Florida Free Culture is hosting a Linux Installfest this weekend!

Date: Saturday, April 3rd
Time: 11:30 AM to 3:30 PM
Location Reitz Union Room 284

We will have flash drives and CDs with the most recent versions of several popular Linux distributions, like Ubuntu, SUSE, Fedora, and others.

Experienced Linux users will be on hand to guide you through the process, and free refreshments will also be available.

Remember to back up your files before coming. FFC cannot take responsibility for lost or corrupted files.

Many distributions come with “Live” installs, which don’t actually install anything on your machine but let you see how working in Linux will feel like for you. We will also have these available.

If you’ve always wanted to try it but never had the guts to go through with it, now is your chance to make the leap! Join Florida Free Culture for the Installfest this Saturday.

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Free your PC is this week! We’ll be tabling at the Reitz Union colonnades from 10am ’til 2pm on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (10/28 - 10/30), installing UF licensed copies of McAfee anti-virus (free for students and faculty) and a wide assortment of free (open-source and zero-cost) software.

We’ll be playing some Creative Commons music as well, so even if you’re totally virus free and you’re an expert at using the GIMP, come out and hear some of our favorite publicly available musical selections. See you there!

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Thanks for coming out, everybody! Here are some links to things we discussed:

Local Competitions with Prizes
Sparky Awards: www.uflib.ufl.edu/sparkyawards
Digital Literacy Competition: www.digitalliteracycontest.org/students/ufl

Free Media to Mash: uf.freeculture.org/wiki/mashupstuff

Free and Open Software
The GIMP: www.gimp.org
Blender: www.blender.org
Audacity: audacity.sourceforge.net
Inkscape: www.inkscape.org

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Members of Florida Free Culture will hold a free workshop to show you how to use Open Source software programs (Audacity, Blender, Inkscape & The Gimp) to “remix” images, music, and videos licensed under Creative Commons to create new content. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own laptop so that they can bookmark and/or download these free resources and use them again. Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 5:30pm – 7:30pm. Light Refreshments will be served.

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It’s time again for Florida Free Culture’s semesterly event: Free your PC.  We’ll be at tables from 10 til 2 on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (3/24 - 3/26), installing UF licensed copies of McAfee anti-virus (free for students and faculty) and a wide assortment of free (open-source and zero-cost) software.

Tuesday and Thursday (3/24 and 3/26): Bring your laptop to the Colonnades at the Reitz.  We’ll have 3 tables and some computer savvy individuals to help you out.

Wednesday (3/25): We’re broadening our horizons and setting up at the Plaza of the Americas, south of Library West.  Free your spirit with some Krishna lunch and free your PC with us.

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When: Monday, November 10 @ 7:00pm
Where: Reitz Union 288

At Florida Free Culture’s next meeting, we’ll be having a mix-cd swap, discussing good copy/bad copy, and hearing from Grooveshark about their mission to reform the music industry. Bring several copies of a Mix-CD with your favorite music and swap with others at the meeting. The more you bring, the more music you’ll walk home with! We hope to see you there!

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