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==Software Freedom Day== | ==Software Freedom Day== | ||
The event will have a main install area with tables, chairs, power | ===What is Software Freedom Day?=== | ||
hookups, etc that people can sit down and have some volunteers help | 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! | ||
install | ===How are we participating?=== | ||
Outside/around the install area we will have various booths setup to | By hosting our own event for us and the general public! The event will have a main install area with tables, chairs, power hookups, etc that people can sit down and have some volunteers help install/try Linux and other FOSS software. Outside/around the install area we will have various booths setup to showcase some cool things open source programs can do. | ||
showcase some cool things open source programs can do. | ===When?=== | ||
Saturday, September 18th | |||
There has been no decisions on the time yet so I'm tentatively putting out 2PM-8PM. We will discuss this more during the meeting tomorrow. | |||
* [[General Direction]] | |||
* [[Install Fest]] | * [[Install Fest]] | ||
* [[Booths]] | * [[Booths]] | ||
==Thoughts on the general direction== | ==Thoughts on the general direction== | ||
*We are promoting Open Source software but please don't pressure | *We are promoting Open Source software but please don't pressure people. Don't exaggerate, be honest with the limitations of whatever you're demonstrating. I had a really bad experience with a Linux presentation thing (similar to this one) when I was first starting out. If you dismiss flaws and tell people something will cure cancer and whiten teeth they're not going to believe a word you say even if it is true. When I show Linux to new people I find the best policy is to be honest: it's different. Some things will be easier, some things will be a little harder but I garuntee you it's worth the effort. | ||
people. Don't exaggerate, be honest with the limitations of whatever | |||
you're demonstrating. I had a really bad experience with a Linux | |||
presentation thing (similar to this one) when I was first starting | |||
out. If you dismiss flaws and tell people something will cure cancer | |||
and whiten teeth they're not going to believe a word you say even if | |||
it is true. When I show Linux to new people I find the best policy is | |||
to be honest: it's different. Some things will be easier, some things | |||
will be a little harder but I garuntee you it's worth the effort. | |||
*For the newbies I think we should stick to Ubuntu and its | *For the newbies I think we should stick to Ubuntu and its derivitives. This should give us a decent amount of variety (Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Kubuntu) but at the same time keep any tutorials or support materials consistant. This doesn't mean we can't showcase some more exotic distros, (otherwise the geeks might get upset) but I don't think we should be promoting Fedora or Suse to someone who has never seen Linux before. My main reasons for this is A. the community is huge, if they have a problem there's more help for them to grab onto and B. the community is huge, Ubuntu based stuff supports a wide range of consumer grade hardware and has arguably the largest collection of software. | ||
derivitives. This should give us a decent amount of variety (Ubuntu, | |||
Linux Mint, Kubuntu) but at the same time keep any tutorials or | |||
support materials consistant. This doesn't mean we can't showcase | |||
some more exotic distros, (otherwise the geeks might get upset) but I | |||
don't think we should be promoting Fedora or Suse to someone who has | |||
never seen Linux before. My main reasons for this is A. the community | |||
is huge, if they have a problem there's more help for them to grab | |||
onto and B. the community is huge, Ubuntu based stuff supports a wide | |||
range of consumer grade hardware and has arguably the largest | |||
collection of software. | |||
*Open Source includes more than Linux. People shouldn't have to | *Open Source includes more than Linux. People shouldn't have to install Linux to get something out of this event. I think wherever possible we should showcase cross platform programs and let people know that hey, you can try this out at home without making any major changes to your comptuer. Once we get everything lined out I think it would be good to create an Open Source DVD to hand out for Windows users that includes installers for all the programs we showcase and a simple webpage/readme on the disc to remind people of what's what. | ||
install Linux to get something out of this event. I think wherever | |||
possible we should showcase cross platform programs and let people | |||
know that hey, you can try this out at home without making any major | |||
changes to your comptuer. Once we get everything lined out I think it | |||
would be good to create an Open Source DVD to hand out for Windows | |||
users that includes installers for all the programs we showcase and a | |||
simple webpage/readme on the disc to remind people of what's what. | |||
Revision as of 21:58, 30 August 2010
Software Freedom Day
What is Software Freedom Day?
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!
How are we participating?
By hosting our own event for us and the general public! The event will have a main install area with tables, chairs, power hookups, etc that people can sit down and have some volunteers help install/try Linux and other FOSS software. Outside/around the install area we will have various booths setup to showcase some cool things open source programs can do.
When?
Saturday, September 18th There has been no decisions on the time yet so I'm tentatively putting out 2PM-8PM. We will discuss this more during the meeting tomorrow.
Thoughts on the general direction
- We are promoting Open Source software but please don't pressure people. Don't exaggerate, be honest with the limitations of whatever you're demonstrating. I had a really bad experience with a Linux presentation thing (similar to this one) when I was first starting out. If you dismiss flaws and tell people something will cure cancer and whiten teeth they're not going to believe a word you say even if it is true. When I show Linux to new people I find the best policy is to be honest: it's different. Some things will be easier, some things will be a little harder but I garuntee you it's worth the effort.
- For the newbies I think we should stick to Ubuntu and its derivitives. This should give us a decent amount of variety (Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Kubuntu) but at the same time keep any tutorials or support materials consistant. This doesn't mean we can't showcase some more exotic distros, (otherwise the geeks might get upset) but I don't think we should be promoting Fedora or Suse to someone who has never seen Linux before. My main reasons for this is A. the community is huge, if they have a problem there's more help for them to grab onto and B. the community is huge, Ubuntu based stuff supports a wide range of consumer grade hardware and has arguably the largest collection of software.
- Open Source includes more than Linux. People shouldn't have to install Linux to get something out of this event. I think wherever possible we should showcase cross platform programs and let people know that hey, you can try this out at home without making any major changes to your comptuer. Once we get everything lined out I think it would be good to create an Open Source DVD to hand out for Windows users that includes installers for all the programs we showcase and a simple webpage/readme on the disc to remind people of what's what.