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= Limestone Coast 2010 = {{{ The Limestone Coast Software Freedom Day 2010 Team will host this years event at the Mount Gambier Public Library, our focus this year will be on the following:- |
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= Limestone Coast 2010 = | * Open Source Gaming * Office and Productivity Applications * Home Networking * Programming for beginners and Kids. |
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Software Freedom Day is annual event held in over 90 countries all around the world in an effort to educate the public about the benefits of Free and Open Source Software. What is FOSS or Free Software? It is software that has been licensed in a manner that allows users to run it for any purpose, to redistribute copies to others, to change the software to suit their needs and to redistribute those changes as well. When we say Free Software, think of free as in speech, rather than free as in beer. | People will be able to wander around the various stations on the day, and discover some of the amazing Free software on offer. There may also be one or two presentations throughout the day on using specific software. |
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Mount Gambier is the regional centre of the Limestone Coast in the South East & is one of the most progressive regional communities in the State of South Australia. | CDs and DVDs containing a selection of Free software will be given away, along with information on how to safely access more great Free software on the Internet. |
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Software Freedom Day 2010 Team will host this years event at the Mount Gambier Public Library and will focus on Open Source Gaming, Office Applications & Productivity, Home Networking, Programming for beginners & Kids. People will be able to wonder around to the various stations and discover what is on offer. | So come along and join your local Limestone Coast team as we demonstrate and give out Free Software for Education, Business and the Home user. }}} {{{ A copy of the 2010 report & media coverage can be found below. }}} == General Information about Free and Open Source Software == * http://www.openoffice.org/ Open Office: Office Software Package |
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There may also be one or two presentations throughout the day on using specific software. | * http://www.seamonkey-project.org/ Seamonkey: all-in-one internet application suite |
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General Information about Free and Open Source Software | * http://www.fsf.org/ Free Software Foundation |
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* http://www.openoffice.org/ Open Office: Office Software Package * http://www.seamonkey-project.org/ Seamonkey: all-in-one internet application suite * http://www.fsf.org/ Free Software Foundation |
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* http://ftp.lsclug.org/SFD2010_report_and_media.zip Limestone Coast 2010 event report and media coverage == key details to remember:- == * '''When?''' 10am - 3pm,Saturday 18 September 2010 * '''Where?''' [[http://www.mountgambier.sa.gov.au/library/|Mount Gambier Public Library]], 6 Watson Terrace, Mount GAmbier, SA 5290 * '''How much?''' Free entry! * '''More Info?''' See the [[http://www.lsclug.org|Limestone Coast Linux Users Group]] website * '''Contact?''' sfd @ lsclug.org == Sponsored by:- == {{attachment:lsclug02.png}} {{attachment:ghs.png}} [[http://www.lsclug.org|Limestone Coast Linux Users Group]] & [[http://www.granths.sa.edu.au/|Grant High School]] == Map:- == {{attachment:map_pic1.png}} {{attachment:map_pic2.png}} |
Limestone Coast 2010
The Limestone Coast Software Freedom Day 2010 Team will host this years event at the Mount Gambier Public Library, our focus this year will be on the following:- * Open Source Gaming * Office and Productivity Applications * Home Networking * Programming for beginners and Kids. People will be able to wander around the various stations on the day, and discover some of the amazing Free software on offer. There may also be one or two presentations throughout the day on using specific software. CDs and DVDs containing a selection of Free software will be given away, along with information on how to safely access more great Free software on the Internet. So come along and join your local Limestone Coast team as we demonstrate and give out Free Software for Education, Business and the Home user.
A copy of the 2010 report & media coverage can be found below.
General Information about Free and Open Source Software
http://www.openoffice.org/ Open Office: Office Software Package
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/ Seamonkey: all-in-one internet application suite
http://www.fsf.org/ Free Software Foundation
http://www.opensource.org/ The Open Source Initiative
http://www.iosn.net/ International Open Source Network
http://www.linux.org.au/ Linux Australia
http://www.linuxsa.org.au/ Linux South Australia
http://ftp.lsclug.org/SFD2010_report_and_media.zip Limestone Coast 2010 event report and media coverage
key details to remember:-
When? 10am - 3pm,Saturday 18 September 2010
Where? Mount Gambier Public Library, 6 Watson Terrace, Mount GAmbier, SA 5290
How much? Free entry!
More Info? See the Limestone Coast Linux Users Group website
Contact? sfd @ lsclug.org
Sponsored by:-
Limestone Coast Linux Users Group & Grant High School
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