Hi John, Thanks for your offer to speak. You'll be glad to know that the Melbourne Free Software Interest Group is intended to be non-technical: http://www.softwarefreedom.com.au/free-software-melb/ I recommend that you attend our monthly discussion group (next on 20 Oct) to get the feel for the group before attempting a presentation. Look forward to having you involved. Ben John Thornton <secretelf77@gmail.com> writes:
Is there any chance of me being able to give a talk.workshop/demo??
Linux distro survey. I give a survey of about 10 linux distros and say what each is good for. Then I hand out free CDs of some.
I might not have a clue what GIT is. But I have spent a lot of time playing with linux distributions: puppy, backtrack, artistx, debian, ubuntu, ultimate, linuxgamers, fedora, knoppix...to name a few.
If I can't give a talk/workshop of this type then can there be a talk "what is wrong with free software as a community?" and I will answer "the same clique of people with computer science degrees do the same thing all the time and people like me don't get a look in".
Just because I do not have a degree in computer science does not mean that I don't know about linux and computers.
John
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Sorry for the late notice, but here's the info on Software Freedom Day tomorrow:
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [luv-announce] Software Freedom Day: Free as in lunch with open sauce Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:10:38 +1000 From: lev@levlafayette.com To: luv-announce@lists.luv.asn.au
Software Freedom Day, Saturday September 17. 2011
The Hub, 80 Harbour Esplanade, Docklands.
12 noon: Free as in lunch with open sauce
Come join us for a BBQ (meat and vegetarian sausages, onion, sauce and bread provided - byo drinks and salad) to celebrate Software Freedom Day.
1.30 Keynote - Ben Sturmfels, Why Free Software Matters
2.30 Workshops - Planning for Freedom in the Coming Year a. Tony Forster, International Development with Free Software. b. Alex Garber, Introducing Newcomers to Free Software c. Alex Fraser, Code Sharing: A Programmer's Perspective d. Daniel Jitnah, Free Software and Accessibility e. Kathy Reid, Building Free and Open Source Communities f. Lev Lafayette, Teaching Free and Open Source Computing
Drupal Melbourne will be running a stall and opportunity to discuss using that free and open source content-management framework. Plus we'll have a range of Linux distributions and various free software available to interested parties.
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