March 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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Free software discussion group this Thurs 21 March
by Ben Sturmfels 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

Hi Folks, Sorry for the late announcement. I'm looking forward to seeing you all this Thursday night for Free Software Melbourne discussion group and dinner. I had an amazing experience this week; a video call using free software that worked beautifully. It's been a long wait for a free software equivalent to Skype. Perhaps we're close! I'd love to hear your experiences with video calling. Trisquel 6.0 was also released very recently; the fully-free distro endorsed by the FSF. I'll be giving a quick demo. Join us for all that and more free software chatter. Regards, Ben ---------------------------------------- Free Software Melbourne discussion group ---------------------------------------- Thursday 21 March, 6-9pm VPAC Head Office Training Room (see website) http://www.freesoftware.asn.au/melb/ Agenda: - Free software video calling: are we there yet? (discussion) - Trisquel 6.0 (demo and discussion) - Tasty dinner at a nearby restaurant

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[johns@fsf.org: Re: [libreplanet-discuss] DRM in HTML5]
by Adam Bolte 24 Mar '13

24 Mar '13

As touched on last night, the FSF has started their campaign against DRM in HTML5. ----- Forwarded message from John Sullivan <johns(a)fsf.org> ----- Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:23:56 -0400 From: John Sullivan <johns(a)fsf.org> To: "d.dn" <d.dn(a)free.fr> Cc: libreplanet-discuss(a)libreplanet.org Subject: Re: [libreplanet-discuss] DRM in HTML5 Our petition is now live at: <http://www.defectivebydesign.org/no-drm-in-html5> We will be making a lot more noise about this next week, but help in promoting it (and any feedback) is much appreciated. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: 61A0963B | http://status.fsf.org/johns | http://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do you use free software? Donate to join the FSF and support freedom at <http://www.fsf.org/register_form?referrer=8096>. ----- End forwarded message -----

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LibrePlanet: The FSF's annual conference
by Ben Sturmfels 15 Mar '13

15 Mar '13

Hi Folks, The FSF's annual conference, LibrePlanet, is coming up on 23-24 March. If, like me, you wish you were there, you'll be glad to know that they plan to have a live video feed: http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Watch_Live http://libreplanet.org/wiki/LibrePlanet:Conference/2013/Program The program starts at 9am in Cambridge, Massachusets, which I think makes it midnight on Sunday 24 for us. Not an ideal time, but I might at least try to catch the opening talks by Karen Sandler and John Sullivan. Regards, Ben

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Bar camp melbourne
by Bianca Gibson 11 Mar '13

11 Mar '13

Hi all, Bar camp Melbourne is back on, now down to one day on Saturday: http://barcampmel.org/ Cheers, Bianca

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