Talk:Free Software meetings
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Organising SFD Devoport
Details
- Time: 9:00 -3pm
- Helpers: Alan, Jaco, Milan (from midday)
Tasks/stuff to get
- Handout material - Got some Ubuntu flyers & stickers. few t-shirts left
- Serving ISO's: DreamLinux & PCLinuxOS
- USB flash drives. Allan can arrange 10x4Gig @ NZ$210
- Yes, this is OK as long as Alan can put up the cash, we can give him cash on Saturday --Milan 14:52, 18 September 2008 (NZST)
- DVD & CD blanks
- Security for hardware (cables)
- embed/presentation of http://cgi.softwarefreedomday.org/map.shtml
Software available
- Linux distros (emphasis on 32-bit. primarily debian flavours)
- Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Mythbuntu, eeeBuntu (ISO's downloaded)
- Ibex available, courtesy of Alan
- openSuSE
- Mint
- gOS
- IPCop, Endian, eBOX
- I'm having absolutely NO joy with these (giving up; someone else try)
- DreamLinux (ISO pending) v3.n i386 gnome
- PCLinuxOS (ISO pending) pclos-gnome2008.iso
Free Software links
- Software Freedom Day This September 20th there will be worldwide events to celebrate free software
- NZ Software Freedom Day NZ Events
- 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
Notable notes & linkable links
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
