[Bradford] MFS Meeting. Tue, 15 Apr. GPG keysigning party and discussion: Novena, Windows XP end of support, RPi graphics, LibrePlanet conference

Thu Apr 10 14:50:16 UTC 2014

Hi Bob

You're a bit late talking about the end of XP over there. This side of
the Pennines, we started talking about it six months ago.

http://www.bradlug.co.uk/life-after-xp/

John
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On Thu, 2014-04-10 at 13:56 +0000, Bob Ham wrote:
> Please feel free to forward this to those that would welcome it.
> 
> * Event: Manchester Free Software's April Meeting
> 
> * Date: Tuesday, 15th April 2014 (3rd Tuesday of the month)
> * Start time: 19:00
> * Finish time: 20:30 (and then on for drinks)
> 
> * Location: Madlab. (Manchester Digital Laboratory).
>   - http://madlab.org.uk/
> * Address: 36-40 Edge Street, Manchester. M4 1HN.
>   - Opposite "Common" on Edge Street, Northern Quarter.
>   - http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/53.48413/-2.23639
> 
> Details
> -------
> The purpose of Manchester Free Software is to promote the Free Software
> philosophy.
> 
> This meeting will be, firstly, a GPG keysigning party (discussed
> below) and secondly, a series of discussions on the Free Software
> implications of the following:
> 
> * Novena free hardware computer
> The Novena free hardware computer is now being offered in a
> crowd-funding campaign by Andrew "bunnie" Huang, noted Xbox hacker,
> and company.  The board's PCB designs are available under a free
> license and it is intended for use by free hackers, using components
> which enable user freedom.  For example the CPU's datasheet and
> programming manual are available without an NDA and the board includes
> an Atheros-based Wi-Fi module whose firmware is freely licensed.
> http://www.wired.com/2014/04/novena/
> 
> * End of support for Windows XP
> Microsoft are finally making a concerted effort to end support for
> Windows XP.  Different organisations have responded to this in
> different ways.  The Government of Tamil Nadu, a state in India, issued
> a directive asking all their departments to install "Bharat Operating
> System Solutions" (BOSS Linux), developed at the national Center for
> Development of Advanced Computing.  The City of Munich, which has
> converted its desktops from Microsoft to GNU/Linux, handed out 2000
> GNU/Linux CDs to users of city libraries.  Meanwhile, our own
> government has decided to pay Microsoft £5.5 million to extend Windows
> XP support for the public sector for 12 months.
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/04/tamil_nadus_xp_migration_plan_go_linux_like_a_boss/
> 
> * Raspberry Pi graphics
> Broadcom released the video driver source code for a mobile phone chip
> similar to the chip used in the Raspberry Pi.  Both chips use the same
> graphics core.  The source drop provided hints for the reverse
> engineering effort which hopes to create a free firmware to replace
> the current proprietary blob required for booting the Raspberry Pi.
> The Raspberry Pi Foundation offered a US$10000 bounty for porting the
> driver to the Raspberry Pi and demonstrating it running Quake III, a
> bounty which has since been claimed.
> http://www.raspberrypi.org/quake-iii-bounty-we-have-a-winner/
> 
> * LibrePlanet 2014 conference
> The FSF's LibrePlanet 2014 conference took place at MIT in Cambridge,
> Massachusetts.  The programme included speakers from the FSF, the EFF,
> Wikimedia, APRIL, Tor, Red Hat, Xiph, O'Reilly, Trisquel, and many
> others.
> http://libreplanet.org/2014/
> 
> Feel free to raise similar items in the meeting for discussion.
> 
> 
> There will be an informal GPG keysigning party in order to widen the
> Web of Trust.  Which is to say, we will be bringing photo ID and GPG
> fingerprints to facilitate signing each other's keys.  If you would
> like to participate, please bring some form of photo ID such as a
> passport or photocard driver's license, together with your key's
> fingerprint.  The script gpg-key2ps is useful for creating printable
> slips containing your fingerprint:
> 
>   http://www.trilug.org/~jeremy/gpg-key2ps
> 
> The script is also part of the signing-party package in gNewSense and
> Trisquel.  To create the slips, execute the following command,
> substituting the email address for your own key's ID:
> 
>   $ gpg-key2ps -p a4 your at email.net > fingerprint-slips.ps
> 
> and then print the resulting fingerprint-slips.ps file.  Further
> information on keysigning and keysigning parties is available here:
> 
>   http://www.cryptnet.net/fdp/crypto/keysigning_party/en/keysigning_party.html
> 
> If you are new to GPG and would like to participate, there is a primer
> and tutorial here:
> 
>   http://www.dewinter.com/gnupg_howto/english/GPGMiniHowto.html
> 
> 
> The meeting will be followed by informal discussion and socialising in
> the bar opposite, Common <http://www.aplacecalledcommon.co.uk/>.
> 
> 
> Location
> --------
> The meeting will take place at the usual venue of Madlab, details above.
> The venue provides wifi.
> 
> Parking
> -------
> Around the venue there are parking meter bays that become zero
> cost after 8pm on Tuesday so you will have to pay up until then and the
> maximum stay is 2 hours BUT MAKE SURE YOU VERIFY ALL THIS on parking.
> 
> There are paid parking lots around the venue, they are marked by a blue
> P in this OpenStreetMap centred on Madlab
> <http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/53.4843/-2.2365>.  Most of those
> parking lots are owned by NCP <http://www.ncp.co.uk/>.
> 
> If you can’t decide otherwise then park in Manchester Arndale
> <http://www.manchesterarndale.com/directions.aspx>.
> 
> Public Transport
> ----------------
> Manchester Victoria (MCV) train station, Shudehill tram and bus station,
> and Manchester Piccadilly bus station are all fairly close to Madlab,
> see OpenStreetMap centred on Madlab
> <http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/53.4843/-2.2365>.
> 
> Manchester Piccadilly (MAN) train station and Manchester Central Coach
> Station are not too far away either.
> 
> More Information
> ----------------
> Information about Manchester Free Software can be found on the
> Manchester Free Software pages on LibrePlanet
> <http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Manchester>.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Bob
> 
> --
> Bob Ham <rah at settrans.net>
> 
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