December 2003 - Announce

[ALUG] Re: Schools using open source software
by nick daniels 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Hi I received this email from Herts LUG and thought it worth posting I have asked permission If i could foward it and was told , foward away Regards Nick Daniels On Wednesday 17 December 2003 15:44, tony.tibbenham(a)sonoco.com wrote: > All, > > Given the enthusiasm in LUG's for getting Linux into schools I thought the > attached message was worth broadcasting. Please respond directly to Jon > Hunt > > (forwarded with the permission of Jon Hunt. Originally received via MK LUG > mailing list) > > -----Forwarded Message----- > From: Jonathon Hunt <jon.hunt(a)becta.org.uk> > Subject: Schools using open source software > Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 11:47:24 +0000 > > Dear sir/madam, > > My name is Jon Hunt and I work for Becta's Independent Procurement > Advisory Service (Ipas). We are currently conducting a number of total > cost of ownership studies of ICT in educational institutions, and are > keen to extend these to include schools using open source software. > > I am currently pulling together a list of schools in England that are > using open source software, based on desk research, using sources such > as http://www.schoolforge.org.uk, http://casestudy.seul.org and the > suse-linux-uk-schools list archives. > > I would be interested to hear of any particularly notable case studies > you know about? I would be very grateful for any information or advice > you could provide. > > Becta, the British Educational Communications & Technology Agency, is > the Government's lead agency for ICT in education. > > Many thanks, > > Jon Hunt > IPAS - Independent Procurement Advisory Service, Becta > Tel: +44 (0)24 7684 7190 > http://ipas.ngfl.gov.uk http://www.becta.org.uk > > -- My thoughts -- > This is a chance to get education advisors to recognise the benefits of > Linux. Becta's web site includes such gems as "Microsoft Licencing > Negotiations" which is interesting reading. > > So, a chance for all those schools and colleges who have used GNU/Linux to > detail the benefits they have received and answer the question "is Linux > cheaper for education". > > If nothing else offering real competition may encourage existing suppliers > to keep their licencing fees low. > > Anyone got some good stories to tell? _______________________________________________ main(a)lists.alug.org.uk http://www.alug.org.uk/ http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main Unsubscribe? See message headers or the web site above!

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Support Free Software with buying books (fwd)
by MJ Ray 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: 2003-12-17 11:20:50 +0000 From: Thorsten Ehlers <thorsten(a)freiheit.com> Subject: Support Free Software with buying books Hi, a little more than a month ago we have launched our very own online-bookshop Bookzilla.de as a partner of Libri.de (a books distributor). The system runs on machines with Debian GNU/Linux. We receive a commission of 5% on every article, which we donate 100% to the Free Software Foundation Europe <http://www.fsfeurope.org/>. So if you are planning to buy some books, CDs or DVDs, you may want to consider doing so at <http://www.bookzilla.de/>. Best regards, Stefan Richter and Thorsten Ehlers on behalf of the Bookzilla.de-team

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Web site changes
by MJ Ray 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

The web site is at http://www.alug.org.uk/ and now has: # Jobs listing linked to meeting areas # Meeting details for 2004 (Norwich, Syleham, K.Lynn in Jan and Feb. More Norwich entries to come.) # Venue listing: new map and pages for each local area. # Stuman sneakily asking for a job in the contrib area's member's directory # Dave Briggs moves his blog # Visitors from HUDLUG and France sign the visitor book -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and possibly not of any group I know. Please http://remember.to/edit_messages on lists to be sure I read http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ gopher://g.towers.org.uk/ slef(a)jabber.at Creative copyleft computing services via http://www.ttllp.co.uk/

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LOCAL: GNU/Linux/East Anglia: 17 Dec, 25 Jan, 29 Feb+more tbc
by MJ Ray 14 Dec '03

14 Dec '03

ALUG meets frequently around East Anglia to discuss and demonstrate GNU/Linux and other free software. The next meetings are: * [7]King's Lynn on Wed 17 Dec 2003: Informal chat and xmas quiz * [8]Norwich on Sun 25 Jan 2005: A talk? * [9]Syleham, mid-Suffolk on Sun 29 Feb 2004: Film screening and software demos * IRC each Monday from 8pm in irc.alug.org.uk #alug * Ely, date tbc If you are interested in coming along, look at the pages mentioned for details and send an email to our discussion list or the meeting organiser. We are also interested in hearing from people who can help make meetings happen again in the Ipswich and North Norfolk areas. Join the mailing list and start organising, or drop us an email privately if you'd rather. Discussion If you want to talk about this, please [13]use the mailing list. * Jump to 1. [15]Join ALUG 2. [16]FAQ 3. [17]Meetings References 7. http://www.alug.org.uk/meetings/2003/meeting19.html 8. http://www.alug.org.uk/meetings/2004/01-25Sun.html 9. http://www.alug.org.uk/meetings/2004/02-29Sun.html 13. http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main 15. http://www.alug.org.uk/background/contacts.html 16. http://www.alug.org.uk/contrib/?AlugFaq 17. http://www.alug.org.uk/meetings/2003/

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[Fsfe-uk] "Software Patents in Europe" IRC meet 6pm Monday
by James Heald 14 Dec '03

14 Dec '03

There's going to be an IRC discussion on "Software Patents in Europe" this Monday at 6pm, to kick off a week of free online events organised by Uninet as part of its 4th international virtual conference on unix: http://umeet.uninet.edu/umeet2003/english/prog.html All welcome to #linux on the Uninet IRC network, http://www.uninet.edu/uninet/servers.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Guy Brand" Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 9:34 AM Subject: Umeet conference on swpats > Hello, > > Uninet Project (http://www.uninet.edu) is announcing its 2003 edition of > the Umeet Conference (http://umeet.uninet.edu/umeet2003/english/pres.html) > This year, the organizing comittee wants to start the event by a bof session > dedicated to Software Patents in EU. Feel free to join this bof session, > which will take place on Monday, December 15th at 18:00 UTC. Umeet > conferences are given online through the IRC network of Uninet > (http://www.uninet.edu/uninet/servers.html) The bof and conferences will > take place in the #linux channel. > > For those new to IRC, you need an IRC client (such as xchat, chatzilla, > ircII) which has to be told to connect to one of the servers listed on the > previously given web page and you have to join the #linux channel (usually > by issuing a /join #linux command). If you need help or assistance, feel > free to ask. Some web gateways to IRC servers are also available for users > sitting behind restrictive firewalls or networks (http://irc.fr.uninet.edu/ > is one of these gateways). > > gb > > _______________________________________________ > bxl mailing list > (un)subscribe via > http://lists.ffii.org/mailman/listinfo/bxl and http://aktiv.ffii.org/. If you subscribed via the latter, you can unsubscribe only by going to both. > _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list Fsfe-uk(a)gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk

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Reminder: Norwich evening meet this week
by Syd Hancock 09 Dec '03

09 Dec '03

Norwich area monthly evening meet takes place as usual on the second thursday of the month: 11th december 2003 from 8pm in the bar of the Forum, Norwich. Full details, directions etc. on the ALUG website http://www.alug.org.uk Syd

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Linux Ham headcount
by MJ Ray 09 Dec '03

09 Dec '03

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: 2003-12-03 10:06:19 +0000 From: chris williams <webboss(a)ntlworld.com> Subject: Linux Ham headcount Hi All, Would you mind asking around your lugs to see if you have and Radio Amateurs in your groups. If you could you ask any "Linux Hams" you find lurking to drop a very quick mail to :- linuxham(a)485design.co.uk At this stage Im doing a quick headcount using an email countbot to see roughly how many are about, but if there is enough interest a couple of members from our group plan to put together a UK based Linux-Ham resource site etc... We (Shropshire LUG) recently did a "Linux Awareness Day" at Telford Radio Rally - a national event kind of like a computer fair on steriods for radio amateurs. Quite a good event - several thousand visitors all of whom had to walk past our display to get to the bargains - lots of interest - kept 6 of us on the display stand busy all day with demos and chat :) Judging from the number of visitors we spoke to who indicated they used linux already there should be potentially quite a few. Our lug has about half a dozen out of our 60ish membership that are radio amateurs (around 10%). I will be interested to see if this is a national thing or if we are just a strange bunch of anoraks here in shropshire ;) cheers all... Chris W (g7/m3nbp) -- Christopher J Williams LugMaster for Shropshire - http://www.shropshire.lug.org

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