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= Ideas =
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 * GPG key signing
 * Free software trivia night
 * Free Your Phone workshop for installing Replicant or similar. Note that Replicant is only supported on a very limited number of devices, so would require that people came with a known compatible device eg. bought from eBay. For people who don't have a compatible device and aren't able to buy a new one, we could help them install F-Droid free software app store.
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  * http://sparkleshare.org/
   * http://www.melissi.org/blog/
   * http://owncloud.org/
  * http://fak3r.com/geek/howto-build-your-own-open-source-dropbox-clone/
   * https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs
  * http://freedomboxfoundation.org/		   * http://sparkleshare.org/
  * http://www.melissi.org/blog/
  * http://owncloud.org/
 * http://fak3r.com/geek/howto-build-your-own-open-source-dropbox-clone/
  * https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs
 * http://freedomboxfoundation.org/
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 * Something practical, perhaps a tutorial or hack session
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 * My favourite free software: short reviews an interesting and useful piece of free software, may or may not be widely used
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 * Free software trivia night
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 * USB-N dongles

 * e-book readers

 * DRM in HTML 5

= Past ideas =
These are events and topics which have been used in the past.


 * My favourite free software: short reviews an interesting and useful piece of free software, may or may not be widely used

 * GPG key signing

 * Something practical, perhaps a tutorial or hack session
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Upcoming discussion topic ideas

2016:

Ideas

Please add any thoughts for new topics here.

  • Free software trivia night
  • Free Your Phone workshop for installing Replicant or similar. Note that Replicant is only supported on a very limited number of devices, so would require that people came with a known compatible device eg. bought from eBay. For people who don't have a compatible device and aren't able to buy a new one, we could help them install F-Droid free software app store.
  • GNU Parallel
  • Pagekite
  • The state of free software social networks including Diaspora and Identica
  • Free software in science: ecologists talking about how the use GNU R statistics tools
  • Workshop on making a gnu head in Blender
  • Where do you get your free software news? Favourite websites, news feeds, audiocasts, videocasts etc.
  • Book review: Free as in Freedom 2nd Edition
  • Run a Debian Bug Squashing Party as a way to get people started in contributing to free software
  • Contributing to h-node.com hardware database
  • Visiting free software folks from other states
  • Unsung heros: the free software that we all use, but no-one notices - an the people who maintain them
  • Free and open source-friendly employers - both technology companies and others, e.g. how do you make the print shop your work at more free software friendly.
  • USB-N dongles
  • e-book readers
  • DRM in HTML 5

Past ideas

These are events and topics which have been used in the past.

  • My favourite free software: short reviews an interesting and useful piece of free software, may or may not be widely used
  • GPG key signing
  • Something practical, perhaps a tutorial or hack session