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* [[http://etherpad.org/|EtherPad]] - Online Collaborative Editor (replaces Google Docs) * StatusNet (now [[http://www.gnu.org/software/social/|GNU Social]]) - Federated Social Networking (replaces Twitter) === Stefan Chirila === Stefan is at: http://www.stefanchirila.com |
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Kitchener-Waterloo SFD at Kwartzlab
On Saturday, 28 September 2013 Kwartzlab, Kitchener-Waterloo's makerspace, will be hosting Software Freedom Day.
What: Software Freedom Day, of course
When: Saturday, 28 September 2013, 10:00am to 5:00pm (iCal)
Where: Kwartzlab, 33 Kent Ave., Kitchener, Ontario, Canada (Map)
Planning
If you want to help plan, organize, present, participate or otherwise lend a helping hand, please contact Paul Nijjar at sfd@theworkingcentre.org and he'll add you to the sfd-planning mailing list.
Promoting
Here are some ideas and materials to help promote Software Freedom Day:
sfd-2013-poster-v2.pdf (4.1 MB) SFD 2013 poster by Charles McColm. Here are the sources: sfd-poster.xcf.bz2 (11.8 MB)
Partnering
It's the GNU 30th anniversary celebration, and we're registered as a Satellite Event. What does that mean? Zak Rogoff of the FSF tells me "There aren't any requirements for being a satellite event; all it requires is enthusiasm about GNU :)" Conveniently, we have plenty of enthusiasm! --Bob
Here is a Google+ posting: https://plus.google.com/113242521569190236474/posts/AEutGSKmMS5
Here is a Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/656599614350426/
If you want to advertise a short URL for the event, you can use http://kwlug.org/sfd (which links to a page that links here).
Presentations
These presentations have not been finalized --21 Aug 2013 --Bob.
Bob Jonkman: Building Your Own Cloud
A demonstration of (up to) three popular cloud services that you can run yourself, all from TurnKey Linux:
OwnCloud - Media sharing, Contact and Calendar Manager (replaces Apple iCloud)
EtherPad - Online Collaborative Editor (replaces Google Docs)
StatusNet (now GNU Social) - Federated Social Networking (replaces Twitter)
Rick Jenkins: Blender
Rick Jenkins: https://plus.google.com/113939156499466520382/about
Blender: it's more than meets the eye...sure you can make snazzy 3D objects in Blender, and sure you make them move around/animate, but did you know you can build games in Blender? Did you know you can use Blender to add effects to live action films, or put them together to make a movie, or add a sound track and sound effects to the whole thing?
Did you know Blender has been used to create several short, and not so short films? Did you know Blender will work on any [platform]OS, be it Windows, OSx or Linux? Did you know all of this comes free?
Watch and learn just how exciting, useful and fun Blender can be, how you too can use Blender to answer your needs!
Raul Suarez: the GNU project
James Kelsh: Knoppix
James Kelsh: http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/jim-kelsh-cga-certifr/1/676/41b
What if you could try Linux on your computer for free, without changing anything on your hard drive?
What if the Linux you wanted to try has everything included such as games, office suite, virus scanning software, network troubleshooting utilities, graphics, web browsers?
What if you could put this Linux on a USB stick that you could carry around with you and it could be set up to remember wireless passwords and your preferences on the stick itself?
What if this Linux was created and maintained by a really nice German man named Klaus Knopper who helps Linux users in a Linux Magazine column?
Well, you've got it all! It is called Knoppix, and I want to show you how to download it, burn it to a DVD, put it on a USB stick and have a great time with it!
Charles McColm: Instant XBMC
Charles McColm: http://charlesmccolm.com/about-us/about-charles/
Other Activities
Tentative ideas, to be finalized --21 Aug 2013 --Bob.
- Installfest
- Bring your computer, laptop, tablet(?), phone(!) to get free software installed.
- Software giveaway
Software Q&A session
- Pick up a CD or DVD with free software, or copy some free software to your USB stick or computer.
Open Disc Project should have a new release in time for SFD
Does Ubuntu-ca-kw still have 12.04 Precise Pangolin disks?
- Free Culture
a playlist of genuinely good CC-licenced music: MusicSamplerSFD2013
- a playlist of genuinely good CC-licenced video/movies
- a bibliography of genuinely good CC-licenced books
Thanx
Many thanx to Paul Nijjar for getting SFD organized in K-W, and to Ralph Janke for hosting SFD at Kwartzlab.
Our Sponsors
Be A Sponsor!
Would you like to sponsor Software Freedom Day in Kitchener-Waterloo? We could sure use the following:
- Printing flyers and posters with Software Freedom Day info
- An ad in the local papers
- Spindles of blank CDs and DVDs to distribute Free Software
- Thumbdrives to distribute Free Software (if your company has thumbdrives with your corporate logo, this is a great way to show support for Free Software)
- Web hosting space so we can continue to distribute Free Software on the Internet
A domain name for the web site. sfdkw and softwarefreedomkw are available on all the popular TLDs...