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== General Information == |
== General Information == |
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''[http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/ Software Freedom Day] (SFD) is a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). Our goal in this celebration is to educate the worldwide public about of the benefits of using high quality FOSS in education, in government, at home, and in business -- in short, everywhere! The non-profit company Software Freedom International coordinates SFD at a global level, providing support, giveaways and a point of collaboration, but volunteer teams around the world organize the local SFD events to impact their own communities.'' (from the SFD site) |
''[http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/ Software Freedom Day] (SFD) is a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). Our goal in this celebration is to educate the worldwide public about of the benefits of using high quality FOSS in education, in government, at home, and in business -- in short, everywhere! The non-profit company Software Freedom International coordinates SFD at a global level, providing support, giveaways and a point of collaboration, but volunteer teams around the world organize the local SFD events to impact their own communities.'' (from the SFD site) |
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== SoftwareFreedomDay 2008 == |
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SFD 2008 will be September 20 from 1pm until 4pm. [http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/teams/northamerica/PA/wplug WPLUG team page]. |
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Hello Everyone: |
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Software Freedom Day 2008 is officially tomorrow, Saturday September |
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20th. WPLUG will have a booth setup near Schenley Plaza on the corner |
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of Forbes and Schenley Ave in Oakland. The event is scheduled to run |
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from 1pm to 3pm. I invite all WPLUG participants to join us for this |
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celebration. We still need volunteers to help hand out CDs and talk |
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with the public about free software. Everyone is also invited to |
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simply stop by for a few minutes to say hi and show your support for |
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WPLUG. |
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Thanks and hope to see you there, |
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Dave Kraus |
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=== Sign Up === |
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Please add your name if you can help distribute CDs, perform demos, and in general advocate FOSS. |
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* [[User:Curlynoodle|Dave Kraus]] |
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* [[Nschembr|Nicholas A. Schembri]] - State College PA USA |
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* Your name here! |
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=== General TODO list === |
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* Select venue(s) and obtain any needed permissions |
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* Design and print flyers and other materials (balloons? banners?) |
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* Create and burn Open Source CDs |
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* Sign up volunteers to perform distribution |
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=== Open Source CDs === |
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==== Microsoft Windows Compatible ==== |
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Requirements: |
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* Gather or organize free open source software which can be run on Microsoft Windows. |
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* Test each and every package/archive to ensure that it can be successfully installed. |
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* Create an autorun executable or otherwise to display a menu describing the CD software and provide a click-2-install. |
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Applications: |
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* Mozilla Firefox |
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* Mozilla Thunderbird |
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* OpenOffice |
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* AbiWord |
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* GIMP |
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* Scribus |
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* Blender |
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* [http://www.theopendisc.com/ The Open Disc] may cover our needs |
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* more... |
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==== Mac OS Compatible ==== |
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Requirements: |
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* Gather or organize free open source software which can be run on Mac OS (PowerPC and Intel). |
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* Test each and every package/archive to ensure that it can be successfully installed. |
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* Create an autorun executable or otherwise to display a menu describing the CD software and provide a click-2-install. |
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Applications: |
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* Mozilla Firefox |
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* Camino |
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* Mozilla Thunderbird |
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* NeoOffice |
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* AbiWord |
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* GIMP |
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* Scribus |
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* Blender |
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* See [http://www.opensourcemac.org/ Open Source Mac] for ideas |
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* more... |
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=== Completed Tasks === |
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* Registration for 2008 event at [http://www.softwarefreedomday.org SoftwareFreedomDay.org] |
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Latest revision as of 01:12, 21 September 2008
General Information
Software Freedom Day (SFD) is a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). Our goal in this celebration is to educate the worldwide public about of the benefits of using high quality FOSS in education, in government, at home, and in business -- in short, everywhere! The non-profit company Software Freedom International coordinates SFD at a global level, providing support, giveaways and a point of collaboration, but volunteer teams around the world organize the local SFD events to impact their own communities. (from the SFD site)