posted by Thom Holwerda on Mon 2nd Jan 2012 19:12 UTC
Late last year, president Obama signed a law that makes it possible to indefinitely detain terrorist suspects without any form of trial or due process. Peaceful protesters in Occupy movements all over the world have been labelled as terrorists by the authorities. Initiatives like SOPA promote diligent monitoring of communication channels. Thirty years ago, when Richard Stallman launched the GNU project, and during the three decades that followed, his sometimes extreme views and peculiar antics were ridiculed and disregarded as paranoia - but here we are, 2012, and his once paranoid what-ifs have become reality.
Up until relatively recently, it's been easy to dismiss Richard Stallman as a paranoid fanatic ...
Yes! We're meeting again on Friday July 15th, 2011. Kris O. will be showing us some really cool X11 Tricks he's picked up. There will also be time for networking with your fellow GNU/Linux enthusiasts!
You must RSVP if you're planning to attend. Our meeting are open to the public provided you register and RSVP in advance. http://linux.meetup.com/58 for details!
- Frank
Last Updated ( Thursday, 07 July 2011 )
Upcoming Meeting!
Written by Frank Sfalanga
Monday, 25 October 2010
GNU/Linux in November!
We're meeting in the usual location on the 3rd of November. Stephan S. is going to show off some cool HTML 5 stuff!
Our group of GNU and Linux enthusiasts have been getting together regularly for over a decade. I think the very first actual meeting took place in my garage on 10th Ave in Cape Coral Florida sometime in 1998. I think Dennis Osterhouse was there but I'm not sure. (Appologies to anyone who knows differently)
According to the almighty oracle (wayback machine) we had our first website up in October of 2000. SWFLUG.org .
We first met as a group at Edison Community College and then later at Florida Gulf Coast University - usually on Saturdays at least once a month. We left FGCU when some administrative changes no longer made it possible for them to lend us their facilities cost free. We went back to Edison for a while and later to two different churches in Cape Coral who were kind to extend their community centers. Most recently we would meet at the Lakes Regional Library on Gladiolous Dr. in Fort Myers. Recent county-wide cutbacks have forced them to reduce their hours so their meeting rooms are no longer available to us on weeknights.
If you have a space that can seat 50+ (we can bring our own chairs if necessary) and would like to help us we would like to hear from you. Please help our community continue to engage, support and assist one another in the persuit of software freedom. Please contact:
Frank Sfalanga, Jr.
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239-963-GNU-ZERO
Thank you.
Last Updated ( Friday, 10 September 2010 )
Windows 7 Sins
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Monday, 12 April 2010
Last Updated ( Monday, 12 April 2010 )
Digital Restrictions Management
Written by Frank Sfalanga
Friday, 26 February 2010
Linux Pre-Installed on Dell Computers
Written by Dell.com
Sunday, 15 February 2009
This video is available at http://www.dell.com/open
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 14 July 2009 )
Metisse
Written by Shad Van Den Hul
Tuesday, 12 August 2008
I am giving a presentation on Metisse tonight. You can find details on obtaining Metisse, here, and how to configure it, here. You might want to know all the nifty commands to use it.
For those not aware, Metisse is a 3d element addon to X Window Managers. Where as Compiz Fusion focuses on effects, Metisse focuses on productivity enhancements.
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 12 August 2008 )
Linux Camera
Written by Linux Pro Magazine
Monday, 12 January 2009
Jan 12, 2009
Outwardly Sony's DSC-G3 is a 10-megapixel camera with Wi-Fi,
but inside lurks the Busybox Linux system.
Sony camera with Linux and WiFi integrated.
At the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show Sony presented the new camera from its Cyber-shot product line. The DSC-G3 comes with a Zeiss lens with 4x zoom, a large 3.5" touch display and 4 GBytes of internal memory. Most interesting is
