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Announcing TTCS FSWIN CD - Free Software for Windows CD available for download
by Dev Anand Teelucksingh Sept. 15, 2010

Sept. 15, 2010

The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) announces the availability of the TTCS FSWIN CD (http://ttcsweb.org/fswin-cd) a collection of Free Software for Windows, for download. Free Software is software that meets the Free Software Foundation's (FSF) definition : http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html ; The impetus for the TTCS FSWIN CD came from a request from someone from Free Software Foundation Europe (FSF Europe) (http://www.fsfe.org/) currently co-organising Software Freedom Day 2010 (SFD) and was looking for a Free Software for windows CD for SFD teams to use and distribute to the public. While the TTCS has a TTCS OSSWIN CD, a collection of Free and Open Source Software for Windows (http://www.ttcsweb.org/osswin-cd/) ; not all open source software meets the Free Software definition. A list of software licenses that meets the FSF's definition of Free Software and those that do not can be found at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html Hence the creation of the TTCS FSWIN CD since nearly all of the software on the TTCS OSSWIN CD matched the FSF's definition of Free Software. What was done : - All of the licenses for all 92 programs on the TTCS OSSWIN CD were examined. A short list of programs that didn't meet the FSF definition of Free Software was determined. - For those programs, Free Software equivalents were located, documented and added to the TTCS FSWIN CD webpages. - All of the program descriptions for the TTCS OSSWIN CD was updated to mention Free Software instead of just Open Source and used to provide the web based documentation for the TTCS FSWIN CD. - webpages and program were assembled together to finalise an ISO of the TTCS FSWIN CD. Short sentences on what was done, but *lots* of hours involved :-) The result is the TTCS FSWIN CD - Free Software for Windows is available for download thanks to a mirror provided by the FSF Europe. Details about the TTCS FSWIN CD, including the download mirror can be found at http://www.ttcsweb.org/fswin-cd/ . Date created : September 8th, 2010 File name : ttcs_fswin_cd_v1.00.iso File size : 693 MB (727,220,224 bytes) MD5 checksum : 3a38ef06e56a87199122a425bac020a4 / 3a38ef06 e56a8719 9122a425 bac020a4 The TTCS will continue to maintain the TTCS OSSWIN CD, in addition to the TTCS FSWIN CD. With our experience of developing multiple versions of CDs, we are looking to develop a TTCS OSSWIN DVD and a TTCS OSSMAC CD and/or DVD in the near future. Regards, Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society at http://ttcsweb.org/ ; http://fb.me/ttcsweb ; http://twitter.com/ttcs "networking local computer users!"

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Still no updates on the Spanish section
by Alexandro Colorado Sept. 14, 2010

Sept. 14, 2010

Hi a couple of days ago I sent an email alerting of the non-localized status of the Spanish site in Drupal. Still there has been no updates. Is there something we can do to update it? -- *Alexandro Colorado* *OpenOffice.org* Español http://es.openoffice.org

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this is a test
by Alexandro Colorado Sept. 14, 2010

Sept. 14, 2010

ping -- *Alexandro Colorado* *OpenOffice.org* Español http://es.openoffice.org

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9 days to go
by Frederic Muller - SFI Sept. 14, 2010

Sept. 14, 2010

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New SFD website launched!
by Frederic Muller - SFI Sept. 14, 2010

Sept. 14, 2010

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Red Hat speakers
by Frederic Muller - SFI Sept. 14, 2010

Sept. 14, 2010

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Any chance on adding OpenOffice.org to the sponsor list
by Alexandro Colorado Sept. 14, 2010

Sept. 14, 2010

I very much would like to have the OpenOffice.org listed as supporters. Here is a badge to the current measures of your other sponsors from your site. http://alexandro.biz/OOoES_0.png http://alexandro.biz/OOoES_0.svg -- Alexandro Colorado OpenOffice.org Español http://es.openoffice.org

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Date of SFD 2011?
by C David Rigby Sept. 12, 2010

Sept. 12, 2010

Hello All, Perhaps this is too soon to ask, but we here in Singapore were a bit tardy in our planning. The result is that we were unable to reserve the National Library Building's larger, well-appointed (and most importantly) air-conditioned presentation rooms. So, can we predict accurately the date of SFD 2011? If so, I hope to reserve the rooms on Monday, 20 Sept 2010! Regards David Rigby SFDS 2010 site admin http://softwarefreedomday.sg

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Wiki team pages
by Frederic Muller - SFI Sept. 11, 2010

Sept. 11, 2010

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How would you explain things to the head of our Reference Department at Cambridge Public Library?...
by don warner saklad Sept. 11, 2010

Sept. 11, 2010

a. How would you explain things to the head of our Reference Department at Cambridge Public Library?... The head of our Reference Department, an advocate of microsoft products, argues againt free software routinely! http://www.cambridgepubliclibrary.org/reference/ref2.html b. Are there any free software resources easy to grasp with no more than a glance?... as opposed to all the stuff one who's uninitiated must be motivated and take time to study.

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