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!!!Waikato Linux Users Group To Celebrate Software Freedom Day with Public Display
-The Waikato Linux Users Group (WLUG), an incorporated society supporting Linux and Open Source Software in the Waikato region, is celebrating the international Software Freedom Day with a public demonstration of open source software, to be held outside Whitcoulls in Centreplace, Hamilton, from 9am to 5pm
on Saturday 16th September.
+The Waikato Linux Users Group (WLUG), an incorporated society supporting Linux and Open Source Software in the Waikato region, is celebrating the international Software Freedom Day with a public demonstration of open source software, to be held outside Whitcoulls in Centreplace, Hamilton, from 9am to 5:30pm
on Saturday 16th September.
Software Freedom Day (http://softwarefreedomday.org/) is an initiative to make the world aware of the existence, availability, and high quality of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), and to encourage its use by as many people as possible. It is a global grassroots marketing campaign in which volunteers from around the world are invited to participate.
Software Freedom is not just about software being available free of charge (though this is usually the case), but that software remains free to be altered (open source).
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"Our last public event was a great success and an educational experience for the WLUG, as well as the participants, and resulted in many people being able to use their PCs in a better way” says WLUG committee member Ian ~McDonald. “We look forward to applying lessons learned last year, and making this one as good as it can be."
For people who are interested in Free Software, but not yet ready to take the leap into running Linux, the WLUG will also have demonstrations of free software for Microsoft Windows, such as the tremendously popular Firefox web browser and OpenOffice office software.
-We are inviting media coverage of this event. For further information, contact the media liason, Ian McDonald, by email on ian.mcdonald@jandi.co.nz or on 021 175 1126.
+We are inviting media coverage of this event. For further information, contact the media liason, Ian ~
McDonald, by email on ian.mcdonald@jandi.co.nz or on 021 175 1126.
