The next Hardware freedom day is on Saturday 20th September 2025.
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Category Archives: freedom
Software Freedom Day 2024
Software freedom Day, 2024l, will take place on the 21st of September 2024.
I have set up an event for Paignton, details are here and some are below.
Location : STEAM Café & Discovery Centre
13 Torbay Road, Paignton, Devon
Date : 21st September 2024
Time 11 am to 13:00
If you would like to get in touch please send a message via the lug list or drop in to the DCGLUG Matrix channel.
For more general information on Software freedom day, please see the Digital Freedoms website.
You can also drop me (Paul Sutton) a message on Fediverse / Mastodon
SFD 2024 poster
September 21 2024
STEAM Cafe
13 Torqbay Road
Paignton
Libreboot
Libreboot
Libreboot was mentioned at the last Linux user group meeting in June. So worth looking in to if you want a free bios for your computer.
FOSDEM 2021
LibrePlanet 2021
LibrePlanet 2021
Empowering users
March 20-21, 2021
Virtual Conference
IRC LINK : #libreplanet
Server : chat.freenode.net
Webchat : webchat.freenode.net
Registration (benefits, the Participant tier is gratis)
Right to repair
The free software foundation have released their latest animated video on the fight to maintain and get back our right to repair.
More information on the FSF website.
Peer Tube
Peer Tube
A decentralized video hosting network, based on free/libre software
Peer tube is another service on the Fediverse. That allows you to upload video and share this with other. The difference is there are no adverts and fewer limitations on what you can upload. You still need to stay within the law though. Having used this I found it pretty straight forward and it transcoded my video in a few hours. As stated above this is all based on Free / Libre software.
PodCast Search
PodCast Search
While on the Fediverse you come across lots of useful links to other resources. One that I found recently was https://podsearch.com/
As the name suggests this allows you to search for a pod cast in a good range of topics.
Libre Lounge is another podcast that has covered different aspects of the Fediverse, this includes some of the more technical aspects including a multipart discussion on Activity Pub. Activity pub is one of the protocols that allows posts to be federated across the network.
You can find the Devon and Cornwall GNU / Linux user group on the fediverse at https://social.isurf.ca/profile/dcglug
Or search using dcglug@social.isurf.ca
OggCamp 2019
OggCamp 2019
OggCamp is an unconference celebrating Free Culture, Free and Open Source Software, hardware hacking, digital rights, and all manner of collaborative cultural activities and is committed to creating a conference that is as inclusive as possible.
We’re at The Manchester Conference Centre in the Pendulum Hotel near Picadilly Station the weekend of October 19th and 20th 2019.
Fedora : How to help
Fedora : How to help
Like any project, help is always welcome, there is a similar too to that I posted with relation to Libreoffice, but for anyone looking to help with Fedora.
Fedora : How to help
Fedora creates an innovative, free, and open source platform for hardware, clouds, and containers that enables software developers and community members to build tailored solutions for their users.