As allways I volunteer to give the philosophy lecture. I can also give a rerun of the living in the community lecture.
-- Ori Idan On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Shlomi Fish <shlo...@iglu.org.il> wrote: > Hi all! > > Well, as you may have noticed, there wasn't a general consensus on whether > "Welcome-to-Linux" (= W2L) or "Welcome-to-FOSS" (= W2FOSS) were better. > However, looking at the schedule at: > > http://welcome.linux.org.il/2008/timetable.html > > it seems very old-fashioned and rehearsed. We can just keep the slides and > refer people to them. As the Telux/TelFOSS "benevolent dictator"[1], I > think > we'll do something which is kind-of in between. > > What I think is that we need at first is a two part series. The first > installment (not necessarily the first one to be given) will be a showcase > of > lots of FOSS (Linux, but also portable software) awesomeness-factor: > graphics, > features, usability, some free games[2], Amarok, kaffeine/totem, etc. We > should remember that using a laptop (with Linux or otherwise) and having an > Internet there are mutually exclusive, unless we can get Eddie to somehow > give > us the necessary Tel Aviv Uni INET privileges. > > The second installment will be about the FOSS philosophy, ideology and its > practical implications. The summary of it that I have so far is: > > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > Welcome-to-Linux / Welcome-to-FOSS abstract > ------------------------------------------- > > * Introduction: > - What is Free Software/Open Source: > - source code > - analogy to wikipedia. (?) > - Edit/View source. > - The FSF Free Software Definition > - FOSS != Public Domain > - copyleft. > - some restrictions. > - share-alike > - permissive licences (BSDL, X11L, etc.) > - do what you want with them? > - mostly > - > > * Examples of open source software: > - Firefox. > - OpenOffice.org > - Linux. > - what is an operating system. > - A free kernel. > - The GNU/Linux run-time. > - lots of names - X11 (X.Org), KDE, GNOME, OpenSSH. > - don't be alarmed. > - Other similar OSes (FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD). > - Many distributions. > - all packaging the same FOSS components (with some > modifications). > - Different glue, behaviour and features. > - Different bugs. > - Our recommended distributions: > - Fedora > - Mandriva > - Ubuntu > - links to pages with information about them > - material of previous presentations. > - > > * Advantages of open-source: > - May not cost money. > - gratis/costless/free-as-in-free-beer. > - freely distributable > - Note: it's ok to sell it! > - Story of Stallman selling tapes of GNU software to people who > could not download them from the Internet. > - Can be modified and enhanced: > - study the source to learn how the program works. > - for enlightenement. > - to compensate for lacking documentation. > - > - fix bugs. > - add new features. > - refactoring. > - fork > - Use the Internet for collaboration > - Bazaar model of development. > - Refer to the Cathedral and the Bazaar series. > - Not anti-commercial / anti-business. > - Many valid business models. > - Examples (?) > - Lots of profitable companies. > - As opposed to tangible goods (e.g: hammers, cars, food), software > once developed, can be mass-produced at zero cost. > - Many developers develop FOSS for fun > - Many developers get paid to develop it. > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > It could use some work, but I hope you get my drift, and suggestions will > be > welcome. > > After these two presentation (whose order I'm still not sure about but I'm > leaning to make the first one the first.) we can have a presentation for > developers covering the various options for FOSS development (not only C or > even only Java) and maybe then have some Haifux-like "Staying-in-FOSS" > presentations. These seems more hip, more modern and less resource > consuming > than having a 5-installments long series just about Linux. > > I also see that Haifux will have a Welcome-to-Linux series this year, and > would like to commend them for it. > > Thoughts anyone? > > Regards, > > Shlomi Fish > > [1] - not "for life", though. I welcome spin-offs of Telux, coups, etc. > > [2] - Yes, I know that they are not up-to-par with commercial offerings, > (see > the other thread) but many open-source games can still be impressive: > PySolFC, > Extreme Tux Racer, etc. These can provide a large glitz factor too. > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ > Parody on "The Fountainhead" - http://shlom.in/towtf > > Chuck Norris read the entire English Wikipedia in 24 hours. Twice. > _______________________________________________ > W2l mailing list > w...@projects.hamakor.org.il > http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/w2l >
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