[CALUG] Software Freedom Day Presenters

[istarex]

Well, maybe it would make sense to present some of the core apps
(Firefox, OpenOffice) with big presentations, and some of the smaller
Desktop apps in more of a lightning talk format?

-Rich

On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 8:30 AM, Josh Rhoderick <rhoderickj at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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