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SFD Panama 2011
by Diego Tejera Sept. 16, 2011

Sept. 16, 2011

Hello Guys, We received the last package today, I just want to say thank you for the awesome gifts and the awesome work the whole team is doing! I hope all have a Happy SFD!! Regards, Diego Tejera Ubuntu Loco Contact Panama http://www.floss-pa.org/

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Another "Free" Song
by rick Sept. 16, 2011

Sept. 16, 2011

Hi Guys, Another song on Software Freedom can be found here, http://2011.sfdphilippines.org/free-song-software-freedom-karl-ramirez This song is about software freedom and the freedom to create, in general. You can freely use this not only during SFD celebrations just give due credit to the artist. Below is the text of the song. +++ When what they make you want is not what you need And then they bind your life to an order they fuel with greed And so with whatever you do they force you to work in their system But you know it never is too late to realize you're a victim Be free Today lets make that stand Come and do this with me hand in hand And be free Its the freedom to create Free to share and educate A mind to nurture and liberate When what they make you want is not what you need And then they bind your life to an order they fuel with greed And so with whatever you do they force you to work in their system But you know it never is too late to realize you're a victim Be free Today lets make that stand Come and do this with me hand in hand And be free Its the freedom to create Free to share and educate A mind to nurture so don't hesitate To be free Today lets make that stand Come and do this with me hand in hand And be free Its the freedom to create Free to share and educate A mind to nurture and liberate

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translation issue
by Marcos Marado Sept. 16, 2011

Sept. 16, 2011

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

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IRC SFD event hang out and talks on the day of SFD
by Michael Dorrington Sept. 16, 2011

Sept. 16, 2011

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.

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Re: [SFD-discuss] [Info] Doubts about non-free linux distributions flyer
by Frederic Muller - SFI Sept. 16, 2011

Sept. 16, 2011

Hi! The notice is not mandatory, we are just asking teams to add it but they should run their event the way they deem appropriate. I think Michael wrote a very good post on where Debian stands. Mike post is here: http://mail.sf-day.org/pipermail/sfd-discuss/2011-September/002068.html Ubuntu falls in the same category (or similar) as Fedora or openSUSE. I really don't think those distributions should be "marked and isolated" but when you preach for software freedom it is important to let people know when you are giving them some hidden non-free bits, or software that will encourage them to install non-free bits. Users need to understand what is happening with the software they are using (and which you may be distributing). I hope this clarifies the issue. Do not hesitate to ask more question if you have any. Posting on sfd-discuss is encouraged. Fred ps: and the form is only half broken. :-/ On 09/16/2011 06:05 AM, Francisco Palm wrote: > Some people are saying in several social networks like identi.ca or > twitter that the notifice for non-free Linux distributions(*) is > mandatory. It is important a clarification in this regard. Starting > with the fact that is not explicitly stated which are those non-free > Linux distributions. > > I believe this leads to controversy and discomfort in an event that > should unite all those who promote free software. > > Ubuntu or Debian are non-free Linux Distributions? must be marked and isolated? > > (*) http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/Resources/CdNotice > > Pd: SFD contact form is broken > > Francisco Palm > > -- > -------------------------------------- > fpalm(a)mapologo.org.ve > francisco.palm(a)gmail.com > > cel: +58 +424 4228252 > tel: +58 +274 6352001 > > ---- > Debemos ser libres, no para hacer lo que nos plazca, sino libres para > comprender muy profundamente nuestros propios instintos e impulsos. K > > _______________________________________________ > Info mailing list > Info(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/info >

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[Planning-es] GNU operating system for old machines
by Quiliro Ordóñez Sept. 15, 2011

Sept. 15, 2011

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

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SFD/Germany/NRW/Aachen extra last minute Venue
by Julian H. Stacey Sept. 15, 2011

Sept. 15, 2011

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.

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Starting new Open-Source Software distro for Windows
by Alexey Eromenko Sept. 14, 2011

Sept. 14, 2011

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. The new project, named Qumble, already has BETA1 and forum ready. link: http://qumble.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2 Could you help me test it and advertise it (help spread the word) ? --- P.S. http://softwarefreedomday.org/ ---> "Contact US" is broken. I have tried like 10 times, but always failed in the "captcha" visual recognition stage. Please check it out. (or disable this test) Best Wishes, -- -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov", 31.08.2011.

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SFD 2011: very hot!
by Frederic Muller - SFI Sept. 14, 2011

Sept. 14, 2011

Hi guys! We've now reach 402 teams with a few extra countries compared to 2010 (we've also lost a lot of teams in China for example ~40) and are getting huge web traffic and excellent press coverage: http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/press I am compiling a small list of big media site where I'll submit a short intro/PR and keep my fingers crossed. If you help me to find the contact/submit page for big media in your country I don't mind submitting as well (or maybe I should just share the text, later today but the text needs to be slightly adapted per country). So far i was thinking to submit at: USA: - CNN - FoxNews - NY times - Computer world - Reuters - ABC News - USA Today - CS News - Washington post UK: - The Guardian - BBC - The Register France: - TV Channel 1 & 2 - Le Monde - Le Parisien - Le point - Liberation - Le Figaro - Nouvelobs Germany: - ?? Thanks. Fred

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Sept. 14, 2011

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