Since this thread was posted in DFBSD diggest, I'm adding a link to the spanish post we did in our BUG blog for some further information, sorry i dont have a english version, lacking of time to do translation right now. http://bugdcubaar.blogspot.com/2008/04/flisol-2008.html Thanks Justin for the mention. Damian > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Sdävtaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > FLISOL is a event run simultaneously in almost every latin american > > country, several cities per country. > > It is a BIIIIIIIIIIIIG installfest, there is a lot of people with low > > or none experience in Open Source that bring the PC and a bunch of > > volunteers help them to install enough software to run the day to day > > activities and learn the first steps, usually the installation is a > > ready-to-go Os, like Ubuntu, anyway there is recurrent users going, > > who maybe had the first install 3 years ago and now looking for > > something else and volunteers who are almost all linux-admins, we > > focuses on the last group, there was a lot of curiosity about BSD and > > about our BUG. > > There is other activities too, there was some 1 hour conferences about > > open standards, multimedia software, and other topics. > > And there is some stands with people promoting some stuff, here in BA > > was Ubuntu and "Buenos Aires Libre" the last one is a big regional > > adhoc wifi network, it covers pretty much the whole city and is full > > collaborative, the people there was teaching how to modify some > > routers to get them into the network. > > I was looking for a english version of the official FLISOL site, but > > found nothing. :-( > > FLISOL means LatinAmenrican Free Software Install Fest. > > It runs once every year. > > I just found this video in youtube, and i appear almost the whole video > :-P > > Im the one with the Green TShirt and the loooooooong hair talking with > > people on the back and the cam shows me every 5 seconds, i didnt > > notice someone was recording. :-P > > http://youtube.com/watch?v=TkYen9NhkQI&feature=related > > The Green TShirt was the oficial Tshirt here, i didnt choose the > > color, I cant get lost in the antarctica wearing that:-( > > See ya > > Damian > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 1:46 PM, Matthew Dillon > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > :Hey, > > > > > > > > > :I just wanted to share with everyone my experience in FLISOL08. > > > :Me and some others BUG people volunteered to the FLISOL08 in Buenos > > > :Aires, it was decided before we joined that everyone was going to get > > > :Ubuntu installed unless they ask for something else. So we went to > > > :install Ubuntu 8.04, but had some DFBSD 1.12.2 CDs in the bag ready > for > > > :installation. > > > :We installed a lot of Ubuntus while talking with volunteers and > > > :experienced users around about SOs stuff, FBSD7, DFBSD, Linux, Minix, > > > :and why not, windows vista, We spreed the curiosity bug all around. > > > :Since yesterday, we getting lot of msn/jabber/icq/mail from those who > > > :are trying it at home now. > > > :DFBSD was in the FLISOL! /cheer! > > > :Damian > > > > > > Cool stuff! I'm not sure what FLISOL08 is but I'm happy to see some > > > DFBsd visibility there :-) > > > > > > -Matt > > > Matthew Dillon > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Sdävtaker prays to Rikku goddess for a good treasure. > > > > > > -- > Sdävtaker prays to Rikku goddess for a good treasure. > > > > -- > > > Sdävtaker prays to Rikku goddess for a good treasure. >
-- Sdävtaker prays to Rikku goddess for a good treasure.
