"Okay, so yesterday was, of course, Software Freedom Day. All over the world user groups and organizations held various events to spread the word and promote the cause..." — (A.J. Venter, lead developer of the Kongoni GNU/Linux project) —
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CLUG celebrates Software Freedom Day with some dirty hands – Photoblog
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Life Lessons Learned From Using Linux
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It's no secret that those of us who have learned to appreciate Linux and in effect all things that are related to FOSS have gained some wisdom that can be applied to our daily lives. I'm not an inspirational writer but I would like to share to non-believers some of the wonderful life lessons that I've discovered from using Linux.
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ILUGC @ Software Freedom Day 2009 in Chennai, India
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"Here are some photos of Software Freedom Day 09 Celebrations by Indian Linux User Group, Chennai..."
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Software Freedom Day 2009 in Alexandria, Egypt
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RMS: «...Every school must migrate to Free Software, and I call on you, those of you who are faculty, or staff, or students of this University, to work together to bring about the migration of this University to Free Software, completely to Free Software, within a few y
Read more »Software Freedom Day 2009 in Hong Kong
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To celebrate Software Freedom Day, Hong Kong team chose to hold a seminar to educate the public about the use and advantages of free software this year... — mp3 - podcast —
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SFD in Kiel (Germany) shows great interest in Free Software
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"Our SFD is over since about 7 hours. We had around 30 visitors. I am VERY pleased with the result. Last year there were 20 visitors altogether, this year we had 30 nearly the whole day. There was a lot of curiosity about what free software was. Many of the skepticism that some had could be resolved..."
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Software Freedom Day 2009 Starts Now in Asia
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Creative Commons @ Software Freedom Day 2009 in NYC
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"It should be no surprise that here at CC, we’re huge fans of Free Software [...] There are numerous celebrations happening around the world, but I”ll be attending the one in NYC..."
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Blender @ Software Freedom Day 2009 in Singapore
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"Victor Yap of the Blender User Group of Singapore will be demonstrating Blender at the #mce_temp_url# this Saturday..." — Blender is the *free software* 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License. —
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Sharing is Better Than Not Sharing — New Video
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Nominations open for the Free Software Awards
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The Free Software Foundation has started the nomination phase of the Free Software Awards 2009. Interested parties can nominate, by email, projects that have addressed important social issues and propose people who have brought honour to free software this year for an award. Previous winners may not be nominated and nominations close at the end of October.
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Switching to Linux: A Windows developer’s view
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A few weeks ago, I switched my development environment from Windows to Linux, on a project which was developed so far on Windows only. In this post, I want to describe the issues that brought me to this switch, a short overview how I did the actual port, and some observations on Linux for developers.
Read more »VIA Technologies joins the Linux Foundation
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The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced that VIA Technologies, Inc. has become its newest member.
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Seminar on Python and Free Software for Mathematics
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"...Department of Mathematics C.K.G.M. College, Perambra is conducting a state level seminar on 17th and 18th sep 2009. The aim of the seminar is to underline the importance of Python and other free software in Mathematics Education..."
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On the subject of Linux evangelism
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Before you go out knocking on doors and handing out Ubuntu disks and asking people if they’ve discovered the glorious world of Free/Open Source Software, read on and adjust your plans accordingly.
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