August 2019 - Free-software-melb - lists.softwarefreedom.com.au

Mastodon
by Ben Sturmfels 13 Mar '22

13 Mar '22

Hi Folks, I'm getting into this Mastodon thing, but it'd be much more interesting if I could follow a few more people I know. Anyone care to reply with their Mastodon address? I'm @bensturmfels@mastodon.social. Cheers! Ben

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Workshop 30/31 August: Contribute to Free Software and Open Source in Ballarat
by Ben Sturmfels 28 Aug '19

28 Aug '19

Hi FSM folks, Just wanted to let you know that Damien and I are organising a community event for the Digital Innovation Festival in Ballarat that you or someone you know might be interested in. https://dif.vic.gov.au/event/10088280-a/contribute-to-free-and-open-source-… It's a mentored workshop to help people get over the hurdles to making their first free software/open source contribution. The 4 mentors are all experienced contributors and we're capping it at 16 participants to ensure participants can spend plenty of time with them. The event is an evening intro session on Friday 30 August plus full day Saturday 31 August. It's suitable for anyone people with programming experience. Is there anyone you know who might like to join us? Tertiary studets $15 (subsidised by sponsors) Hobbyists $45 Professionals $85 Registrations close Sunday 25 August or when we fill up. Regards, Ben

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Our Favorite Free Software of 2019
by PuZZleDucK 18 Aug '19

18 Aug '19

Hey Folks, Thanks for braving the cold and coming out to Free Software Melbourne this month, and thanks also to everyone who shared their best Free and Open Source Software recommendations with us. I wanted to share the recommendations that came up with the group as a whole: I think the hands down winner for eliciting amazed gasps was the spectacular Stellarium planetarium for your computer with its amazing visuals: https://stellarium.org/ We took a look at the Oh My Zsh extensions for making your command line look flashy: https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/wiki/Themes One of our members updated us on the Librem 5 project as they eagerly anticipate the upcoming release: https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/ Someone also suggested RamBox for managing multiple communications sources: https://github.com/ramboxapp/community-edition We talked about the release of some RISC-V hardware into the market: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RISC-V And we also discussed the benefets of testing hardware with pure Free Software distributions such as Trisquel: https://trisquel.info/ Also a quick note that Software Freedom Day is coming up on the 21st of September, so mark your calendars now. ~~ Ben

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Meetup 6pm 15th August 2019 - Favorite Free Software
by PuZZleDucK 09 Aug '19

09 Aug '19

Hi all, The world is always changing and so is the Free Software world, it can be difficult for folks to figure out what software is really worth looking into. With that we are having a 'Favorite Free Software' event. From distro's to audio/video software and heavy lifting work programs. For software for your top end PC down to your older phones, there is always something great in Free Software that can help you do more of what you want. We will show you some of the great free software available and hope that you will show us something great as well. This is a no cost non-technical event and everyone is welcome. Bring a friend it you want, the more the merrier. Bring a computer or just bring yourself. Event will be at Electron Workshop, 31 Arden Street - North Melbourne. Doors open at 6pm with the event starts at 6:30pm. Afterwards will be the usual Dinner in North Melbourne were we can continue the discussion were ever it may go. - Michael

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