Applications for students to join this years Google Summer of code are now open.
This period runs as follows
March 16 – 31, 2020 Students can register and submit their applications to mentor organizations. All proposals must be submitted by March 31, 2020 19:00 (British Summer Time).
As per timeline
Please use the contact details here to find out more information.
The list of organizations supporting this years Google Summer of code were announced on the 20th Feb 2020.
Student applications start in March 2020, however there is plenty of time to do some research in to the companies / projects you would like to perhaps get involved with.
DATES FOR LUG MEETS, CODE CLUBS & SOUTH DEVON TECH JAM etc: JANUARY 2020
Sat 4th January – Code Club (Contact paignton.library@librariesunlimited.org.uk)
Sat 11th January – 11an to 15:00 – South Devon Tech Jam (info@sdtj.org.uk)
Info also on social media : Friendica
On Facebook / Instagram please search for South Devon Tech Jam
Sat 18th January – Code Club
Sat 18th January – North Devon DCGLUG Meeting (Holsworthy) TBC
Please contact Neil W via list
Sat 25th January – Plymouth DCGLUG Meeting
Please contact Andy / Grant via list
Please follow the Devon and Cornwall Lug on the Fediverse at
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
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.
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
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
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.
Google Summer of Code March 2019 update
Update on this round of Debian / Google summer of code applications.
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
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.