[CALUG] Software Freedom Day Presenters

[Josh Rhoderick]

Exploring cross-platform apps seems like a good idea. When people first
discover FOSS, they invariably begin with apps they can run in their current
operating environment. Showing people that options like OpenOffice.org,
Firefox, Thunderbird, Pidgin, KeePass (I love -- no, *LOVE* -- Keypass)
etc., are available for their platform of choice can go a long way to
proving that FOSS is not just usable, but often superior to the proprietary
alternatives. Hell, if we could convince just a few people that Microsoft
Word isn't the only word processor in the world, I'd consider that a major
success.

As for Amarok on Ubuntu, have any of you used Exaile (the Amarok-inspired
GTK music player)? I've been using it for a while now and I'm thoroughly
impressed, even though Exaile has not yet even made it a 1.0 release.

-- Josh


On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 12:18 PM, John Biggs <pcgenius at gmail.com> wrote:

> If the average desktop user is our target we should remove some items from
> the list.
>
> Focus on:
> The OS - Ubuntu
> Web Browsing - Firefox
> Email - Thunderbird
> Office - OpenOffice.org
>
> Then Maybe:
> IM - Pigin
> Finances - gnucash
> Music - Amarok
> Movies - vlc
> Pictures - f-spot/gimp
>
> Avoid things like inkscape, blender, etc
>
> On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 9:24 PM, Craig Younkins <cyounkins at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > This is a very desktop-centric list of topics.  Is that the target
> > audience?
> >
> > Yes, the average desktop user is our target audience.
> >
> > Craig Younkins
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 9:11 PM, Jason Dixon <jason at dixongroup.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 05:03:51PM -0400, Craig Younkins wrote:
> > > >  I am pleased to announce that the Ubuntu Maryland LoCo Team has a
> > > > room for Software
> > > > Freedom Day 2008 <http://softwarefreedomday.org/>. Taking place on
> > > September
> > > > 20th at the Howard County Library Miller
> > > > Branch<http://hclibrary.org/index.php?page=66>,
> > > > we will be running presentations on free, open-source software
> > throughout
> > > > the day to encourage the public to take advantage of the wide array
> of
> > > > available FOSS software.
> > > >
> > > > We are actively looking for presenters for a number of topics. We aim
> > for
> > > > cross-platform programs that we know people can take advantage of in
> > > their
> > > > daily lives. You can find a list of programs we would love to cover
> > > > here<
> > >
> >
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarylandTeam/Events/SoftwareFreedomDay2008#Possible%20Presentations
> > > >,
> > > > but please, do not feel constrained to this list.
> > > >
> > > > If you are interested in giving a presentation on a piece of
> software,
> > > > please feel free to contact the team at sfd08 at ubuntu-maryland.orgfor
> > > more
> > > > details. If you would like to sign up for a time slot, please email
> the
> > > name
> > > > of the software you will be covering as well as an approximate time
> > frame
> > > > you want.
> > >
> > > This is a very desktop-centric list of topics.  Is that the target
> > > audience?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jason Dixon
> > > DixonGroup Consulting
> > > http://www.dixongroup.net/
> > >
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