SFD Nicaragua 2008
Our report for the SFD 2007 event can be found here.
What is the Software Freedom Day?
The Software Freedom Day (SFD) is a worldwide celebration of free and open source software (FOSS). The purpose of this celebration is to educate the public about the benefits of using high quality FOSS in education, in the government, at home and in the businesses - in short, everywhere! Software Freedom International is the nonprofit organization that coordinates the SFD event globally, providing support, materials and a point of collaboration, but volunteer teams around the world organize events in their local communities.
The vision is to empower all people to freely connect, create and share in a digital world that is participatory, transparent and sustainable.
Objectives
- Celebrate Free Software and the people who make it possible.
- Develop a general understanding of free software and encourage the adoption of free software and open standards.
- Increase equity of access to opportunities through the use of participatory technology.
- Promote a constructive dialogue on rights and responsibilities in the information society.
- Include organizations and individuals who share our vision.
- Being a pragmatic, transparent and accountable organization.
About the organizers
The GNU/Linux Users Group of Nicaragua (GUL-NIC) is a community composed of users, developers and enthusiasts of free software in Nicaragua.
Its main purpose is to promote the use of free technologies that will serve as a basis for the scientific, social and economic development of our country.
GUL-NIC promotes and organizes national and international events related to the Free Software since 2007:
- Linux Tour
- Latin American Free Software Installation Festival (FLISOL)
- Document Freedom Day (DFD)
- Software Freedom Day (SFD)
- Ubuntu Barcamp
Contact email:sfd-ni at linuxtour.org
Time and Place
Place : Universidad Centroamericana - UCA.
Time: 8:00 AM
Conferences
Place: Aula Magna - UCA
Time |
Topic |
Speaker |
Country |
08:00-09:00 |
Registration |
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09:00-09:30 |
Inauguration |
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09:30-09:35 |
Video |
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09:35-10:35 |
Nicaragua |
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10:35-11:35 |
Nicaragua |
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11:35-13:00 |
Lunch |
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13:00-14:00 |
Nicaragua |
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14:00-15:00 |
Guatemala |
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15:00-16:00 |
Nicaragua |
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16:00-16:15 |
Closing ceremony |
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Conference 1
Conference 2
Conference 3
Conference 4
Conference 5
Workshops
Responsible: Place: Laboratories - UCA
Time |
Topic |
Exhibitor |
Country |
00:00-00:00 |
How to create a GNU / Linux distribution |
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Nicaragua |
00:00-00:00 |
How to create a website in 5 minutes |
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Nicaragua |
00:00-00:00 |
Free astronomy applications |
Julio Vannini |
Nicaragua |
00:00-00:00 |
Free software in the social communication |
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Nicaragua |
Games
Responsible: GUL-UCA Place: Xavier Gorostiaga Auditorium - UCA
Time |
Game |
Mode |
00:00-00:00 |
Versus mode |
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00:00-00:00 |
Urban Terror |
Team DeathMatch |
InstallFest
Responsible: GUL-UNI Place: Videoteca - UCA
Free software to be installed on the computers of the attendees, i386, x86_64.
We have the following distributions:
- Opensuse 11.0
- Gnu/Linux Debian Lenny
- Fedora 9
- Fedora Gamer Spin
- Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu 8.04 LTS
Software Freedom Concert
As the closing event, we have the Software Freedom Concert with the participation of local performers.
