[Wylug-announce] Software Freedom Day

[David Carpenter]

Passing on some information from Manchester....


Saturday 20th September is Software Freedom Day [1]. As many of you
will know, this is a worldwide event designed to promote software
freedom. I am proud to announce that Manchester Free Software (like
many other groups across the country and the world) will be hosting an
event to celebrate.

As a group we like to celebrate software freedom everyday, but on
Saturday 20th September we will be getting together with a whole host
of people to talk about and demonstrate free software. The event will
take place at the Marbella Cafe [2] on Newton Street from 11am to 4pm.
Everyone is welcome and there will be plenty of people there who are
learning about free software for the first time. We will be giving
away CDs, leaflets and stickers. I'm also told that the cafe serves
great food (veggie and vegan friendly).

We will have a number of Internet connected PCs available, which will
be used to demonstrate LTSP [3].  The Linux Terminal Server Project
(LTSP) is designed to be used on low powered machines and so is
brilliant for reusing old computers in schools or community projects.
We will have information available about how this is being used
successfully in schools, including one which went on to gain
specialist technology status as a result.

How you can help..
* Spread the word! Please blog about this event, tell your family,
friends and school teachers, and mention us on your favourite news
websites.
* Come along and help. If you know about free software you are welcome
to help us  demonstrate the systems and explain what free software
means and its potential to interested people. Contact
team at manchester.fsuk.org for more information.

[1] http://softwarefreedomday.org/
[2] http://marbellacupcakes.com/contact.html
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Terminal_Server_Project