February 2013 - Free-software-melb - lists.softwarefreedom.com.au

Chipping in for an Ouya console?
by Ben Sturmfels 30 Jun '13

30 Jun '13

Hi Folks, At the last meeting I mentioned that I might be interested in chipping in for one of the Ouya [1] consoles as a way to support the development of the project. A console with 4 controllers shipped to Australia would be $209 USD [2]. I see they've already raised $8M in pre-sales though, so perhaps there are other free software organisations that would benefit more from a donation right now. I'm thinking instead of buying a video card from Think Penguin [3]. Ben [1] http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ouya/ouya-a-new-kind-of-video-game-cons… [2] http://www.ouya.tv/buyouya/ [3] https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/geforce-9500gt-1gb-pci-express-20-vi…

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GNU Media Goblin crowd-funding campaign
by Ben Sturmfels 13 Apr '13

13 Apr '13

Hi Folks, GNU MediaGoblin is a free software media publishing system for images, video, and audio. I've found it very useful for hosting my own photos. The goblins are running a crowd-funding campaign to add some advanced features like decentralisation as well as simpler installation and administration. I've just made a donation and thought you might like to to: http://mediagoblin.org/pages/campaign.html Christopher Allan Webber, the project lead was recently interview on Free as In Freedom. Definitely worth a listen: http://faif.us/cast/2012/sep/14/0x31/ Regards, Ben

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Come play free software games with us on Thursday 21 Feb
by Ben Sturmfels 21 Feb '13

21 Feb '13

Hi Folks, We had such a great time at the September free software games night that we're doing it again this Thursday. Please come along and join us! Regards, Ben ----------------------------------- Melbourne Free Software Games Night ----------------------------------- Thursday 21 February, 6-9pm VPAC Head Office Training Room (see website) http://www.freesoftware.asn.au/melb/ We'll be playing a wide range of games including some casual and some multiplayer action games. Absolutely no gaming or technical experience is required. We're happy to help you get started. Please bring $10 for pizza and a laptop if you have one. Copies of the games will be available on the night.

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W3C Declares DRM In-Scope For HTML
by Brian May 13 Feb '13

13 Feb '13

http://slashdot.org/story/13/02/12/014257/w3c-declares-drm-in-scope-for-htm… Is this the end of open source standards complaint web browsers? -- Brian May <brian(a)microcomaustralia.com.au>

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Mailing list for Aust and NZ free software activists
by Ben Sturmfels 06 Feb '13

06 Feb '13

Hi Folks, Follow the successful "Free Software Activism" meetup at LCA 2013 last week, we've started a mailing list for discussion amongst Australian and New Zealand free software activists. Please feel free join up if that sounds like your thing: http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-au… More info about the meetup is available here: https://lca2013.linux.org.au/wiki/Free_software_activism_meetup I'll post some links to interesting talks once the conference videos are published. Regards, Ben

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