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TTCS OSSWIN v1.60, compilation of Free and Open Source Software for Windows

by Dev Anand Teelucksingh

As a FYI, The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society is pleased to announce the release of the TTCS OSSWIN v1.60, a collection of the latest version of Free and Open Source Software for Microsoft Windows (10/8/7/Vista/XP) for download. The name change from TTCS OSSWIN DVD to TTCS OSSWIN was done to reflect that whilst the collection can (for now) be burned on a DVD, DVDs are becoming less prevalent on many modern Windows computers and that TTCS OSSWIN can be extracted to the hard drive or to USB flash drives. The TTCS OSSWIN collection features a web based interface for browsing programs organised into several categories: Desktop Applications, Educational, Games, Graphics, Internet, Server, Sound and Video and Utilities. Lots of software updates for TTCS OSSWIN v1.60, including LibreOffice 5.2.1, Mozilla Firefox 48.0.2, Virtualbox 5.1.6 and more. See the changelog for more details. Visit the TTCS OSSWIN page at http://www.cs.tt/osswin for more details and to download the collection as an ISO file for burning onto a DVD or extracting to your harddrive or USB storage device. Dev Anand

Sept. 19, 2016

"Spotlight on FOSS 2016" DVD for Mac OS X Released for Software Freedom Day

by Nicholas Pyers - AppleUsers.org

As part of the celebrations of Software Freedom Day 2016, AppleUsers.org has compiled a selection of some of the best, yet totally free, software that’s available for the Mac, collected together on a single DVD, called “Spotlight on FOSS 2016” plus a bonus video and a copy of The AppleUsers Spotlight “Software Freedom Day 2016” Special Edition are included. Organisers of Software Freedom Day events and Apple User Group Leaders can download the Golden Master (and support files including a DVD Label and Promo Flyer) free of charge from AppleUsers.org. Copies of the DVD can then be burnt and distributed to attendees of Software Freedom Day 2016 events or to Apple User Group members — again free of charge. A five page flyer, supplied as a PDF, which details the DVDs content is also available for printing out and displaying at SFD Events and Apple User Group Meetings. Feel free to expand it to A3 and use it as posters to promote the DVD contents. The “Spotlight on FOSS 2016” DVD contains; Audio: Audacity eBooks: Calibre, Jomic Education: Celestia, Moodle, Stellarium Games: Aleph One – Marathon, Armagetron Advanced, BZFlag, Cube 2: Sauerbraten, PrBoom, PySol Fan Club Edition, Scorched 3D, Wesnoth Graphics: Blender, GIMP, Seashore Internet: Adium, Cyberduck, Firefox, Kompozer, RSS Owl, SeaMonkey, Thunderbird, Transmission, Vienna Office Productivity: Apache OpenOffice, FormulatePro, FreeMind, LibreOffice, Skim Utilities: Burn, MAMP (Macintosh, Apache, Mysql and PHP), Quicksilver, SheepShaver, The Unarchiver, VirtualBox Video: HandBrake, Miro Video Converter, Miro, Plex, Video Lan Client (VLC) Bonus Video: Happy Birthday to GNU, by Stephen Fry The applications and files supplied on this Disc are supplied as is and we make no representations regarding the applications nor any information related thereto. Any questions, complaints or claims regarding the applications must be directed to the appropriate software vendor. — Downloading “Spotlight on FOSS 2016” — The DVD Golden Master, plus a DVD Label and Promotional Flyer, can be downloaded from; http://www.appleusers.org/dotm/spotlight-on-foss-2016-dvd-released/ If you’d like to download the Spotlight FOSS Sampler Edition 2016 as a standalone file, you can download it, free of charge, from http://www.appleusers.org/magazine/spotlight-foss-sampler-edition-2016-rele… [ps: to the admin(s) of the SFD.org wiki, you may wish to update the section under http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/Resources#FOSS_stuff_on_DVDs ;) ] -- Nicholas Pyers (nicholas(a)appleusers.org) Founder & Publisher, AppleUsers.org http://www.appleusers.org/

Aug. 29, 2016

Re: [SFD-discuss] German countdown

by Edgar "Fast Edi" Hoffmann

Hello. Am 28.08.2016 um 16:15 schrieb Frederic Muller - DFF: > Yeah, just seeing the files. I am renaming them through the wiki, so not > problem about the extension missing. Argh! The extensions. I forgot, that they get truncated... > Thanks a lot, I have just activated the German Countdown and it is working! Great. Thank you. Greetings Fast Edi

Aug. 29, 2016

Re: [SFD-discuss] Call for Help on SVG Counter

by Maren Hachmann

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Fred, Am 28.08.2016 um 06:48 schrieb Frederic Muller - DFF: > Thank you for the answer. We actually discuss with the topic at > length with Alexandro and maybe others 3 years ago. There was a > small bug in the display of the SVG between Inkscape and the > rendering engine making the text slightly off. - - Rendering engine? You mean the browser? > That's about as much as I remember. I can't even remember how to > edit the file now if it's not using a text editor. - - That I can do ;-) > So back to what we want is actually replacing the current PNG files > for our countdown with SVG file(s). We believe this would help us > better manage translations and re-editing the file year after year. > So it should be able to display the SFD countdown image (we have > the SVG source so that should be ok) and deduct 1 day everyday as > we get closer to SFD. Also the current availability of the files > make it possible for people to chose the SFD date based on their > timezone. So it is pretty simple to just copy & paste the code and > insert it in a blog or website. - - You want the thing to work client-side, right? Not via a script that serves the image-of-the-day from the sfd website? That's what I gather from the unfinished SVG file in the Wiki. That's actually the hard part for including in a blog. You need to use iframe, embed or object tags, or paste the source of the image directly into the html to get the counter js to work, if it's included in the SVG image, as far as I know. img tags will *not* work. So would the iframe thing be desirable? I'm not sure if everyone can include one on their blog, that's why I'm asking. Or would it be more practical to create those 60 svg (or even better, png) files automatically and have them work like the pngs currently? That's easy to do with Inkscape and either some own scripting or a preexisting Inkscape extension. That's a solution which would work for everyone, but would still require that a script be run on your server (which requires a gui if one uses Inkscape for it... :/) or on the translators' local machines to create the single svg/png files. We should also make sure to either use a font that is readily available for everyone, to convert the text to paths in the process (using Inkscape), or to include/link to the font file when using an SVG, or just to use a png. Do you have any preferences? Or would you just like to have it work easily? What I would do is: - - modify the SVG image - - add instructions for translators into the svg file, ask them to install the necessary fonts, so they can adapt the size of their texts correctly - - only have them translate those few strings, then ask them to upload the changed SVG file - - provide instructions how to generate the pngs automatically, using Inkscape (with gui) and a csv file for the dates on a computer where the required fonts are installed - - have you continue serving the png images using the working script you have It's less sophisticated, and less automatical, than the js version, but makes work easy for translators and works for all kinds of blogs. Even when you visit them using IE ;-) What do you think? (If you prefer the other option, I would also prepare the file for the iframe/embed/object option, only my javascript foo is weak - I can tell you the steps that need to be performed / the ids that would need to be adapted, but can't write it myself). Regards, Maren -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJXwxA4AAoJELavtZto4hQPTssP/2lpvPYnBl/fQSmVBeBr+W0R LTOBSRnzPjcAYQK0lGSwUsi2NehiTPHA0K80dE2kKsERIBd9EAZE2CKPJmdj1N+Q NmUqV0x0JZbNBvHjEkupL/V9PZUaocj6Gs4/gj5Gzs6Y4f7Oi/8J+0j8t/FQhah3 /1XftWppe9kugO/Qjkc2QslTsE1z2L1xfoUPQ2pf35MDzlsdzHxLLUO2KQyBcdoz eZ5KVTro8+65vBbHO48mFvKBbVWm9DKTAIflkIOt67CDqcd/ApW1Km28v8VIEhuc 8BSpZ/1DH7rjmscfYn+M4iNOIWyo1fNBC49bAiXNKhlvS3BRDkd5LG/c4gshLabo Q79ltKATl4ioYcIPX+iy9EBkdIq/lQH1YUybYEEbuBO13dV3shtQUMuOHOCjA2cv RME5hs7T9KPwk5fCmXCNHqT4UHDTUtOxxbW9F/SdQh3kQwRR9PtdxEthdWdHnId2 bpyMx7pOWWJSYVdCjU0VBZ/bBe5uSTJEYnDQqNsBTzMfKw/9GGkVJBySlw8ooxFl Sbv1l9TTtASFyHLG8QJlnCaQa/DC0uonNYvF32UYc9HSt0ee6JFmiC9fddh1CY/U fWJDQuEChk8g+oz8a53ansPqgj3tObV3doGmqi4vj4lSi4sE8CFrzTwHWIxhGk+6 bwLFg8TEB/05eD12yB7E =3vAo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Aug. 28, 2016

Other languages for SFD Countdown

by Frederic Muller - DFF

Hi! As you have read over the past few days we have localized the countdown in 3 additional languages, namely Chinese, French and German. I have just emailed the Spanish, Portuguese and Russian SFD mailing list to gather some volunteers for those languages. We have had other languages translated in the past and I was wondering if we still had someone willing to help us out on those. The languages I have on the wiki are: - Catalan - Serbian Cyrillic - Serbian Latin - Ukrainian - Estonian - Persian - Arabic - Greek If anyone has a bit of free time on their hands, it would be nice to help out. Just let us know whether you decide to just modify the last 3 png(s) or the whole countdown based on the new design (or your wiki name so we can add you to the list of people who can delete files in the countdown section). Full documentation for CountDown translation is available here: http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/CountDown Thank you very much. Fred

Aug. 28, 2016

Re: [SFD-discuss] German countdown

by Frederic Muller - DFF

Yeah, just seeing the files. I am renaming them through the wiki, so not problem about the extension missing. Thanks a lot, I have just activated the German Countdown and it is working! Fred On 08/28/2016 08:46 PM, Edgar "Fast Edi" Hoffmann wrote: > Hi, everyone. > I uploaded the necessary files for this year. > If there is anything wrong or missing, please drop me a mail. > > Greetings > Edgar "Fast Edi" Hoffmann > > Am 27.08.2016 um 11:35 schrieb Frederic Muller - DFF: >> Hi! >> >> I've noticed Edgar from the FSFE has edited the text for the German >> countdown but the graphics haven't been modified since 2013. We have >> actually slightly updated the design this year but to get it working you >> can either update: >> 01.png, 00.png and 00here.png which have the date of the event of this >> year and the coming year. You can find the original SVG file here >> http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/CountDown/de?action=AttachFile&do=get&ta… >> and then you'll have to upload them there: >> http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/CountDown/de?action=AttachFile >> >> Else you would need to take the English countdown and do at least 23 >> images (as SFD is in 21 days roughly). The English image file is here: >> http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/CountDown/en?action=AttachFile&do=get&ta… >> >> I can activate it now as it will only show the wrong images the day >> before SFD but I would just like to be sure it is happening ;-) >> >> If you go for the new design of course generating the 99 files will be >> nice for next year. We will also have to remove the old ones before you >> can upload the new ones. >> >> Just let us know. >> >> Thank you. >> >> Fred >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SFD-discuss mailing list >> SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org >> http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss >

Aug. 28, 2016

Re: [SFD-discuss] German countdown

by Edgar "Fast Edi" Hoffmann

Hi, everyone. I uploaded the necessary files for this year. If there is anything wrong or missing, please drop me a mail. Greetings Edgar "Fast Edi" Hoffmann Am 27.08.2016 um 11:35 schrieb Frederic Muller - DFF: > Hi! > > I've noticed Edgar from the FSFE has edited the text for the German > countdown but the graphics haven't been modified since 2013. We have > actually slightly updated the design this year but to get it working you > can either update: > 01.png, 00.png and 00here.png which have the date of the event of this > year and the coming year. You can find the original SVG file here > http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/CountDown/de?action=AttachFile&do=get&ta… > and then you'll have to upload them there: > http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/CountDown/de?action=AttachFile > > Else you would need to take the English countdown and do at least 23 > images (as SFD is in 21 days roughly). The English image file is here: > http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/CountDown/en?action=AttachFile&do=get&ta… > > I can activate it now as it will only show the wrong images the day > before SFD but I would just like to be sure it is happening ;-) > > If you go for the new design of course generating the 99 files will be > nice for next year. We will also have to remove the old ones before you > can upload the new ones. > > Just let us know. > > Thank you. > > Fred > > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss >

Aug. 28, 2016

Re: [SFD-discuss] German countdown

by Frederic Muller - DFF

Done! Also note that the images need to have the .png extension has it is written in the script. Thank you. Fred On 08/28/2016 07:09 PM, Frederic Muller - DFF wrote: > Hi! > > Sorry about that. All png files have been removed. I'll add you to the > list of authorized people too. > > Fred > > On 08/28/2016 06:38 PM, Edgar "Fast Edi" Hoffmann wrote: >> Hello. >> >> Am 28.08.2016 um 12:29 schrieb Frederic Muller - DFF: >>> Hey! >>> >>> Super nice. Then I'll activate the script for German once you've >>> uploaded the files. Thank you very much for the help. >>> >> Unfortunately, I'm not allowed to delete or overwrite content on the /de >> page. >> Can you help me out with this? >> Greetings >> Fast Edi >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SFD-discuss mailing list >> SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org >> http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss >>

Aug. 28, 2016

Re: [SFD-discuss] German countdown

by Frederic Muller - DFF

Hi! Sorry about that. All png files have been removed. I'll add you to the list of authorized people too. Fred On 08/28/2016 06:38 PM, Edgar "Fast Edi" Hoffmann wrote: > Hello. > > Am 28.08.2016 um 12:29 schrieb Frederic Muller - DFF: >> Hey! >> >> Super nice. Then I'll activate the script for German once you've >> uploaded the files. Thank you very much for the help. >> > Unfortunately, I'm not allowed to delete or overwrite content on the /de > page. > Can you help me out with this? > Greetings > Fast Edi > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss >

Aug. 28, 2016

Re: [SFD-discuss] German countdown

by Edgar "Fast Edi" Hoffmann

Hello. Am 28.08.2016 um 12:29 schrieb Frederic Muller - DFF: > Hey! > > Super nice. Then I'll activate the script for German once you've > uploaded the files. Thank you very much for the help. > Unfortunately, I'm not allowed to delete or overwrite content on the /de page. Can you help me out with this? Greetings Fast Edi

Aug. 28, 2016