(If you are reading FSFE's newsletters [1] (and you should when you
have not yet given me feedback what I could improve ;) ), and you
already use one of our banners [2], you can skip this post because I
copied and pasted it. Else please continue.)
Let us admit it, the Free Software community is often very critical.
Wewrite bug reports, tell others how they can improve the software, ask
them fornew features, and to not spare with criticism. Sometimes we
forget to say "thank you, for all your work". As in the last years, we
want to change this, at least for one day. So on Tuesday the 14th of
February we will celebrate the "I love Free Software" - Day [3].
Get active, buy your favourite developer a drink or give them a hug (ask
forpermission first), write an e-mail/letter [4] expressing your
feelings, create nice pictures, donate to a Free Software initiative,
use another of our suggestions [5] or be create yourself to show how you
appreciate people, working hard to enlarge or defend our freedom.
Beside that help us to promote the activity with our banners [6], by
e-mail, (micro)blog or in your (distributed?) social networks.
New this year is a whole day event in the Unperfekthaus in Essen
(Germany) [7] and that all our Fellows automatically get an
login(a)ilovefs.org e-mail alias.
So let's make sure that on February 14th there are more love reports,
than bug reports!
All the best,
Matthias
1. http://fsfe.org/news/newsletter.html
2. http://fsfe.org/campaigns/ilovefs/2012/banners.html
3. http://ilovefs.org
4. http://blogs.fsfe.org/thomaslocke/2012/01/18/why-i-love-free-and-open-sourc…
5. http://ilovefs.org
6. http://fsfe.org/campaigns/ilovefs/2012/banners.html
7. http://fsfe.org/campaigns/ilovefs/2012/unperfekthaus.html
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Matthias Kirschner - FSFE - Fellowship Coordinator, German Coordinator
FSFE, Linienstr. 141, 10115 Berlin, t +49-30-27595290 +49-1577-1780003
Free Software is important to you? Join today! (fsfe.org/join)
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Hello all, this Saturday Free Software activists will determine the easiest
ways of chatting using Free Software audio and video programs. We'll be
testing out a variety of applications, including Pidgin, Empathy, and Kopete.
The core group of testers will be in Madlab Hackerspace in Manchester, but
*anyone can participate* - join the #FSFE IRC channel on Freenode to find
people to test chatting with, and see what still needs testing (email
manchester(a)lists.fsfe.org if you need help getting access to IRC).
The aim is to publish the results as a compatibility chart that will show at a
glance the easiest way to chat. As many Free Software users still use Skype
due to confusion surrounding Free Software alternatives, our research will
hopefully be very useful to a variety of individuals and organisations.
*Activity outline*
- Testing takes place on 15.09.12 at 14.00-17.00 UK time (15.00-18.00 CEST)
- Use a grid of Free Software chat programs for collecting our findings
- Test as many chat clients as possible (eg. Pidgin, Psi)
- For each combination of programs test whether voice chat and video
works (people without webcams can still test voice chat)
*Optional additional tests*
- Try connecting to other people at madlab, and also try
connecting to people in other countries
- Test the Free Software clients with different operating
systems if people bring them installed on laptops
- Test different versions of chat clients (not just the latest release)
*Requirements*
- Bring your own laptop (some older laptops will be available to borrow)
- Your laptop should have either a built in microphone, a separate microphone,
or mic headset
*Optional Requirements*
- Built in, or stand-alone webcam
Three separate Free Software and GNU/Linux groups will be meeting in MadLab on
Saturday: Manchester FSFE Fellowship Group, Manchester Free Software, and
ManLUG. Other activities will likely be available in addition to chat testing,
so feel free to come along and see what you fancy.
MadLab event page: http://madlab.org.uk/content/fsfe-manchester-free-software-
and-manlug/
"See" you there (one way or another :) ),
Sam.
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Sam Tuke
Campaign Manager
Free Software Foundation Europe
IM : samtuke(a)jabber.fsfe.org
Latest UK Free Software news: uk.fsfe.org
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Hi everyone,
perhaps this is of interest to some of you:
UNESCO is looking for interns who would like to work on Drupal.
Best regards,
Karsten
----- Forwarded message from "Storti, Davide" <d.storti(a)unesco.org> -----
> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:32:27 +0200
> From: "Storti, Davide" <d.storti(a)unesco.org>
> To: Karsten Gerloff <gerloff(a)fsfeurope.org>
> Subject: Internship opportunities at UNESCO (DRUPAL)
>
> Dear Karsten,
>
>
>
> We are currently looking for one or more interns to contribute to some
> UNESCO Web projects. In particular, we are looking for someone able to
> work on Drupal sites hosted on Apache servers (module implementation,
> monitoring, development).
>
>
>
> In particular, the intern will work on projects such as:
>
>
>
> - opentrainingplatform.org
>
> - project sites - existants (example:
> http://www.unesco-ci.org/ipdcprojects/
> <http://www.unesco-ci.org/ipdcprojects/> ) or new (example, a new
> DRUPAL site for the Information For All programme IFAP
> http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/intergovernme
> ntal-programmes/information-for-all-programme-ifap/
> <http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/intergovernm
> ental-programmes/information-for-all-programme-ifap/> )
>
>
>
> Also, the UNESCO website (unesco.org), currently under Typo3, is being
> re-developed in Drupal and my colleagues are looking for students who
> might be interested to participate and contribute.
>
>
>
> Required skills:
>
> - Good knowledge of Drupal 6 and 7 and relevant API
>
> - Very good knowledge in php / mysql
>
> - Configuring Apache
>
> - Knowledge of html / css
>
> - Mastering of English and/or French.
>
>
>
> The duration of the internships ranges from 3 to 6 months to be spent on
> site at UNESCO's Headquarters (Paris).
>
> Please note that UNESCO internships are not remunerated.
>
>
>
> Thank you for sharing this announcement to any interested persons.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Davide
>
>
>
>
>
> Davide Storti
>
> Open Suite Team
>
> Communication and Information Sector
>
> UNESCO
>
>
>
> Celebrate World Teachers' Day 5 October -----------------------------------------
>
> Take a stand for teachers! Join us in celebrating 5 October, World Teachers’ Day
> http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/events/prizes-and-celebrations/celebrat…
>
> Agissons pour les enseignant(e)s ! Le 5 octobre, célébrons ensemble la Journée mondiale des enseignants
> http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/events/prizes-and-celebrations/celebrat…
----- End forwarded message -----
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Free Software Foundation Europe [ ][ ][ ] [http://fsfe.org]
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Your donation powers our work! [http://fsfe.org/donate/]
Free Software Foundation Europe e.V. is a German Verein registered
at the Registergericht Hamburg (VR 17030).
There is an interesting article about Free Software in the car industry.
I think it was not yet shared here: https://lwn.net/Articles/510112/
Regards,
Matthias
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Matthias Kirschner - FSFE - Fellowship Coordinator, German Coordinator
FSFE, Linienstr. 141, 10115 Berlin, t +49-30-27595290 +49-1577-1780003
Weblog (blogs.fsfe.org/mk) - Contact (fsfe.org/about/kirschner)
Support FSFE! http://fsfe.org/support/?mk
In these "Free Your Android" times I was wondering if anyone has had
good experience with free software-friendly ebook readers?
There's the Amazon Kindle which is actually a nice device in that it
shows the text in a very "book-like" fashion, but unfortunately it's
based on proprietary software and a DRM-ridden business model.
I suppose any tablet PC would do, running GNU/Linux, but tablet screens
are still "back-lit" unlike the Kindle and thus more of a strain for the
eyes. Any recommendations?
Thanks in advance,
Carsten
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http://www.modspil.dkhttps://blogs.fsfe.org/agger/
Dear discussion members,
from now on, there it is also possible to become a "supporter of FSFE",
see <http://fsfe.org/support>. This way you can easily show that they
care about Free Software and support the FSFE's activities.
*WHY* Reason for this is that a) we want to have a better measurement
how many people care about our issues, and b) we also want to show
others how many people support our mission. Others do this with Facebook
"friends" or "followers", but we do not want to force anyone to register
for an external service to show that they care about _our mission_.
*What does it mean* As said, you do not have to pay anything, and we
will not publish the names or e-mail-addresses of our supporters. We
will just publish the total number of them, and they may receive
occasional important information from us, at most three times a year. If
they like what we are doing, maybe some of them subscribe to our
newsletter <https://fsfe.org/news/newsletter.html>, start dicsussion
things like you on our public lists, do a one time donation
<http://fsfe.org/donate> or become Fellows <http://fsfe.org/join>.
Two things you can do in less than 10 minutes to help us:
1. Go to http://fsfe.org/support and become a supporter!
2. Ask your friends and colleagues -- by e-mail, social networks, or in
person -- if they also want to become a supporter. You can e.g. use an
URL like <http://fsfe.org/support/?YourFellowshipLoginName> for this
(like I do in my signature). This way you can see people who subscribe
because of you on
<https://fsfe.org/support/stats?ref_id=YourFellowshipLoginName> and the
general progress on <https://fsfe.org/support/stats>.
Thanks a lot for your ongoing support!
Matthias
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Matthias Kirschner - FSFE - Fellowship Coordinator, German Coordinator
FSFE, Linienstr. 141, 10115 Berlin, t +49-30-27595290 +49-1577-1780003
Weblog (blogs.fsfe.org/mk) - Contact (fsfe.org/about/kirschner)
Support FSFE! http://fsfe.org/support/?mk
Hi everyone!
Maybe you've heard about Hugo Roy's wonderful initiative: Terms of
Service - Didn't Read that he launched recently with Michiel de Jong and
Jan-Christoph Borchardt. Their project aims at making you aware of what
you agree to when you click without thinking on the "I accept the terms
of service" on all the websites on which you have created an account. By
rating them from A (good) to E (very bad), they help every one of us to
actually now about what we are getting into.
Here is the website: <http://tos-dr.info/>.
These three people have lives and they do not allow them to contribute
as much as they'd like to the project. That's why they want to raise
money to be able to hire someone to help them.
So now it's our turn to help them for all the good job they've done and
that they will continue to do! You can contribute on their Indiegogo's
campaign here: <http://www.indiegogo.com/terms-of-service-didnt-read>.
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