free your computer!
This is a repost, and a request to anyone in Montreal to please spread the word. The Atwater Library, along with FACiL, are presenting a seminar on Free and Open Source Software, Monday Feb 21 at 7pm, 1200 Atwater (just below ste-catherine)… The idea is to try to get a room full of regular joes, along with some hackers and talk about why you should use F/OSS, and what easy tools/software are available. I’m going to introduce the thing (which should be a monthly series, more on that later), Sylvain will be talking about the technology philosophy & history of F/OSS, Cogitateurs/Agitateurs
should be giving a bit of a talk on wider social implications, and then Dan and Sylvain will share the task of doing a few quick tutorials on some software. It should be interactive - so we hope lots of questions etc. I think (hope!) Omar from Koumbit is going to record, and we’ll podcast later.
So once again, any Mtl bloggers out there, pls spread the word, especially to your non-hacker friends.
More info can be found here.
Which is the same as the info below:
Free Your Computer! Libérez votre ordinateur! | Atwater Library
A Seminar about Free and Open Source Software
(français a suivre)
Where: the Atwater Library Auditorium (2nd Level), 1200 Atwater Avenue
When: Monday, February 21st, 2005 from 7:00 P.M. to 8:30 P.M.What is Free Software? Open Source? It’s email, internet, word processing, spreadsheets, website design, graphic manipulation, presentations, audio, video, operating systems…you can get Free Software for all of these applications. Why don’t you try it? This interactive seminar will introduce the hows and whys, and give a brief overview of some of the most popular free software available for your computer. Presented jointly by FACIL-pour l’appropriation collective de l’information libre, and the Atwater Library and Computer Centre.
The seminar will be bilingual.
FREE ADMISSIONUne présentation sur les logiciels libres et à code source ouvert
Où: La Bibliothèque Atwater et Centre d’informatique, 1200, avenue Atwater
Quand: lundi, le 21 février, de 19H00 à 20H30Qu’est-ce que c’est un logiciel libre? Le courriel, l’Internet, le traitement de texte, les tableurs, la conception de site web, les présentations, les systèmes d’exploitation. C’est aussi la manipulation graphique, l’audio, la vidéo. Il existe des logiciels libres pour toutes ces applications. Vous êtes curieux? Ce séminaire interactif vous présentera les raisons qui pourraient motiver ce choix et vous offrira un aperçu général de quelques-uns des logiciels libres les plus populaires! Présenté par FACIL-pour l’appropriation collective de l’informatique libre, et la Bibliothèque Atwater et Centre d’informatique.
Le séminaire se déroulera en français et en anglais.
ENTRÉE GRATUITE
e les échanges entre ces deux groupes. Geeks et non-geeks sont donc bienvenus!” Via Hugh sur Dose Magazine.
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Pingback by IM2 | OQP » Libérez votre ordinateur! — February 21, 2005 @ 1:48 pm
Libérez votre ordinateur!
Je participe ce soir à la conférence “libérez votre ordinateur”, à la Bibliothèque Atwater et Centre d’informatique, 1200, avenue Atwater, de 19H00 à 20H30Qu’est-ce que c’est un logiciel lib…
Trackback by A Frog in the Valley — February 21, 2005 @ 1:55 pm
Congrats on the great presentation. It was super interesting. I can’t wait to see the rest of the SocialTech series!
Comment by d. — February 21, 2005 @ 11:35 pm
I enjoyed the presentation and was disappointed to have to leave before the end. I hope my small contributions were useful (I was the guy with long hair and british accent ;)).
One suggestion I might make for future presentations is to cut back on the Microsoft bashing a little. I know it’s easy to do and sometimes hard to avoid, but it could alienate some people.
Comment by lambic — February 22, 2005 @ 12:21 pm
hey thanks for coming! yeah, it’s hard to get a room full of free software fanatics and not see some eggs thrown at MS! you are right though, as with all “activism” the objective should be to stick to the facts, and keep the snark out, otherwise you end up talking to your friends who aloready agree. but i thought in general it was less evangelical than some presentations I’ve heard … I hope hitting a decent level for the crowd that was there.
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Definitely some great reading! I love Dose Magazine, read every issue! I am interested in writing a column!
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