A very BIG thank you to everybody who participated in Melbourne's part of this global event. We had an outstanding day meeting new people and introducing FREE software for all operating systems, Linux, Windows and MAC OS. We answered loads of questions ranging from "does Linux..." tech savvy to very basic 'how do I...", and got an amazing response from Chadstone Shoppers

Got a disc and want to know more??? Come along to our next LUV workshop - the Linux Users of Victoria meet on the third Saturday of every month ... so that's October 17 ... at the Hub in Docklands 17 Waterview Walk. Just like the software, it's a FREE non-discriminatory, very welcoming event for people of all ages. Just look for the big rabbit... and just like Neo, follow it.....

http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/melb

http://www.luv.asn.au/sfd

Chadstone Shopping Centre - Melbourne, Australia

Software Freedom Day 2009 in Melbourne - Saturday 19th September!

Software Freedom Day is a global, grassroots effort to tell people about the virtues and availability of Free and Open Source Software.Melbourne's various Free and Open Source Software groups join the global celebration for Software Freedom Day with a series of Free Talks on various aspects of the technology and communities that support it. Melbourne's celebration is proudly supported by the Victorian Government.

We've put together a great program of talks and workshops at the Melbourne PC User Group premises, located in Chadstone Shopping Centre, the largest shopping complex in the Southern Hemisphere. There's a large theatre there for talks about the world of Software Freedom, and a small computer lab where we will run workshops and free and open source software demos.

Media

• iTWire story

• Beginning Programming with Python - slides, notes

• Inkscape workshop - slides

• 3 minute video

• Minh Nguyen's photos

• Brianna Laugher's photos

• Kathy Reid's photos (some by Tim Serong)

• Donna's camera

Venue - Melbourne PC, Chadstone Shopping Centre

Level 2, Chadstone Place Chadstone Shopping Centre

Demonstrations

There will also be demonstrations of various open source operating systems, software and linux friendly hardware in the venue’s atrium all day. Come and check out what free open source has to offer for your home/office.

Contact

For more information about this years event contact kattekrab at gmail.com

Social Networking

Twitter: http://twitter.com/sfd_melb - account is sfd_melb if you want to follow it

Help us collect statements about Software Freedom Day in as many languages as we can! MultiLingualSFD

For pics of SFD in 2008 see

http://flickr.com/search/?q=sfd-melb

For More Information see....

• http://vic.computerbank.org.au/

• http://www.luv.asn.au/

• http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/

• http://www.phpmelb.org

• http://www.phpwomen.org

• http://www.ausom.net.au/

• http://www.melbpc.org.au/

General Information about Free and Open Source Software

• http://www.fsf.org/ Free Software Foundation

• http://www.opensource.org/ The Open Source Initiative

• http://www.iosn.net/ International Open Source Network

• http://www.linux.org.au/ Linux Australia

• http://www.openoffice.org/ Open Office: Office Software Package

• http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ Firefox: Web Browser

Press Release Archive

• 2008 Event Listing Media Release

• 2006 Software Freedom Day in Melbourne

• 2006 Free and Open Source Software for Multi-Lingual Learning

• 2006 Linux Users of Victoria hosts an InstallFest for Software Freedom Day

• 2006 Software Freedom Bazaar at the Melbourne Town Hall

Coverage from previous years

• Plan your Software Freedom Day Activities Angus Kidman, Lifehacker

• Australia Gears up for Software Freedom Day Liz Tay, ITNews

• Software Freedom Day 2008: Updated Hamish Taylor, iTWire

• Software Freedom Day 2008 Hamish Taylor, iTWire

• Taking FOSS to the masses (2007) Sam Varghese, iTWire

• Melbourne SFD celebrants go for world record linuxworld.com.au, Australia - 31 Aug 2006 more>>