= Software Freedom Day Chicago 2012 = [[http://www.freegeekchicago.org|FreeGeek Chicago]] is a not-for-profit community organization that recycles used computers and parts to provide functional computers, education, internet access and job skills training to those who want them. FreeGeek advocates for the humane, environmentally-friendly use of information technology. Free Geek Chicago will be hosting this year an event celebrating Software Freedom Day. We invite you and all the friends of software freedom in Chicago to join us in our hackerspace during this annual celebration on September 15th. === Date: === Saturday, September 15, 2012 from 10am to 6pm === Where: === We are located in the Logan Square neighborhood at 3411 W. Diversey Ave., Basement, Chicago, IL 60647 === Activities along the day: === ==== Talks/Workshops ==== ||||'''Talks/Workshops Schedule''' || ||<#ffd320 width="44px" style="border-top-style:none;border-top-width:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);border-right-style:none;border-right-width:initial;border-right-color:initial;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0.1cm;padding-left:0.1cm;padding-right:0cm; ">'''When''' ||<#ffd320 width="649px" style="border-top-style:none;border-top-width:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);border-right-style:solid;border-right-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0.1cm;padding-left:0.1cm;padding-right:0.1cm; ">'''What''' || ||10:30 ||“'''History and Philosophy of Free and Open Source” '''David Eads || ||11:00 ||“'''Software Libre Movement in Latin America” '''Banio Carpenter || ||11:15 ||'''"Edubuntu in Schools"''' Beth Lynn Eicher || ||11:30 ||“'''Intro to Command Line” '''James Mazurek || ||<#ffd320 width="44px" style="border-top-style:none;border-top-width:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);border-right-style:none;border-right-width:initial;border-right-color:initial;padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0.1cm;padding-left:0.1cm;padding-right:0cm; ">12:00 ||<#ffd320 width="649px" style="border-top-style:none;border-top-width:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);border-right-style:solid;border-right-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);padding-top:0cm;padding-bottom:0.1cm;padding-left:0.1cm;padding-right:0.1cm; ">Lunch Break || ||1:00 ||“'''Git workshop” '''Nishitha Ningegowda || ||1:45 ||“'''Gnome Outreach” '''Meg Ford || ||2:00 ||“'''Want to keep government data open and free? Don't miss this one.” '''Kate Eyler-Werve || ||2:15 ||“'''Software Radio: A new galaxy of opportunities for all” '''Martin O'Shield || ||2:45 ||“'''Gaming on Linux” '''James Slater || ||3:15 ||“'''Making Your Computer Accessible From the Internet” '''Erik Johnson || ||3:45 ||“'''Introduction to Tor” '''Squeaky Clean || ||4:00 ||“'''Introduction to GNOME 3” '''Brian Cameron || ||4:15 ||“'''GNU Media Goblin” '''Christopher Allan Webber || ||4:30 ||'''"Diaspora Project"''' Todor Krecu || ||4:45 ||“'''Running Your Old Programs (Linux Virtualization & Emulation)” '''Joel Luellwitz || Although, having a laptop is not a requisite to participate, we encourage you to bring your laptop to workshops and hacking area. ==== Hack Fest ==== From 10 AM to 6 PM This is a hands-on area. Here you can: * join and learn/code with: * '''Townsquare Project:''' https://github.com/freegeekchicago/townsquare * '''The Gnome Project:''' http://www.gnome.org/ * '''Kevin Brandstatter + Android Framework:''' setting up the environment and starting a basic project, code management and maintaining a project. Any code would be in java and the end product might be more of a group idea. * bring your own open source project, work on that, and get help/advice from the community === Registration === If you write open source software, use free software, or want to learn about software freedom, come join us for Software Freedom Day! Registration for Software Freedom Day is now open. The event is FREE but space is limited so [[http://softwarefreedomdaychicago.eventbrite.com/|register]] today! === Info === For more information visit us on: [[http://www.freegeekchicago.org|www.freegeekchicago.org]], or''' [[http://twitter.com/freegeekchicago|Twitter]]. ''' Happy hacking! ---- CategoryTeam2012