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Presenting the XO laptop
by Leandro Gomez 17 Jan '08

17 Jan '08

Hi all, As one of the winners of this year contest, the SFD Nicaragua Team got a brand new XO laptop [1] (thank you guys!!!). The local Ubuntu community held a Barcamp for the occasion on December 29 where the community had an opportunity to test drive this amazing tool. You can find some photos in [2]. This month, on January 30 we'll be organizing the official presentation of the XO laptop in Nicaragua [3] with the Minister of Education and other top level governmental officers as special guests. I'll keep you updated on this. Cheers, [1] http://wiki.laptop.org/ [2] http://picasaweb.google.com/linuxtour/BarcampUbuntu2007 [3] http://www.linuxtour.org/index.php5?title=Pr%C3%B3ximos_Eventos

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Fwd: Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop Course
by Janet Hawtin 16 Jan '08

16 Jan '08

Another course. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Romana Challans <timelady(a)gmail.com> Date: Jan 16, 2008 7:11 PM Subject: Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop Course To: LinuxSA <linuxsa(a)linuxsa.org.au> http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2033 ¨In the latest Ubuntu weekly newsletter the Ubuntu folks announced the release of the Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop Course. The modular course should take two days to complete all 10 of the lessons offered, but it is possible to cover topics and lessons independently of each other, learning whatever is of interest. Coming in two versions, both downloadable as PDFs, there is a student guide and an instructor guide. The instructor guide comes with instructor notes and answers to the exercise questions together while the student guide has no instructor notes and the answers are provided separately. The ten sections of the course include: introducing Ubuntu; exploring the Ubuntu desktop; using the Internet; using OpenOffice applications; Ubuntu and games; customising the desktop and applications; making the most of images and photos; playing music and videos; ubuntu help and support; and partitioning and booting.¨ -- -o) Romana Challans /\ \ Nothing - well, thats something. _\_V http://timelady.com/blog/ -- LinuxSA WWW: http://www.linuxsa.org.au/ IRC: #linuxsa on irc.freenode.net To unsubscribe or change your options: http://www.netcraft.com.au/mailman/listinfo/linuxsa

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SFD2007 in Bitola/Macedonia
by Aleksandar Balalovski 15 Jan '08

15 Jan '08

Hello, due to the fact that the SFD in our city is on 21st of September each year (fixed), we merged the two dates, and we celebrated SFD on 22nd of September, the last weekend. It was fun! We appreciate the help that Software freedom international gave to Lugola, (the GLUG that celebrated the event in Bitola/Macedonia) and we are happy to see how many teams got organized for 15th of September to celebrate this year in the world. Our silly proposal :) would be that the next year more balloons are sent to the teams, because they make great effect on the celebration aura in the city where SFD is being celebrated, young people want balloons, babies want balloons, mothers and fathers want balloons for their children, and thus, everyone wants balloon, and people actually READ what is on the balloon :) Whatsoever, the balloons are not crucial for the message of the event, hence we had hundreds of CDs of GNU/Linux distributions, prepared a pamphlet named "Make the Move" as helping guide for migrating towards GNU/Linux and some other gifts we gave to the people in our area. Images from the event can be seen on Flickr: http://flickr.com/photos/lugola/tags/sfd2007 Have a nice time. -- Aleksandar Balalovski (keyID: FD341782) http://blog.gemidjy.info http://wiki.lugola.net - your future! gemidjy(a)lugola.net Coordinator of the Lugola (www.lugola.net)

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Was: FLOSS educational programmes
by Pia Waugh 15 Jan '08

15 Jan '08

Hi all, I was perusing through sfd-discuss and re-found this and I wanted to renew the discussion. <quote who="Steve Olive"> > It is up to us, the Open Source and Free Software Communities, to > encourage the use of qualifications that do not focus on a particular > brand of software. I also believe that these qualifications should not > be prohibitively priced, preventing students, who are often unemployed, > from taking the tests. They are better served spending the money on > computers and other hardware for use at home so they can better their > skills and find employment. > > Is this something the Software Freedom Day should look into? Registering > or certifying skills with software promoted on Software Freedom Day. Steve, what exactly do you have in mind here? We could certainly add something to the registration process or there is also the possibility of aligning with certifications and encouraging teams to do certification workshops and exams as part of their Software Freedom Day celebrations which would both draw attention to certifications and also get more qualified FOSS practitioners into the workforce every year. What do you think? Cheers, Pia -- Linux Australia http://linux.org.au/ "If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done." - Scott Adams

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Extra T-shirt
by Ciaran Mooney 28 Dec '07

28 Dec '07

Hi, Thanks for all the responses. The t-shirt has now been given away. Kind Regards, Ciarán

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Re: [SFD-discuss] Contents of SFD-discuss digest
by Yawe Tony 28 Dec '07

28 Dec '07

I would like to take the one tshirt. i will pay for its postage. My address: Yawe Tony P.O.Box 27358, Kampala, Uganda East Africa --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.

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Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD-discuss Digest, Vol 14, Issue 3
by Yawe Tony 28 Dec '07

28 Dec '07

I would like to take the one tshirt. i will pay for its postage. My address: Yawe Tony P.O.Box 27358, Kampala, Uganda East Africa --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.

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Extra T-shirt
by Ciaran Mooney 20 Dec '07

20 Dec '07

Evening, I don't think I was very clear the first time. I only have *one* shirt. The shirts size is small (ie Size: S). Contact me directly to sort out where its going. If you are in the UK or Europe I may be able to afford the postage, but any international costs will have to be met by the "buyer". Cheers, Ciarán

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Extra T-shirt
by Ciaran Mooney 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

Hi all, Just giving my room a tidy and I have found a SFD 2007 T-shirt that was left over from 15th September. Would anyone like it? Its a small, still in its packaging. All I ask is that whoever wants it pays postage. Cheers, Ciarán

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Hello from Panama
by Mario Young 02 Dec '07

02 Dec '07

Hiii SFD Friends My name is Mario Young and I'm from Ubuntu LoCo Team Panama our team wants to know how to create a new Team for the Software Freedom Day. can you please help us? (And very sorry if this is not the correct list, please tell me what is the correct) Thank you very much! Mario Young Ubuntu Member https://launchpad.net/~mayeco

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