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Mission Libre

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Mission Libre

Mission:Libre is a new, independent project for teens all over the world who love free software. We aim to help teens learn about software freedom and develop the skills they’ll need as they become tomorrow’s contributors and activists. Mission:Libre will help spread the word about free software.

<a href=”https://missionlibre.org/”>Mission Libre</a>

Early days with this yet, but the idea is ambitious and innovative. Hopefully this will be successful.

There are lots of projects, resources and tutorials out there and any inititive to help bring people together under a common cause is always welcome.

Lets see what happens and if there will hhe a few people from the South west getting involved with this.

February 2022 meetings

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Devon and Cornwall Linux user group meetings for February 2022

Also has details of other events organized by DCGLUG members

I am creating this post in order to consolidate previous meeting information in to one post.

CODE CLUB

Code Club takes place on the First and Third Saturday of the month

STEM GROUP

Paignton Library STEM Group

Saturday 12th February 2022 @ Paignton Library from 11am

 

Please book via the library, as we need to know numbers attending.

DCGLUG virtual meeting (jitsi)

Day / Date: Saturday 19/2/2022

Time: From 12:00 Location:

Online – Meeting jit.si link

Please see meetings page for more info or ask on IRC / Mailing list.

DCGLUG Plymouth Physical meeting

Day / Date : Saturday 29/2/2022
Time : 12:00
Location : Moments Cafe, Plymouth – Website

Please ask on e-mail discussion list for more information. We can also be found on #DCGLUG on the Libera.chat IRC network.

Dates / times are provided to the best of my ability, please contact Paul Sutton via the list if there is a problem.

South Devon Tech Jam Meeting

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South Devon Tech Jam – Virtual Meeting
We are back,  Just virtually using Big Blue Button – video conferencing
Details from our Meetup page.
contact e-mail for more details  : info AT sdtj DOT org DOT uk

OggCamp 2019

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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.

https://www.oggcamp.org/

 

Fedora : How to help

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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.

What Can I do for Fedora

Repl.it

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Repl.it

Repl.it is a web based development environment.  This gives you an instant IDE to develop your code and projects.   It has recently been updated so that it is multiplayer by default so you can collaborate in real time with fellow developers / hackers, which should help increase productivity and or learning / teaching potential of this platform.   Great work to the Development team.

Please see https://repl.it/ for more information and to sign up.

Screen Shot by Paul Sutton – zleap

South Devon Computing at School

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South Devon Computing at School

Work to restart the South Devon Computing at School Community seems to be going well, we could do with some more teachers and other staff to get in touch and say how you would like to be supported.

Twitter @compatsch

e-mail : compatsch@bcs.uk – The local contact is Claire Davenport

  1. Computing At School Website

Libreoffice : How to help

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LibreOffice : How to help

LibreOffice is a well featured free and open source office suite.  As with any project contributors are welcome and encouraged to get involved. There are lots of different jobs to do, so not everything is about coding.   Please see the following link for more information, and see how you may be able to help.

https://whatcanidoforlibreoffice.org/

GSoC March 2019 Update

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Google Summer of Code March 2019 update

Update on this round of  Debian / Google summer of code applications.

Debian is welcoming applicants for Outreachy and GSoC 2019

On Thu 28 March 2019 with tags announce gsoc outreachy
Written by Laura Arjona Reina and Lesley Mitchell

Debian is dedicated to increasing the diversity of contributors to the project and improving the inclusivity of the project. We strongly believe working towards these goals provides benefits both for people from backgrounds that are currently under-represented in free software, and for the wider movement, by increasing the range of skills, experiences and viewpoints contributing to it.

https://bits.debian.org/2019/03/call-for-applicants-outreachy-gsoc-2019.html

 

CODE CLUB PAIGNTON 7

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CODE CLUB PAIGNTON

The next Paignton code club is this Saturday 5th January 2019

Paignton Library at the usual time.     Please visit https://www.codeclub.org.uk/ for more information about Code Club and please contact Paignton Library and Information Centre for more information about the Paignton sessions.  Places are limited.

You can also contact Paul Sutton via the DCGLUG mailing list.

Torqauy Library also run sessions.  Please contact  https://www.torbay.gov.uk/libraries/find-a-library/torquay-library/

We should find that Scratch 3 is now released.  Looking forward to it.