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Re: [SFD-discuss] Can you help us out with the SFD website?

by Robert Schumann

Hi all, We will still be revamping the site in the near future; we're just waiting on some technical changes to the server. And yes, we're aware that the website still looks the same and says "SFD 2007" - this will be changed very soon, in time for registrations to start. We'll be announcing more soon! Robert. On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 9:32 AM, Judy Okite <judyokite(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Robert, > > hope this finds you well....is this deal still on or you've handed it over > to someone else? the website still looks the same and you could be running > out of time. > > Kind Regards, > > > > On 4/28/08, Robert Schumann <robert(a)softwarefreedomday.org> wrote: > >> Hi SFD'ers, >> >> We're looking for a volunteer to help overhaul the look-and-feel of the >> Software Freedom Day website <http://softwarefreedomday.org/>. The >> website is looking a little dated (yes, I know, the date still says 2007 >> for reasons beyond our control at the moment) but we're hoping to change >> that in the very near future, to coincide with the launch of registrations >> this year (currently scheduled for sometime in the first half of May). >> >> The person we're looking for will have one or more of the following >> >> - familiarity with Moin wiki, and particularly with designing themes >> for Moin >> - skill with CSS, including making pages that are standards-compliant, >> internationalised, accessible and (if that wasn't enough) cross-browser >> - enough time to complete this task within the next ten days >> >> Note that we are not aiming to re-invent the wheel; our first task will be >> to identify an existing Moin theme that we can adapt to our purposes (but >> still make it look distinctive). We already have someone who can produce >> whatever size or shape logos and related SFD graphics you require - your >> remit will be the CSS (plus a little python/HTML). And your reward will be >> fame within the community of Software Freedom Day! >> >> Feel free to reply on- or off-list (depending on the relevance of your >> reply to the rest of the world). >> >> Thanks, >> Robert. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SFD-discuss mailing list >> SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org >> http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss >> >> > > > -- > Judy Ann Okite, > +254-721237507,+254-734252336 > P.O. BOX 2228 00100, > NAIROBI,KENYA. > 'Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. > ' > Martin Luther King, Jr. > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > >

May 21, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] Can you help us out with the SFD website?

by Jorge Higueros

I can do On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 2:32 AM, Judy Okite <judyokite(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Robert, > > hope this finds you well....is this deal still on or you've handed it over > to someone else? the website still looks the same and you could be running > out of time. > > Kind Regards, > > > > On 4/28/08, Robert Schumann <robert(a)softwarefreedomday.org> wrote: > >> Hi SFD'ers, >> >> We're looking for a volunteer to help overhaul the look-and-feel of the >> Software Freedom Day website <http://softwarefreedomday.org/>. The >> website is looking a little dated (yes, I know, the date still says 2007 >> for reasons beyond our control at the moment) but we're hoping to change >> that in the very near future, to coincide with the launch of registrations >> this year (currently scheduled for sometime in the first half of May). >> >> The person we're looking for will have one or more of the following >> >> - familiarity with Moin wiki, and particularly with designing themes >> for Moin >> - skill with CSS, including making pages that are standards-compliant, >> internationalised, accessible and (if that wasn't enough) cross-browser >> - enough time to complete this task within the next ten days >> >> Note that we are not aiming to re-invent the wheel; our first task will be >> to identify an existing Moin theme that we can adapt to our purposes (but >> still make it look distinctive). We already have someone who can produce >> whatever size or shape logos and related SFD graphics you require - your >> remit will be the CSS (plus a little python/HTML). And your reward will be >> fame within the community of Software Freedom Day! >> >> Feel free to reply on- or off-list (depending on the relevance of your >> reply to the rest of the world). >> >> Thanks, >> Robert. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SFD-discuss mailing list >> SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org >> http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss >> >> > > > -- > Judy Ann Okite, > +254-721237507,+254-734252336 > P.O. BOX 2228 00100, > NAIROBI,KENYA. > 'Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. > ' > Martin Luther King, Jr. > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > > -- Jorge Higueros Executive Director && Transpersonal Therapeut GNU/Linux user #369545 Free Software Organization Guatemala (502) 23364840 Blogs fsoguatemala.wordpress.com jhigueros.wordpress.com Guatemala C.A.

May 21, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] Can you help us out with the SFD website?

by Judy Okite

Hi Robert, hope this finds you well....is this deal still on or you've handed it over to someone else? the website still looks the same and you could be running out of time. Kind Regards, On 4/28/08, Robert Schumann <robert(a)softwarefreedomday.org> wrote: > > Hi SFD'ers, > > We're looking for a volunteer to help overhaul the look-and-feel of the > Software Freedom Day website <http://softwarefreedomday.org/>. The websiteis looking a little dated (yes, I know, the date still says 2007 for reasons > beyond our control at the moment) but we're hoping to change that in the > very near future, to coincide with the launch of registrations this year > (currently scheduled for sometime in the first half of May). > > The person we're looking for will have one or more of the following > > - familiarity with Moin wiki, and particularly with designing themes > for Moin > - skill with CSS, including making pages that are standards-compliant, > internationalised, accessible and (if that wasn't enough) cross-browser > - enough time to complete this task within the next ten days > > Note that we are not aiming to re-invent the wheel; our first task will be > to identify an existing Moin theme that we can adapt to our purposes (but > still make it look distinctive). We already have someone who can produce > whatever size or shape logos and related SFD graphics you require - your > remit will be the CSS (plus a little python/HTML). And your reward will be > fame within the community of Software Freedom Day! > > Feel free to reply on- or off-list (depending on the relevance of your > reply to the rest of the world). > > Thanks, > Robert. > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > > -- Judy Ann Okite, +254-721237507,+254-734252336 P.O. BOX 2228 00100, NAIROBI,KENYA. 'Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. ' Martin Luther King, Jr.

May 19, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] when your pc gets sick!!!

by Pia Waugh

Hi Przemysław, <quote who="Przemysław Kulczycki"> > I'm not talking about distributing something like patented video or audio > codecs. I'm talking about distributing warez. > Hiren's bootcd contains pirated versions of Norton Ghost, Partition Magic, > McAfee Antivirus, and many more. > http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd Thanks for the clarification. Cheers, Pia -- OLPC Australia http://olpc.org.au/ Linux Australia http://linux.org.au/ Open Source Industry Australia http://osia.net.au/ Software Freedom Day http://softwarefreedomday.org/ "There is no darkness but ignorance." - William Shakespeare

May 5, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] when your pc gets sick!!!

by Przemysław Kulczycki

Pia Waugh pisze: >> Hiren's BootCD contains unlicensed proprietary software, therefore it >> cannot and shouldn't be recommended by free/open source software users >> because its use is illegal in most countries. > > There is also a difference between using and distributing something. It is > illegal to distribute the libdvdcss in Australia but does that mean I should > do without dVDs in my house if I use Linux? It is technically illegal to > distribute something with mp3 support already set up (unless the distributer > has paid the mp3 fee), so how does that affect non-technical recipients of > Free Software? Most non-technical people don't know (or care) why their > default Linux installation doesn't support DVD or MP3, it is a problem. I'm not talking about distributing something like patented video or audio codecs. I'm talking about distributing warez. Hiren's bootcd contains pirated versions of Norton Ghost, Partition Magic, McAfee Antivirus, and many more. http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd -- ## Przemysław Kulczycki <<>> Azrael Nightwalker ## # jabber: azrael[na]jabster.pl | tlen: azrael29a # ### www: http://reksio.ftj.agh.edu.pl/~azrael/ ###

May 4, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] I need Help

by Jorge Higueros

Thank you for the information, somebody know a list of universities using free software becouse I neen atach the inform of experience, cost, time of the migration and cost of migration aplication properity software to free software and create new aplication. On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 10:18 PM, Pia Waugh <greebo(a)pipka.org> wrote: > Hi Jorge, > > <quote who="Jorge Higueros"> > > > I need your Help becouse I am working in a migration of my university to > > Free Software, but in the proyect I need put other experiences of other > > universities of the world that they using free software, and I need a > > documentation of this work, like: experience, cost, time etc, helpme > for > > this proyect the object is The migration to the 100% the University. > > I would suggest checking out the following: > > > http://ask-oss.mq.edu.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10&Itemi… > > http://openeducation.org.au/ > > I could put you in contact with a few Australian universities using Open > Source extensively. > > Also, for other useful information about FOSS (including TCO docs, policy > docs, etc) check out the following: > > Business case for FOSS: > > http://ask-oss.mq.edu.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=36&Itemi… > > Governments around the world and FOSS: > > http://ask-oss.mq.edu.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40&Itemi… > > Costs comparison templates: > > http://ask-oss.mq.edu.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemi… > > Full disclosure: I was the research coordinator for ASK-OSS :) > > Cheers, > Pia > > -- > OLPC Australia > http://olpc.org.au/ > Linux Australia > http://linux.org.au/ > Open Source Industry Australia > http://osia.net.au/ > Software Freedom Day > http://softwarefreedomday.org/ > > "Watching television is like taking black spray paint to your third > eye." - Bill Hicks > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > -- Jorge Higueros Executive Director && Transpersonal Therapeut GNU/Linux user #369545 Free Software Organization Guatemala (502) 23364840 Guatemala C.A.

May 4, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] I need Help

by Pia Waugh

Hi Jorge, <quote who="Jorge Higueros"> > I need your Help becouse I am working in a migration of my university to > Free Software, but in the proyect I need put other experiences of other > universities of the world that they using free software, and I need a > documentation of this work, like: experience, cost, time etc, helpme for > this proyect the object is The migration to the 100% the University. I would suggest checking out the following: http://ask-oss.mq.edu.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10&Itemi… http://openeducation.org.au/ I could put you in contact with a few Australian universities using Open Source extensively. Also, for other useful information about FOSS (including TCO docs, policy docs, etc) check out the following: Business case for FOSS: http://ask-oss.mq.edu.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=36&Itemi… Governments around the world and FOSS: http://ask-oss.mq.edu.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40&Itemi… Costs comparison templates: http://ask-oss.mq.edu.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemi… Full disclosure: I was the research coordinator for ASK-OSS :) Cheers, Pia -- OLPC Australia http://olpc.org.au/ Linux Australia http://linux.org.au/ Open Source Industry Australia http://osia.net.au/ Software Freedom Day http://softwarefreedomday.org/ "Watching television is like taking black spray paint to your third eye." - Bill Hicks

May 4, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] when your pc gets sick!!!(suggest me)

by devesh

Hi.., Thanks a lot to guide me. I have my exams so I'll take some times to modify Rescue disk and documentation. Looking forward for more support and guidance. Regards, Devesh.

May 2, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] I need Help

by Abu Mohammad Omar Shehab Uddin Ayub

Hi all, In Bangladesh Open Source Network <http://www.bdosn.org>, we have a service to help other entities to migrate to open source. Right now we have two ongoing projects - one with D.net (a non-profit) and the other is Bangladesh Telecenter network. In every case, we try to categorize the softwares first in the following criteria - 1. Business critical/ Mission critical softwares, 2. Regular business process, 3. Ad-hoc softwares, 4. Miscellaneous. Different departments of the same entity may have different softwares in the same categories. Then we identify the group in the entity which should be the most tech-savvy. We start with them. We then provide localized version of manuals and training materials. Asynchronous workshops are also arranged. We also try to find out device drivers for Linux distributions. Although there are lots of challenges these efforts are worthy. Thanks, Shehab On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 12:02 AM, Leo Arias F. <elopio(a)softwarelibrecr.org> wrote: > Hola Jorge, > > Last year I talked to Anderson Fernandes de Alencar, from the Paulo > Freire Institute. He did an interesting work relating the migration to > free software and Paulo Freire's ideas, and he worked on the migration > of the institute. You can found the document at [1]. He's brazilian so > the text it's in portuguese, but if you speak spanish you can > understand almost everything with some help of a translation tool. > You might want to talk to him, he speaks a kind of portuñol so there > will be no problem. The problem is that I can't find his email, I'll > continue searching. > > pura vida > > [1] > http://bibliotecavirtual.clacso.org.ar/ar/libros/campus/freire/26Fernan.pdf > -- > Leo Arias > ¡el futuro es libre! > http://www.softwarelibrecr.org > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > -- |=============| Regards, Abu Mohammad Omar Shehab Uddin Ayub Software Engineer, Nilavo Technologies, Banani, Dhaka Bangladesh Open Source Network, Dhaka 2000 batch, Dept. of CSE, SUST www.nilavo.com www.bdosn.org www.sust.edu

May 2, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] I need Help

by Leo Arias F.

Hola Jorge, Last year I talked to Anderson Fernandes de Alencar, from the Paulo Freire Institute. He did an interesting work relating the migration to free software and Paulo Freire's ideas, and he worked on the migration of the institute. You can found the document at [1]. He's brazilian so the text it's in portuguese, but if you speak spanish you can understand almost everything with some help of a translation tool. You might want to talk to him, he speaks a kind of portuñol so there will be no problem. The problem is that I can't find his email, I'll continue searching. pura vida [1] http://bibliotecavirtual.clacso.org.ar/ar/libros/campus/freire/26Fernan.pdf -- Leo Arias ¡el futuro es libre! http://www.softwarelibrecr.org

May 1, 2008