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Debian events at Software Freedom Day
by Luca BRUNO Sept. 11, 2012

Sept. 11, 2012

Hi all SFDers :) During the upcoming SFD celebrations, supporters of the Debian project will be joining the parties worldwide with Debian-related talks/events. For example, talks by Debian Developers will be held in Italy and Brazil. In order to give even more press coverage to the SFD, the Debian Publicity Team is planning a press release about the SFD and Debian-related topics. We'd like to be notified about any such events that is going to happen during your local SFD, and receive info about it! The goal is to have a raw collection of Debian-events for a press release on our site shortly before the SFD (hopefully)... Thanks for your help, and have a nice SFD :) Cheers, Luca -- .''`. | ~<[ Luca BRUNO ~ (kaeso) ]>~ : :' : | Email: lucab (AT) debian.org ~ Debian Developer `. `'` | GPG Key ID: 0x3BFB9FB3 ~ Free Software supporter `- | HAM-radio callsign: IZ1WGT ~ Networking sorcerer

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SFD server issues
by Frederic Muller - DFI Sept. 11, 2012

Sept. 11, 2012

Hi! We're having trouble with our web server which just hung again. It's the 3rd time in a bit more than 24h. The mailing lists are on a different machine so communication can't be affected at least. At this stage I am a bit at loss on how to troubleshoot the issue. 2 reboots ago the machine stayed up for less than an hour, and the last restart for about 3 hours. It seems to be a new problem though nothing new has been installed, reconfigured. I'm thinking to create a new VPS instance and move the Joomla! sites there, while keeping moinmoin instances on the current server. As far as I know there is nothing else running on the box. Any advice is of course welcome. Thank you all for your patience. Fred

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info
by Carlos L. González S. Sept. 10, 2012

Sept. 10, 2012

Hello fellow The following email is to consult if the wiki and web are down? because I fail to enter any of the 2 -- *Carlos L. González S.* *Consultor IT FreeLance*

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Software Freedom Day Bangladesh 2012: Free to Use, Learn, Develop and Distribute
by সাজেদুর রহিম জোয়ারদ ার Sept. 10, 2012

Sept. 10, 2012

*Software Freedom Day Bangladesh 2012: Free to Use, Learn, Develop and Distribute * Pre-Event International Press Release September 10, 2012 More than a six hundred students, enthusiasts, advocates and members of the Free and Open Source Sofware (FOSS) community will converge in Presidency University (PU), Gulshan-2 and United International University (UIU), Dhanmondi at Dhaka City and University of Rajshahi in Rajshahi City to celebrate software freedom and free and open source ideas on September 15, 2012 for the Bangladesh celebration of Software Freedom Day. Software Freedom Day (SFD) is an annual celebration of various FOSS communities worldwide to educate the public on the use, advantages and benefits of FOSS. Last year, FOSS Bangladesh organized/celebrated this event at Dhaka with 170+ participants. FOSS Bangladesh area of Interest: 1. Community Building – Adoption 2. Universities – Syllabus, Curriculum, Motivation and Hands on Training 3. Government – Collaboration 4. Industry Development – Subject Matter Experts 5. Research and Development - Inventor and Business Developers FOSS Bangladesh will celebrate the Software Freedom Day 2012 as the "সফটওয়্যার মুক্তি দিবস - ২০১২" with all the free software lovers in Bangladesh. In Dhaka (Capital of Bangladesh) we are organizing this event in two venues. Venues & Timing Presidency University, Gulshan-2, Dhaka-1230.<http://wikimapia.org/14241234/Presidency-University>[From 10.00 to 18.30 hrs(local time, GMT+6:00)] Schedule: - 10:00 - 10:30 -- Welcome + Opening Speeches - 10.30 - to till end there will be banners and festoons showing the history and moments, developments information etc. of various Free Softwares and GNU/Linux. - Along with this there will be localized video shows representing Software Freedom and the FSF movements and many more. United International University, Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205.<http://wikimapia.org/12560500/United-International-University-UIU>[From 10.30 to 13.00 hrs(local time, GMT+6:00)] Schedule: - 10:30 - 11:00 -- Welcome + Opening Speeches - 11.00 - to till end there will be banners and festoons showing the history and moments, developments information etc. of various Free Softwares and GNU/Linux. - Along with this there will be localized video shows representing Software Freedom and the FSF movements and many more. For the first time such an event is going to celebrated in Rajshahi and FOSS Bangladesh is going to celebrate the Software Freedom Day 2012 as the "সফটওয়্যার মুক্তি দিবস - ২০১২" with all the free software lovers in Rajshahi division of Bangladesh. Rabindra Bhaban, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi. [From 16.00 to 18.30 hrs (local time, GMT+6:00)]. !!! Find out the venue in wikimapia!!!<http://wikimapia.org/#lat=24.3694737&lon=88.635701&z=19&l=39&m=h> Schedule: - 16:00 - 16:30 -- Welcome + Opening Speeches - 16.30 - to till end there will be banners and festoons showing the history and moments, developments information etc. of various Free Softwares and GNU/Linux. - Along with this there will be localized video shows representing Software Freedom and the FSF movements and many more. GNU/Linux installation and support booth All the participants may avail this service (registration required<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?pli=1&formkey=dE9VcHFRcF9rVHJL…>) for their laptop/desktop/netbook for free of cost by our volunteers. *We have bunch of DVDs for the participants with various GNU/Linux distros.* * *References: -- রিং/ring +8801671411437 মহাসচিব/General Secretary ফাউন্ডেশন ফর ওপেন সোর্স সলিউশনস বাংলাদেশ/Foundation for Open Source Solutions Bangldesh.

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The wiki Artwork page
by Frederic Muller - DFI Sept. 9, 2012

Sept. 9, 2012

Hi! The discussion is about this page: http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/Artwork I see more and more people providing translation and more stuff to the Artwork page and it's great! Now the page starts to be a bit long and I feel this is a problem. Am I right to think so? If this is the case there are a few things which can be done: 1. Put translations of artwork in separate pages 2. Enforce the current Artwork separation and extend it. At the moment we have separate pages for: - logo - banners (vague definition) - countdown - general artwork/others still we tend to put a copy of those (logo, banners and countdown) in the Artwork page. We could have another page for the swags artworks make Artwork page a link page to all different types of Artworks. What do you guys think? Thanks. Fred

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SFD Tunisia 2012
by Habib M. KAMMOUN Sept. 9, 2012

Sept. 9, 2012

Dear, It's a great pleasure to invite you to the SFD 2012 in Tunisia - North Africa :) http://softwarefreedomday.tn/ I wish you fantastic celebration next Saturday! Best Regards, Habib. ------------------------------------------ Mohamed Habib KAMMOUN IEEE, GTUG Assistant, Department of Computer Science, University of Gafsa, Faculty of Science, Tunisia. PhD Student, REGIM: REsearch Group on Intelligent Machines, University of Sfax, National Engineering School of Sfax (ENIS), Tunisia. URL: http://kammoun.regim.org/ Tel.: (+216) 98 414 608 - Fax: (+216) 74 408 894 Address: Av. Farhat Hached, 13 Rue BellaRigia - 3000 Sfax - Tunisia IEEE ENIS Student Branch: http://www.ieee-enis.org/ IEEE GOLD Tunisia: http://sites.ieee.org/tunisia-gold/ IEEE Sfax Tunisia: http://ewh.ieee.org/r8/tunisia/sfax/ Sfax GTUG: http://sites.google.com/site/sfaxgtug/ <http://ewh.ieee.org/r8/tunisia/gold/> ------------------------------------------ REGIM Lab., leading innovative research. IEEE Fosters Technological Innovation and Excellence for the Benefit of Humanity. Google: Don't be evil. ------------------------------------------ If you received this communication by mistake, please don't forward it to anyone else (it may contain confidential or privileged information), please erase all copies of it, including all attachments, and please let the sender know it went to the wrong person. Thanks.

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SFD 2012 in Quebec province, Canada
by Fabian Rodriguez Sept. 8, 2012

Sept. 8, 2012

Hi all Sorry if this is last minute... I had my share of health situations and other personal events (like our 4th birth in the family 3 weeks ago) :) I now have confirmation we have a space for SFD 2012 in Montreal, there will also be a small gathering in Quebec city: http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2012/Canada/Montreal http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2012/Canada/Quebec If you are in the area or nearby, or know someone that will be on Sept. 15, please pass this information. I also wrote a formal invitation in French, feel free to use it/modify it or even translate it to other languages: http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2012/Canada/Montreal/Invitation Cheers, Fabian Rodriguez http://fsf.magicfab.ca

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SFD Event Date
by Haris Praba Aditya Sept. 8, 2012

Sept. 8, 2012

Hi, I'm Haris from Semarang, Indonesia. I want to ask about SFD Event Date. It's already determined by 15 September 2012. My question is, can we held event not at that time? We plan to held SFD event on 7 October 2012. Is that okay? Thanks Haris.

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Making SFD happen in Detroit
by Frederic Muller - DFI Sept. 8, 2012

Sept. 8, 2012

On 09/06/2012 12:11 AM, mike bader wrote:> I'd like to get one going here, but not sure there is enough time left? > I think I have the manpower and maybe a location. > Too bad as there are none in Michigan. > > mike bader Hi! Sorry for not having fully followed up and great initiative to ping the list. The 3 events I was referring to in "your area" are all roughly from 210 to 300 miles from you (google map was unusable at the time of my email) which is still quite a distance. Considering you do have a LUG to assist you and are kind of confirming both some helpers and a location I would go ahead. Did you read the Start Guide which I pointed to you [1]? It's full of advice and tips to get off the ground. I can only give you a pale and shorten version here, but I'll still give it a shot: 1. Email your LUG (mailing list, forum?) and tell them the event is on and ask for: - speakers - help to reach out to people they know - volunteers and ideas 2. Asap make a meeting to get things off the ground, define tasks and assign roles. I'd say face to face meeting will be more efficient but if email is the same to you guys, then email is fine. 3. Tasks: just a few from the top off my head (the Start Guide [1] has a lot more) 3.1 - Find speakers or a theme - any hackerspace or other user groups in your area? contact them now! - non-profits could be a good target, see if they use FOSS and can come and talk how. If not, invite them to join, and make sure you'll have something that will interest them (productivity apps, web apps, cms, ask what they could need, civicrm?) 3.2 - Find an audience: - any free magazine, or free community website for the Detroit area? get a free listing in one of those - social networks, tweet, identic :P , G+, FB if you have to... but tell people you're doing something on the 15th. If you have a theme or a program beforehand that might help. 3.3 sponsors: that might be tough but arm yourself with your best smile and think of small IT shops, web development, they might have give aways for you or could help to produce a few CDs (think OpenCD or GNU/Linux distros). Think about your demographics, who you're trying to get to come to your event (usually young to middle age, geeks into technology but maybe you'll know better than me). Then try the delivery shop from around the corner or a bakery/coffee shop. they'll be interested to tap into your visitors and get them to come, ask them to provide free drinks/food maybe, and/or coupons to see what return they get. Be professional, make it sound interesting for them. 4. Get someone to update the wiki page or website you elect for the event as soon as you have updates (with that plan you should have plenty), propagate those updates through whatever means you're already using (mailing list, tweets, FB, G+, etc) to build up momentum. 5. Follow up with the 3 parties identified in 3 and you should be all set. Don't forget your own LUG members of course. You may have to use SMS to your phone address book too, and your friend's phone address books ;-), everything works. You have 8 days left, this is doable. If you think it's a bit too challenging delay, give yourself 1/2 more weeks and make the event happen on 22 or 29th, this is fine too. Just make sure people you contact know you're pick a different date ;-) And now you can also read the Start Guide, all is in it and much more. Good luck and go for it! It'll be a great experience I am sure. Thanks. Fred [1]: http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/StartGuide

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Re: [SFD-discuss] Free Linux Essentials Training Manual (PDF and Android-APP)
by Seun Ojedeji Sept. 6, 2012

Sept. 6, 2012

Hello, Thanks for sharing the information. As we look forward to the training. Regards OJ sent from google nexus On Sep 4, 2012 11:53 PM, "LIS" <lis(a)lifeforte.com> wrote: > > Dear Seun, > > Free Linux Essentials Training Manual (PDF and Android-APP) for all at > FUOYE SFD 2012 > > I trust you will find this very useful. > As part of our preparations towards the Software Freedom Day and the LPI > Linux Essentials Training and Exams coming up at FUOYE SFD, please kindly > forward to the appropriate quarters. > > A material for Linux Essentials has been developed by our German partner, > Linup Front GmbH, and we are very grateful to them for making this > material free of charge to your candidates. > We would also be glad if you put on your site for interested candidates to > download for free for the training or anybody interested > PDF manual: > http://shop-download.linupfront.de/cc/lxes-en-manual-cc.pdf > > Android app: > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.linupfront.essentialsen > > Linux Essentials at LPI: > http://www.lpi.org/linux-certifications/introductory-programs/linux- > essentials > > I think this has also just come in time, also in the spirit of Software > Freedom day and LPI with Linup Front GmbH are glad to be a part of > educating all on free software, Linux and Open Source Technologies. > > We also believe this will give majority even a wider opportunity take > advantage of the knowledge of free Software offered in the LPI Linux > Essentials education and certification program. > > Please kindly give us a feed back as you enlighten more on this > > Regards > Olaoluwa > > _____---------- > > Linup Front GmbH (established in 2001 in Weiterstadt, Germany) is a > leading provider of training materials and instructor services for > Linux and FLOSS. For more information, refer to > http://www.linupfront.com/ and http://shop.linupfront.com/ . > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------- > LIS is the Linux Professional Institute Nigeria Master Affiliate > For more information about LIS: > web: http://lpinigeria.org > follow us on: > twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/lpiconnect > facebook: http://www.facebook.com/LPIConnect > Snail mail: 1,Lifeforte Boulevard, Awotan GRA, UI P.O.Box 20923,Ibadan,Oyo > State, Nigeria or call > +234-08035444627,08033251511. > > ------------------------------------------------- > The Linux Professional Institute is globally supported by the IT industry, > enterprise customers, community professionals, government entities and the > educational community. LPI's certification program is supported by an > affiliate network spanning five continents and is distributed worldwide in > multiple languages in more than 7,000 testing locations. Since 1999, LPI > has delivered close to 200,000 exams and over 65,000 LPIC certifications > around the world.

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