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| = Upcoming discussion topic ideas = 2016: | |
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| * | # Upcoming discussion topic ideas # | 
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| = Ideas = | |
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| * 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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| * 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. | * GPG key signing | 
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|  * GNU Parallel | * GNU Parallel | 
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|  * Pagekite | * Pagekite | 
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|  * The state of free software social networks including Diaspora and Identica | * The state of free software social networks including Diaspora and Identica | 
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|  * Review of alternatives to Dropbox (file sharing) * 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/ | * Review of alternatives to Dropbox (file sharing)   * [http://sparkleshare.org/](http://sparkleshare.org/)   * [http://www.melissi.org/blog/](http://www.melissi.org/blog/)   * [http://owncloud.org/](http://owncloud.org/)   * [http://fak3r.com/geek/howto-build-your-own-open-source-dropbox-clone/](http://fak3r.com/geek/howto-build-your-own-open-source-dropbox-clone/)   * [https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs](https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs)   * [http://freedomboxfoundation.org/](http://freedomboxfoundation.org/) | 
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|  * Free software in science: ecologists talking about how the use GNU R statistics tools | * Free software in science: ecologists talking about how the use GNU R statistics tools | 
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| * Workshop on making a gnu head in Blender | * Something practical, perhaps a tutorial or hack session | 
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| * Where do you get your free software news? Favourite websites, news feeds, audiocasts, videocasts etc. | * Workshop on making a gnu head in Blender | 
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| * Book review: Free as in Freedom 2nd Edition | * Where do you get your free software news? Favourite websites, news feeds, audiocasts, videocasts etc. | 
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| * Run a Debian Bug Squashing Party as a way to get people started in contributing to free software | * Book review: Free as in Freedom 2nd Edition | 
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| * Contributing to h-node.com hardware database | * Run a Debian Bug Squashing Party as a way to get people started in contributing to free software | 
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| * Visiting free software folks from other states | * Contributing to h-node.com hardware database | 
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| * Unsung heros: the free software that we all use, but no-one notices - an the people who maintain them | * Visiting free software folks from other states | 
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| * 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. | * 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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| * How can we be more involved with [[http://libreplanet.org/|LibrePlanet]]? | * Unsung heros: the free software that we all use, but no-one notices - an the people who maintain them | 
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| * USB-N dongles | * Free software trivia night | 
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| * e-book readers | * 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. | 
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| * DRM in HTML 5 | * How can we be more involved with [LibrePlanet](http://libreplanet.org/)? | 
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| = Past ideas = These are events and topics which have been used in the past. | * USB-N dongles | 
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| * e-book readers | |
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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 * GPG key signing * Something practical, perhaps a tutorial or hack session | * DRM in HTML 5{: page-href="wiki:///upcomingTopics"} | 
Upcoming discussion topic ideas
Please add any thoughts for new topics here.
- 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. 
- GPG key signing 
- GNU Parallel 
- Pagekite 
- The state of free software social networks including Diaspora and Identica 
- Review of alternatives to Dropbox (file sharing) 
- Free software in science: ecologists talking about how the use GNU R statistics tools 
- Something practical, perhaps a tutorial or hack session 
- 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 
- My favourite free software: short reviews an interesting and useful piece of free software, may or may not be widely used 
- Unsung heros: the free software that we all use, but no-one notices - an the people who maintain them 
- Free software trivia night 
- 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. 
- How can we be more involved with LibrePlanet? 
- USB-N dongles 
- e-book readers 
- DRM in HTML 5{: page-href="wiki:///upcomingTopics"} 
