trisquel.info/dagda/iso/old/triskel_5.0-20110911_i686.iso> or for 64 bits <http://devel.trisquel.info/dagda/iso/old/triskel_5.0-20110911_amd64.iso> if you want a really nice interface (KDE). Distribute free (as in freedom) software <https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html> and caution <http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/Resources/CdNotice> others about software that is non-free. ¡Be free! <http://fsfla.org/svnwiki/selibre/index.en.html> and you will notice that the future of society will be better when you start on your own stuff. Software Freedom Day is about freedom. So make your best to help people know that it is the freedom that matters by using only free software. Keep on hacking <https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Hacker_%28programmer_subcult…>...society! -- Quiliro Ordóñez 09 821 8696 02 340 1517 "...por la libertad, así como por la honra, se puede y debe aventurar la vida." Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Sept. 15, 2011

translation issue

by Marcos Marado

Hi there, "Celebrate SFD 2011 on Saturday, September 17th" is still being translated to "Celebra o SFD 2011 no Sábado, 17 de Septembro" in Portuguese, instead of the correct "Celebra o SFD 2011 no Sábado, 17 de Setembro" ... Can someone fix it please? Thanks, -- Marcos Marado ANSOL - http://ansol.org

Sept. 15, 2011

SFD/Germany/NRW/Aachen extra last minute Venue

by Julian H. Stacey

Please forward this on if you know people or open source groups near Aachen, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany, (on the border with Belgium & Holland). who would like to help organise an impromtu extra mini Aachen SFD. I'm about to travel & will not see replies. Aachen Contact is initialy "Christoph Kukulies" <kuku(a)kukulies.org> "Christoph Kukulies (Work)" <kuku(a)gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> Who is not on this list, sfd-discuss(a)sf-day.org for http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/ but he will ask Aachen source groups if interested, & could forward enquiries to a local group. It's a late opportunity has just arisen, as I will pass through Aachen before SFD day Saturday, September 17th, & again a week later to collect stuff ready for SFD Munich a few weeks later. Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com Reply below, not above; Indent with "> "; Cumulative like a play script. Format: Plain text. Not HTML, multipart/alternative, base64, quoted-printable. http://www.softwarefreedomday.org 17 Sept, http://berklix.org/sfd/ 22 Oct.

Sept. 15, 2011

Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD package for Curitiba (Brazil)

by Frederic Muller - SFI

Hi! I'm supposed you're referring to the Ubuntu CDs.Did you try to use the letter we have for this? http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/Resources/CustomLetter Fred On 09/15/2011 11:24 PM, Paulo Henrique Santana wrote: > Hello, > > Unfortunately our package arrived today in São Paulo (600km from > Curitiba) and we need to pay import tax. > So, we can't use on saturday. > > Regards, >

Sept. 15, 2011

SFD package for Curitiba (Brazil)

by Paulo Henrique Santana

Hello, Unfortunately our package arrived today in São Paulo (600km from Curitiba) and we need to pay import tax. So, we can't use on saturday. Regards, -- Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana http://www.phls.com.br Tel. (41) 9638-1897 GNU/Linux user: 228719 GPG ID: 0443C450 .

Sept. 15, 2011

Re: [SFD-discuss] Starting new Open-Source Software distro for Windows

by Alexey Eromenko

On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 9:39 PM, alan c <aeclist(a)candt.waitrose.com> wrote: > On 30/08/11 22:42, Alexey Eromenko wrote: >> Hi all ! >> >> I have started new Open-Source distro for Windows, based on TheOpenCD, >> copying it's look and feel. >> Original TheOpenCD and it's fork, theopendisc, are both inactive. It >> is time for something new. > > how is opendisc inactive? Yes, now active, but they had a pause of about 10 months, which is very long period for an Open-Source project, so I thought they were inactive. Anyway, I don't like it -- neither the CD browser, nor the lack of user community forum, so I established Qumble. Link: www.qumble.org -- -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov"

Sept. 14, 2011

Re: [SFD-discuss] Starting new Open-Source Software distro for Windows

by alan c

On 30/08/11 22:42, Alexey Eromenko wrote: > Hi all ! > > I have started new Open-Source distro for Windows, based on TheOpenCD, > copying it's look and feel. > Original TheOpenCD and it's fork, theopendisc, are both inactive. It > is time for something new. how is opendisc inactive? ======================================== www.theopendisc.com OpenDisc 11.09 Released! Posted September 7th @ 6:54 am by Chris Gray We’re happy to announce the latest version of OpenDisc is available for free download, with nearly 40 updated versions, and a switch from OpenOffice.org to LibreOffice. ======================================== However, I wish you well with a new project -- alan cocks Ubuntu user

Sept. 14, 2011