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Where are the simplest easiest to understand instructive materials for neophytes moving to GNU/Linux ?...
by don warner saklad 19 Sep '10

19 Sep '10

Instructive info with the easiest of learning curves. Where are the simplest easiest to understand instructive materials for neophytes moving to GNU/Linux. Especially weblinks cautious about the use of jargon or explain carefully any jargon used ! For example avoiding the jargon term distros, jargon not used by consumers generally. Meaningful advocating. Advocating is a lot easier and meaningful if it includes how do I setup GNU/Linux now?...

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a) Shoulder surfing videos. b) Bringing grandparents up to speed.
by don warner saklad 19 Sep '10

19 Sep '10

Thank you folks! I'm grateful for your interest. a) Shoulder surfing How about some shoulder surfing videos?... you go to youtube, trying to run that other format is problematical, and at youtube you watch people's screens as they do various things with a GNU/Linux setup. b) Grandparents How about instructive information for grandparents?... who may not have yet developed good coordination even moving a cursor around or need a reminder how to turn on the machine.

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SFD: Kolkata Report
by A. Mani 19 Sep '10

19 Sep '10

We had a seminar on 'FOSS in Education' on the day apart from general popularization of Linux on Software Freedom Day. A report and the slides of the presentations can be found at http://www.ilug-cal.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=166&Item… Best A. Mani -- A. Mani ASL, CLC, AMS, CMS http://www.logicamani.co.cc

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A Great Day at SFD 2010
by Mark Walker 18 Sep '10

18 Sep '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thought I'd pass along that the Fredericksburg Linux Users Group (FredLUG) had a very productive day promoting FOSS. We had two tables in the 600 block of Caroline Street in old town Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA from 0900 to about 1545 (UTC−04). We talked with numerous people who'd never heard of Linux, provided them a comparison chart of proprietary applications and their FOSS counterparts, passed out OpenDisc DVDs with a list of several of the apps on it, as well as Fedora and Ubuntu live DVDs. There was a Linux laptop running a looped OpenOffice.org presentation telling of the advantages of FOSS, and a Mac PowerBook G4 running Yellow Dog Linux playing Creative Commons music in Rhythm Box; one visitor asked to turn up the volume so he could hear the music better. Several people said they'd stop by our follow-up InstallFest next Saturday, September 25th, to get Linux installed on their computers. It was a festive event and our whole group had a great time knowing this was taking place all over the world. A great day all around. Best to all, from Fredericksburg, Mark - -- Mark Caldwell Walker Contact info at marwalk.tel GnuPG public key AA482E46 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkyVQBQACgkQfCKHDapILkbPqgCgq5hKtVEncjnhXq7rk0WKvcDA OCcAoNWgxCWu8Fix8bdz5d6bPLR2Izto =4vOO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Happy Software Freedom Day 2010
by Robert Farrar 18 Sep '10

18 Sep '10

Hello All teams, Hope that you all have a Happy Software Freedom Day 2010, we are all in for a fantastic day I am sure. Cheers, Robert Farrar Team Limestone Coast Australia sfd(a)lsclug.org http://www.lsclug.org

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Re: [SFD-discuss] Software Freedom Day 2010 Maceió
by Natália Julieta 18 Sep '10

18 Sep '10

Live webcast of Software Freedom Day Maceio http://www.livestream.com/sfdmaceio -- Natália Julieta Soares de Souza http://lattes.cnpq.br/4179815655707887 Graduando em Ciência da Computação Instituto de Computação - IC Universidade Federal de Alagoas – UFAL Linux User #475951

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Difficulties moving to GNU/Linux.
by don warner saklad 18 Sep '10

18 Sep '10

> "All these recommendations assume that you either are an old hand at this sort of thing, or that you are willing to spend some years becoming an old hand. I think what you want is just the opposite. You wish not to become an old hand at dealing with traditional absurd blockages to getting a smooth running system."

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It appears we haven't come up with an easy way to connect all who're interested with GNU/Linux .
by don warner saklad 17 Sep '10

17 Sep '10

It appears we haven't come up with an easy way to connect all who're interested with GNU/Linux . I'm one who's trying and failing to understand install instructions even after following and advocating the movement for years.

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How do you setup GNU/Linux on an iMac G4 with Panther OS X 10.3.9 ?...
by don warner saklad 17 Sep '10

17 Sep '10

How do you setup GNU/Linux on an iMac apple computer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMac_G4 with Panther OS X 10.3.9 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS_X_10.3 ?...

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Feedback requested
by Frederic Muller - SFI 17 Sep '10

17 Sep '10

Dear all, We've posted a blog post at http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/en/blog/139-6-years-of-sfd-maps which looks at the evolution of the numbers of SFD teams over the years. There are some important points addressed in the post and we would like to hear from you on the subject. you can either comment directly at the bottom of the article or reply on sfd-discuss list. I know you're all busy with the preparations, looking at my web counter I see I have 20h and 10min left to SFD (the counter is local now, and calculating SFD at Sept. 18th 9am). So you don't have to reply right now, but within a week would be nice. Thanks a lot and Happy SFD! Fred SFI Board

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