New subject: Free-software-melb Digest, Vol 13, Issue 5

16 Sep 2011

      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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Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:21:44 +1000
From: Ben Sturmfels 
To: Melbourne Free Software Interest Group

Subject: [free-software-melb] Fwd: Software Freedom Day: Free as in
       lunch with open sauce, Saturday 17 Sept
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Sorry for the late notice, but here's the info on Software Freedom Day
tomorrow:
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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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