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Welcome to the Free Software Society at the University of Sheffield
Welcome to the University of Sheffield's Free Software Society, part of the Students' Union. Our mission is to help everyone get the most out of their computers, and we do this by:
- Providing a local source of free computer help & expertise, accessible via
- Holding talks & workshops to demonstrate interesting and important technologies
- Pushing the University & Student Union to remain accessible to all users, regardless of platform
- Providing critical software, including backup, collaboration, anonymity, security and anti-censorship tools, on CD and online, free of charge
- Writing guides and how-tos for making the most of the University's computer infrastructure
- Having fun, learning and playing with cool new technology
If you're interested in what we do then there are several ways you can get in contact and/or involved:
- Sign up to our email newsletter
- Make an account on our site and introduce yourself in the forum
- Follow our updates via Identi.ca, Twitter or our news feed (note: they all have the same content!)
- Come along to our meetings
If none of that sounds appealing then you can also leave us some feedback so we can improve!
News from: FSS Microblog Feed
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News
GNOME 3 release party, Manchester, 10th April
Short notice as always The GNOME desktop version 3 is finally being released, and Michael Dorrington from Manchester Free Software has put on a launch party. Clicky clicky!
Adrian Bowyer talking at the GIST Lab
Hi All,
Adrian Boywer the inventor of the RepRap (an open source 3D printer) is coming to the GIST Lab (The GIST Hub | Groups | The GIST Lab | Home) next Monday (28th March 2011).
He'll be giving a talk and we'll also have some working machines to demo, all are welcome but space is limited so please book a ticket:
http://bit.ly/gistablab
Hope you don't mind me posting here!
Hannah
Richard Stallman speaking at the University
Didn't spot this until today, Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software movement, will be speaking at the University of Sheffield on the 5th of March. Here's a synopsis:
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Copyright developed in the age of the printing press and was designed to fit with the system of centralized copying imposed by this technology. But, the copyright system does not fit well with computer networks, and only Draconian punishments can enforce it. The global corporations that profit from copyright are lobbying for Draconian punishments, and to increase their copyright powers, while suppressing public access to technology. But if we seriously hope to serve the only legitimate purpose of copyright, to promote progress for the benefit of the public, then we must make changes in the other direction.
Richard Stallman launched the development of the GNU operating system (see www.gnu.org) in 1984. GNU is free software - everyone has the freedom to copy it and redistribute it, as well as to make changes, either large or small. The GNU/Linux system, basically the GNU operating system with Linux added, is used on tens of millions of computers today.
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Seems it's his recent lecture on copyright, rather than a general Free Software one (as was the case when we went to see him in Manchester a couple of years ago). I's being organised by the British Computer Society and the University's EEE (Electronic and Electrical Engineering) Society.
Note that, even though it's free, you'll need to pre-book to attend. You can do so from the page I've linked to above (not the Wikipedia one 
). I'm booked, and now I'm going to fire off an email to the EEE Soc 
Social: Wed March 2
The [b:8ba565f691]Interval[/b:8ba565f691] at [b:8ba565f691]6 pm[/b:8ba565f691].
Wednesday as usual! Come!
Government selling refurbished computers for £98
http://channel.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=28484
Government selling refurbished computers for £98 to the internet-less
With a linux distribution.
Chinese are given access to Windows source, crack US gov.
Ahahahahahhahahahahahahahaha
D'oh! Security through obscurity only works if you don't give out access to the source, especially when you *know* it's full of holes and is being used in production all over the world
[quote:a87438300d="A-M-Y"]Testing[/quote:a87438300d]
