Em 17/04/2020 12:33, ? escreveu:
> My experience with this so far is that technology alone does not appear
> to be the answer; there are human elements and network effects that are
> hard to break. Of course, if anybody has any suggestions to this effect,
> then I'll be happy to listen.
While I
[ apologies for the super slow reply; I'm several thousand messages
backlogged and am slowly catching up wit them all ]
Caleb Herbert writes:
> On 4/22/20 11:40 AM, Amin Bandali wrote:
>> I have been self-hosting a few pieces of software for myself and my
>> family for a few years now,
On 4/22/20 11:40 AM, Amin Bandali wrote:
> I have been self-hosting a few pieces of software for myself and my
> family for a few years now, including a small mail server, and a
> Nextcloud instance for file-sharing, calendar, notes, and video calls.
> We've been happily able to continue using
Hi All
Firstly sorry for the long e-mail.
Right now, I seem to be doing several things on this front, but more in
a low key / subliminal way.
Firstly I am doing a BASIC it course, (partly just to get a bit of paper
that says I can use a computer), I can try and give examples of free
tools for
Hi all,
Thanks for starting the discussion about this, Greg.
Greg Farough writes:
> Hi, everyone,
>
> As you know, we have been working on making sure everyone understands
> the value of using free software to communicate with their friends and
> loved ones. Now that the vast majority of us
On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 08:58:32AM -0400, LM wrote:
> If anyone knows of other Linux users groups that are having meetings
> virtually using Free Software and wouldn't mind if people outside
> their area joined in, would appreciate hearing about them.
The Kitchener-Waterloo Linux User Group
* LM [2020-04-21 18:05]:
> I wrote:
> >>> Trying to share OER or FLOSS alternatives is an uphill battle in
> >>> these kinds of situations.
>
> Jean Louis wrote:
> >Ah come on.
>
> >Define your presentation well, and get through. You can do it.
>
> I hope members of this will try to stay
Our local user group did have success in April using Jitsi Meet for 13
participants. We have been using the open source meeting announcement
alternative for a while now. https://gettogether.community/about/ I was
interested to note that someone has started a team (unofficial) for
Libreplanet.
On 4/21/20 7:58 AM, LM wrote:
> I'm currently very disappointed to find out that are nearest Linux
> users group will be using Zoom for their next meeting. I sent them
> the information from the LibrePlanet wiki about Zoom issues and Free
> software choices available. They've decided to use Zoom
I wrote:
>>> Trying to share OER or FLOSS alternatives is an uphill battle in
>>> these kinds of situations.
Jean Louis wrote:
>Ah come on.
>Define your presentation well, and get through. You can do it.
I hope members of this will try to stay positive and supportive during
these stressful
* LM [2020-04-17 21:09]:
> On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 12:03 PM, you wrote:
> >
> > So no real buy-in for now. Although I guess that getting Sillicon
> > Valley to use free software is like playing the game in ultra-hard
> > mode. I'll keep trying, though.
> >
>
> Not really surprising. The School
LM, 17/04/20 20:05:
The School District where I work prefers to
stick with vendors that offer full support rather than using Open
Source software.
Your general point stands, but I just want to point out that this
doesn't need to be a roadblock. For instance, a group I know switched
from
From:
Mr. Jean Louis
South of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda
Day 5 of week 16 of 2020
I am sorry,
That is not a success story, that is opposite of it.
We use exclusively free software in our business in the bushes, and
with all officers in the business in multiple countries in East
Africa.
On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 12:03 PM, you wrote:
>
> So no real buy-in for now. Although I guess that getting Sillicon Valley
> to use free software is like playing the game in ultra-hard mode. I'll
> keep trying, though.
>
Not really surprising. The School District where I work prefers to
stick
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My experience with this so far is that technology alone does not appear
to be the answer; there are human elements and network effects that are
hard to break. Of course, if anybody has any suggestions
Hi, everyone,
As you know, we have been working on making sure everyone understands
the value of using free software to communicate with their friends and
loved ones. Now that the vast majority of us are both working and
socializing remotely, it is now more important than ever that people
migrate
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