Hi, Just had an enquiry from a Mac user about whether we would be platform agnostic at our event on Saturday. It hadn't occurred to me to see if there was an OpenCD equivalent for OSX. I found one here: http://www.freesmug.org/fscd/ May be useful for teams expecting some Mac users (we have an Apple reseller in our town). Matthew. -- Alma Technology - The future is free and open http://www.almatech.net.au ... (02) 6658 1607 ... 0419 242 316 -- http://computerclub.cex.com.au http://www.clublinux.org.au -- Soyez réalistes, demandez l'impossible!
Hi Matthew, <quote who="Matthew Davidson">
Just had an enquiry from a Mac user about whether we would be platform agnostic at our event on Saturday. It hadn't occurred to me to see if there was an OpenCD equivalent for OSX. I found one here:
Also remember there used to be an Ubuntu CD for the PowerPC. New Macs can use the intel Live CD :) Cheers, Pia -- Software Freedom Day 2007 http://softwarefreedomday.org/
On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 09:43 +1000, Matthew Davidson wrote:
Hi,
Just had an enquiry from a Mac user about whether we would be platform agnostic at our event on Saturday. It hadn't occurred to me to see if there was an OpenCD equivalent for OSX. I found one here:
May be useful for teams expecting some Mac users (we have an Apple reseller in our town).
Don't forget the Software for Starving Students CD. There are Windows and Mac OS X versions available: http://softwarefor.org/ http://softwarefor.org/downloads.html Regards, Steve Software Freedom Day Instigator Bathurst
Steve Olive wrote:
Don't forget the Software for Starving Students CD. There are Windows and Mac OS X versions available:
Going by their FAQ, it appears there's a fair amount of non-free stuff on there: "Q: Why isn't your CD open source? and/or Why do you include non-open source software? A: We enthusiastically support the concept of free/open software and standards. But our primary concern is that students have access to high-quality software, free of charge. If a software title could be useful for students and is free of charge, we'll seek permission to include it even if it is not open source. We've also chosen to license our contributions to the disc (the interface, etc.) such that it must remain free of charge." Matthew. -- Alma Technology - The future is free and open http://www.almatech.net.au ... (02) 6658 1607 ... 0419 242 316 -- http://computerclub.cex.com.au http://www.clublinux.org.au -- Soyez réalistes, demandez l'impossible!
Hmmm, yes, this would be a very bad idea as a handout for Software Freedom Day, there's already enough confusion over the difference between Free Software and freeware, the last thing we want to do is encourage people to think only in terms of price tag. Phil. On 9/12/07, Matthew Davidson <mjd@almatech.net.au> wrote:
Steve Olive wrote:
Don't forget the Software for Starving Students CD. There are Windows and Mac OS X versions available:
Going by their FAQ, it appears there's a fair amount of non-free stuff on there:
"Q: Why isn't your CD open source? and/or Why do you include non-open source software? A: We enthusiastically support the concept of free/open software and standards. But our primary concern is that students have access to high-quality software, free of charge. If a software title could be useful for students and is free of charge, we'll seek permission to include it even if it is not open source. We've also chosen to license our contributions to the disc (the interface, etc.) such that it must remain free of charge."
Matthew.
-- Alma Technology - The future is free and open http://www.almatech.net.au ... (02) 6658 1607 ... 0419 242 316 -- http://computerclub.cex.com.au http://www.clublinux.org.au -- Soyez réalistes, demandez l'impossible!
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On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 17:03 +0100, Phil Harper wrote:
Hmmm, yes, this would be a very bad idea as a handout for Software Freedom Day, there's already enough confusion over the difference between Free Software and freeware, the last thing we want to do is encourage people to think only in terms of price tag. Phil.
On 9/12/07, Matthew Davidson <mjd@almatech.net.au> wrote:
Steve Olive wrote: > Don't forget the Software for Starving Students CD. There are Windows > and Mac OS X versions available: > > http://softwarefor.org/
Going by their FAQ, it appears there's a fair amount of non-free stuff on there:
"Q: Why isn't your CD open source? and/or Why do you include non-open source software? A: We enthusiastically support the concept of free/open software and standards. But our primary concern is that students have access to high-quality software, free of charge. If a software title could be useful for students and is free of charge, we'll seek permission to include it even if it is not open source. We've also chosen to license our contributions to the disc (the interface, etc.) such that it must remain free of charge."
Matthew.
-- Alma Technology - The future is free and open http://www.almatech.net.au ... (02) 6658 1607 ... 0419 242 316 -- http://computerclub.cex.com.au http://www.clublinux.org.au -- Soyez réalistes, demandez l'impossible!
Sorry, I was just trying to help with a mostly Open Source package of software for Mac OS X. When I get a bit more time I'll look at what I can do with the Mac OS X versions of the software on TheOpenCD. Regards, Steve Software Freedom Day Instigator Bathurst
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