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| − | + | The meetings are to help introduce people to free software and Ubuntu. They can ask questions and attend presentations. If attendees have advanced skills, they can discuss free software for business applications. At the same time Wharfit can raise its profile from a marketing perspective. | |
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| + | The next step is to create a mailing list and initial program for meetings, then to decide a new time as Monday seemed unsuitable and to then mail out the new details to everyone interested. | ||
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| + | == Tasks == | ||
| + | *Set up mailing list | ||
| + | *Create a program (structure) for meetings | ||
== Notable notes & linkable links == | == Notable notes & linkable links == | ||
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*http://www.redhat.com/v/ogg/webbink_legal.ogg | *http://www.redhat.com/v/ogg/webbink_legal.ogg | ||
*http://fullcirclemagazine.org/ | *http://fullcirclemagazine.org/ | ||
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| + | Want to discuss the SFD event in Devonport? Please go to [[Talk:20 September 2008]]. The discussion is being stored there. --[[User:Milan|Milan]] 17:13, 21 September 2008 (NZST) | ||
Latest revision as of 00:16, 23 October 2008
The meetings are to help introduce people to free software and Ubuntu. They can ask questions and attend presentations. If attendees have advanced skills, they can discuss free software for business applications. At the same time Wharfit can raise its profile from a marketing perspective.
The next step is to create a mailing list and initial program for meetings, then to decide a new time as Monday seemed unsuitable and to then mail out the new details to everyone interested.
Tasks
- Set up mailing list
- Create a program (structure) for meetings
Notable notes & linkable links
- https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNetbootin
- http://www.linuxalt.com/
- http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Linux_software_equivalent_to_Windows_software#Multimedia
- http://www.libervis.com/wiki/index.php?title=Table_of_Equivalent_Software
- http://www.distrowatch.com/
- http://portableapps.com/
- http://www.osalt.com/
- http://ubuntuforums.org
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Free_software
- External references
- http://nzoss.org.nz/news/2008/sofwarefreedomday-events
- courtesy of Simon @ HCLUG: (haven't been through it all)
- http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html
- http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
- http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/philosophy.html
- http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/linux-gnu-freedom.html
- http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd
- http://zgp.org/~dmarti/linuxmanship/
- http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html
- http://www.redhat.com/v/ogg/webbink_licenses.ogg
- http://www.redhat.com/v/ogg/webbink_legal.ogg
- http://fullcirclemagazine.org/
Want to discuss the SFD event in Devonport? Please go to Talk:20 September 2008. The discussion is being stored there. --Milan 17:13, 21 September 2008 (NZST)
