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= Upcoming discussion topic ideas =
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Upcoming discussion topic ideas #
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 * GPG key signing * 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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 * GNU Parallel * GPG key signing
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 * Pagekite * GNU Parallel
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 * The state of free software social networks including Diaspora and Identica * Pagekite
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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/
* The state of free software social networks including Diaspora and Identica
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 * Free software in science: ecologists talking about how the use GNU R statistics tools * 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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 * Something practical, perhaps a tutorial or hack session * 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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 * My favourite free software: short reviews an interesting and widely useful piece of free software * Visiting free software folks from other states
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 * Unsung heros: the free software that we all use, but no-one notices - an the people who maintain them * 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 * Unsung heros: the free software that we all use, but no-one notices - an the people who maintain them
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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. * Free software trivia night
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 * How can we be more involved with [[http://libreplanet.org/|LibrePlanet]]? * 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](http://libreplanet.org/)?

* USB-N dongles

* e-book readers

* 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"}