April 2011 - Free-software-melb - lists.softwarefreedom.com.au

Forum now available via Gmane gateway
by Ben Finney 15 Dec '11

15 Dec '11

Howdy all, This forum is now available via the Gmane gateway <URL:http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.foss.melbourne>. As described at that page, this allows the forum to be accessed via many methods in addition to the mailing list, such as NNTP (which is how I'm now posting this message), a weblog-style interface, and syndication feeds. I have given Ben Sturmfels instructions for how to make the past messages of this forum appear as postings in Gmane; hopefully he can find the time to do that. -- \ “If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the | `\ precipitate.” —Steven Wright | _o__) | Ben Finney

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Next interest group meeting: this Thurs 21 April
by Ben Sturmfels 19 Apr '11

19 Apr '11

Hi Folks, Our next discussion group is on this Thursday 6:30pm at the State Library. Meet in the foyer a little before. Look forward to seeing you there! Proposed agenda: - How do you get involved in free software projects? We have some experience amongst the group, so it would be good to hear how people got started. Any other ideas, please reply to the list. Sounds like I missed some very interesting discussion in March. Thanks to Alex for organising it. Cheers, Ben

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Interesting 'rant' on free software in relation to maths/scientific
by Patrick Sunter 15 Apr '11

15 Apr '11

Hi all, just came across an interesting self-described 'rant' arguing the benefits of free software in relation to mathematical modeling - http://jordi.platinum.linux.pl/rants/mathematica-en.html cheers, Patrick.

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