manchester March 2012

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[FSFE-Manc] Stephen Fry posters
by Sam Tuke 21 Mar '12

21 Mar '12

Posters have arrived from the printers - 2,000 of them, and they need putting up in public places all over Manchester. Stephen Fry, Open Standards, and Document Freedom day are a winning combination. Have a look: http://documentfreedom.org/artwork.en.html I can post them to you folded (free of charge), or you can come and collect them from Hulme (OpenSpace, weekdays). I can also bring some to Arcspace on Thursday for those who would like them. Order online for posting: http://documentfreedom.org/posters.en.html (gives a white screen currently, but works fine). Let me know - Document Freedom Day is on Wednesday 28th next week! Sam. -- Sam Tuke British Team Coordinator Free Software Foundation Europe IM : samtuke(a)jabber.fsfe.org Latest UK Free Software news: uk.fsfe.org Is freedom important to you? Join the fellowship.fsfe.org

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[FSFE-Manc] Fwd: Flossie/Anna on Radio 5 live!
by Anna Morris 20 Mar '12

20 Mar '12

http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/pods at about 17 mins into the show, is the interview I did about Flossie 2012 (a free software conference for women) Hope you like! :) Anna -- www.ethical-pets.co.uk - The pet shop thats *all sorts *of ethical!

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[FSFE-Manc] Co-location
by Sam Tuke 18 Mar '12

18 Mar '12

Out of interest, this company offers co-location in Media City for £35 per month, should we ever need it for mailpod. A fit PC should easily fit their space requirements, but our current server would not. Co-location is basically where we pay someone to house and power our server hardware for us. http://www.primevalcolo.com/shop/ Also the fit-pc 3 is now more powerful than last time I checked. Current specs of their most powerful model: 1.65 GHz dual core 2GB DDR3 250GB with Linux Mint WiFi 802.11 b/g/n + BT 3 18 watts Currently £379.35 all inclusive, though an additional HDD would be very prudent. Just keeping you all up to date on options for the future :) Sam.

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[FSFE-Manc] mailpod
by Anna Morris 17 Mar '12

17 Mar '12

is anyone planning on going to MFS anyway? I think its looking like teu is best evening for mailpod you know.... -- www.ethical-pets.co.uk - The pet shop thats *all sorts *of ethical!

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[Manchester] Fwd: [Debian-uk] Alternative Computing event
by Sam Tuke 16 Mar '12

16 Mar '12

-- Sam Tuke British Team Coordinator Free Software Foundation Europe IM : samtuke(a)jabber.fsfe.org Latest UK Free Software news: uk.fsfe.org Is freedom important to you? Join the fellowship.fsfe.org

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[FSFE-Manc] Weekly report for Sam Tuke (week 10)
by Sam Tuke 16 Mar '12

16 Mar '12

= Summary 5-11 March = During three days this week I spent most of my time doing admin work for DFD, following up on Fellowship work, and doing minor web tasks. = Detail = == Web == - Assisted new web team members on getting commit access to FSFE SVN - Advised intern Tobias extensively on web infrastructure and HTML5, fsfe XML and XSL, image upload handling etc. - Added Piwik tracking to FSFE blogs - Sent Piwik analytics implementation summary to team-reports (status, opportunities, recommendations) - Replied to system hackers concerning Python Vs PHP == Editors == - Edited android poster text == Fellowship == - Sent Manchester Fellowship meeting announcement for March (with details of JACK pro-audio talk) - Sent presentation, links, and call to join FSFE to liverpool LUG mailing list following my talk there last week - Sent report of talk at Liverpool LUG to team-reports@ & UK team - Sent mail to UK Fellows about running a booth at ORGCON - Welcomed new UK Fellow 'mbnr' - Welcomed new Fellow moved from Germany to UK == Document Freedom Day == - Researched UK MP contact data, constituency region data for DFD handcuff pack delivery and began implementing OSM UK region highlighting - Submitted expense request for printing of 2,000 Stephen Fry posters - Replied to Open Rights Group DFD partnership enquiries == Other == - Found cause of missing UK team mail to my inboxes, fixed it (finally) - Apologised to UK team for missing mails Thanks, Sam. -- Sam Tuke British Team Coordinator Free Software Foundation Europe IM : samtuke(a)jabber.fsfe.org Latest UK Free Software news: uk.fsfe.org Is freedom important to you? Join the fellowship.fsfe.org

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[FSFE-Manc] Mailpod Meetings
by D.Bolton U0970268 12 Mar '12

12 Mar '12

Any news on a venue for the 20th? Re: the website - A few thoughts…. At the last regular FSFE meeting we talked about having a set of web pages as a “front end” for the mailpod (albeit hosted on another server). I would be keen to see this achieved in as simple a way as possible, without resorting to overly complex layouts, and gimmicky scripts. People visit websites for information – not to marvel at the layout. It is the duty of the webmasters to ensure that the information is clear, and easy to read – also that pages are easily navigable, and follow a logical sequence. Another reason for keeping it simple is that the source should always be easy to understand, and hence edit/modify, by other people. The principles are as old as the web. Eg. Take a look at this site – originally thrown together in ’96 for a walking group (no longer maintained, but left online for posterity). http://dbolton.co.uk/ramsig Remember, this was an era when many people still used 14.4kb/s modems – hence the lack of inline photos – and why the linked photos are so small! However, the same simple html coding can work today: See http://nucleon.co.uk/mftnet/ for another example (again, no longer maintained – mainly because the target group tend to use a facebook page instead) So, what sort of information do we wish to put on the website? What is the website meant to do? David

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Re: [FSFE-Manc] Manchester Digest, Vol 12, Issue 11
by Mark Wastling 10 Mar '12

10 Mar '12

Sam, I did post to list about the mail pod meeting - it showed up in my digest... The day after the last meeting. I requested suggestions for a venue...? And proposed topics :) Kind regards Mark Wastling Hug that tree. Don't print this email unless you really REALLY have to :) Sent from my iPhone On 10 Mar 2012, at 11:00, manchester-request(a)lists.fsfe.org wrote: > Send Manchester mailing list submissions to > manchester(a)lists.fsfe.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/manchester > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > manchester-request(a)lists.fsfe.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > manchester-owner(a)lists.fsfe.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Manchester digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Fellowship meeting: Mar. 29th: JACK audio system (Sam Tuke) > 2. Re: Live CD (Sam Tuke) > 3. Re: Free Cryptography Course (Sam Tuke) > 4. Re: Mailpod Meetings (Sam Tuke) > 5. Re: Mailpod Meetings (D.Bolton U0970268) > 6. Re: Free Cryptography Course (D.Bolton U0970268) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 16:51:49 +0000 > From: Sam Tuke <samtuke(a)fsfe.org> > To: manchester(a)lists.fsfe.org, nwdc-announcements(a)googlegroups.com > Cc: fellowship-uk(a)lists.fsfe.org, fsuk-manchester(a)nongnu.org > Subject: [FSFE-Manc] Fellowship meeting: Mar. 29th: JACK audio system > Message-ID: <201203091651.49676.samtuke(a)fsfe.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > The March Manchester FSFE Fellowship meeting will take place on Thursday > 29th at 19.00 in MadLab. > > Bob Ham, GNU/Linux audio developer and coordinator of Liverpool Linux User > Group, will introduce and explain the JACK Audio Connection Kit - a > professional Free Software sound server for audio recording, mixing, editing, > and more. > > JACK is at the cutting edge of professional media software, and powers the > most powerful Free Software applications in the field, including: > > - Ardour: http://ardour.org/ > - Hydrogen: http://www.hydrogen-music.org > - Blender: http://www.blender.org/ > - VLC: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ > - PureData: http://puredata.info/ > > JACK does things that the most expensive proprietary software cannot, as was > originally funded and still developed by British programmer Paul Davis. > > Bob's description: > >> A short history and discussion of the JACK Audio Connection Kit, its >> operating principles, design and implementation >> >> * A short history of JACK >> * Some sound card basics >> * The JACK system >> * Demonstration >> >> The talk is a bit technical and contains phrases like "sound card buffer" and >> "callback". > > There will also be discussion about recent news from the politics of Free > Software, and a report from Document Freedom Day, which takes place the day > before. Please bring your own topics for discussion with you, and present them > to the group. > > How to find MadLab: http://madlab.org.uk/contact/ > > See you there! > > Sam. > -- > Sam Tuke > British Team Coordinator > Free Software Foundation Europe > IM : samtuke(a)jabber.fsfe.org > Latest UK Free Software news: uk.fsfe.org > Is freedom important to you? Join the fellowship.fsfe.org > > == About the Free Software Foundation Europe == > > The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) is a non-profit > non-governmental organisation active in many European countries and > involved in many global activities. Access to software determines > participation in a digital society. To secure equal participation in > the information age, as well as freedom of competition, the Free > Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) pursues and is dedicated to the > furthering of Free Software, defined by the freedoms to use, study, > modify and copy. Founded in 2001, creating awareness for these issues, > securing Free Software politically and legally, and giving people > Freedom by supporting development of Free Software are central issues > of the FSFE. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 18:51:40 +0000 > From: Sam Tuke <samtuke(a)fsfe.org> > To: manchester(a)lists.fsfe.org > Subject: Re: [FSFE-Manc] Live CD > Message-ID: <201203091851.40371.samtuke(a)fsfe.org> > Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > On Tuesday 06 March 2012 18:35:36 D.Bolton U0970268 wrote: >> Success! Now running off a 1gb USB stick. > > Congratulations! Which guide did you use? > >> As regards installing Wary Puppy on my Asus machine - I'll take things >> carefully. > > If you manage to get around the wifi issue, I can heartily recommend > crunchbang. It goes like the clappers, has a very minimalist UI, and includes > tweaks and kernel extensions that I've never even heard of. > > I used to use it on an old Acer netbook as my studio audio distro. It managed > to cough up real time audio processing on a 1.6ghz single core 10.1 inch > screen! > > Thanks, > > Sam. > > -- > Sam Tuke > British Team Coordinator > Free Software Foundation Europe > IM : samtuke(a)jabber.fsfe.org > Latest UK Free Software news: uk.fsfe.org > Is freedom important to you? Join the fellowship.fsfe.org > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 18:53:12 +0000 > From: Sam Tuke <samtuke(a)fsfe.org> > To: manchester(a)lists.fsfe.org > Subject: Re: [FSFE-Manc] Free Cryptography Course > Message-ID: <201203091853.13044.samtuke(a)fsfe.org> > Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > On Wednesday 07 March 2012 12:39:31 D.Bolton U0970268 wrote: >> Stanford University is hosting a free online course in cryptography - start >> date 12th March. > > That does sound really good; if I had a little more time I'd like to take it. > > If you like the course then perhaps you could give us a talk on what you will > have learned at some stage :) > > Sam. > -- > Sam Tuke > British Team Coordinator > Free Software Foundation Europe > IM : samtuke(a)jabber.fsfe.org > Latest UK Free Software news: uk.fsfe.org > Is freedom important to you? Join the fellowship.fsfe.org > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 19:06:19 +0000 > From: Sam Tuke <samtuke(a)fsfe.org> > To: manchester(a)lists.fsfe.org > Subject: Re: [FSFE-Manc] Mailpod Meetings > Message-ID: <201203091906.20201.samtuke(a)fsfe.org> > Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="windows-1252" > > On Thursday 08 March 2012 12:41:23 D.Bolton U0970268 wrote: >> Any news on a venue for the 20th? > > I was hoping that Mark was going to post to the list about it. > > Which venue would you like? Arcspace would be better due to local server > access and lots of computers to use, but harder / less likely to book. Madlab > does not have the above facilities but is more likely to accommodate us. > > By the way the 20th is Manchester Free Software's meeting, so perhaps we > should reschedule? Could you do Monday 19th David? > >> At the last regular FSFE meeting we talked about having a set of web pages >> as a ?front end? for the mailpod (albeit hosted on another server). I >> would be keen to see this achieved in as simple a way as possible, without >> resorting to overly complex layouts, and gimmicky scripts. > >> People visit websites for information ? not to marvel at the layout. It is >> the duty of the webmasters to ensure that the information is clear, and >> easy to read ? also that pages are easily navigable, and follow a logical >> sequence. >> >> Another reason for keeping it simple is that the source should always be >> easy to understand, and hence edit/modify, by other people. > > I agree that it should be simple to read and edit. Perhaps a git repo > containing markdown files would be best? This would allow people to edit pages > who don't know HTML at all. We can always add support for dynamic content in > future if we need it. > >> So, what sort of information do we wish to put on the website? What is the >> website meant to do? > > Personally I think the most important things are: > > 1. Explain what mailpod does > 2, Explain why it does it > 3. Explain why people should use our services > 4. Allow people to sign up and pay for our services > 5. Look professional and trustworthy > 6. State the association with FSFE and Arcspace > > Too much, or too little? > > Out of interest this is the Fripost site: https://fripost.org/index.en.html > > Thanks, > > Sam. > -- > Sam Tuke > British Team Coordinator > Free Software Foundation Europe > IM : samtuke(a)jabber.fsfe.org > Latest UK Free Software news: uk.fsfe.org > Is freedom important to you? Join the fellowship.fsfe.org > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 21:20:11 +0000 > From: "D.Bolton U0970268" <U0970268(a)unimail.hud.ac.uk> > To: "manchester(a)lists.fsfe.org" <manchester(a)lists.fsfe.org> > Subject: Re: [FSFE-Manc] Mailpod Meetings > Message-ID: > <021D3CFD19B65D4C954EC10485C3ACE7209BFEE6(a)DB3PRD0104MB104.eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi Sam, > >> By the way the 20th is Manchester Free Software's meeting, so perhaps we >> should reschedule? Could you do Monday 19th David? > > I have a clash on Monday 19th (every other Monday I help run a playreading group for Oldham Coliseum Theatre) - however, I'm not leading the session on the 19th, so could skip it (although the two people who normally rely on me for lifts will have to catch the bus home). So yes - if the 19th is better for everyone else - I'll be there (wherever we meet). > >> I agree that it should be simple to read and edit. Perhaps a git repo >> containing markdown files would be best? This would allow people to edit pages >> who don't know HTML at all. We can always add support for dynamic content in >> future if we need it. > > I'm up for anything - I'm just concious that if we start debating it too much it might be next xmas before a sensible-looking site is up. > >> Personally I think the most important things are: >> >> 1. Explain what mailpod does >> 2, Explain why it does it >> 3. Explain why people should use our services > > Definately > >> 4. Allow people to sign up and pay for our services > > Are customers all supposed to live in and around Manchester? Are we going to ask for their real name and address? Will there be any vetting? > >> 5. Look professional and trustworthy > > Yes - we want people to feel comfortable enough to pay! > >> 6. State the association with FSFE and Arcspace > > Certianly - even if only to lend us some extra credibility > >> Too much, or too little? > > Enough to start with, I reckon. > >> Out of interest this is the Fripost site: https://fripost.org/index.en.html > > Did Fripost actually get its initial 50 customers? If so, the text on the site hasn't been updated. > > David > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 21:37:01 +0000 > From: "D.Bolton U0970268" <U0970268(a)unimail.hud.ac.uk> > To: "manchester(a)lists.fsfe.org" <manchester(a)lists.fsfe.org> > Subject: Re: [FSFE-Manc] Free Cryptography Course > Message-ID: > <021D3CFD19B65D4C954EC10485C3ACE7209C31DA(a)DB3PRD0104MB108.eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Sam wrote: > >> If you like the course then perhaps you could give us a talk on what you will >> have learned at some stage :) > > If I get through it ok, then I most certainly will :-) > > It isn't going to be easy - they dive straight into the maths - and require students to code their own cipher-cracking software from scratch. Interstingly, the examples are written in Python. However, in the interest of speed I've actually resorted to coding in good old MS QBASIC for the first week's homework - as I'm more at ease with the array handling syntax (students are allowed to use any language they want to generate the answers). > > By the way, I found this excellent site on the legal aspects of cryptography http://rechten.uvt.nl/koops/cryptolaw/ > > David > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Manchester mailing list > Manchester(a)lists.fsfe.org > https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/manchester > > > End of Manchester Digest, Vol 12, Issue 11 > ******************************************

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[FSFE-Manc] Live CD
by D.Bolton U0970268 10 Mar '12

10 Mar '12

Thought I'd send a message to the FSFE M/cr list - as a sort of test. Just booted a (normally) XP desktop machine with a Linux Live CD - now running Wary Puppy 5.2.2 & seamonkey. Next step is to sort out how to run it form a USB stick..... Wish me luck! David

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Re: [FSFE-Manc] Free Cryptography Course
by D.Bolton U0970268 09 Mar '12

09 Mar '12

Sam wrote: > If you like the course then perhaps you could give us a talk on what you will > have learned at some stage :) If I get through it ok, then I most certainly will :-) It isn't going to be easy - they dive straight into the maths - and require students to code their own cipher-cracking software from scratch. Interstingly, the examples are written in Python. However, in the interest of speed I've actually resorted to coding in good old MS QBASIC for the first week's homework - as I'm more at ease with the array handling syntax (students are allowed to use any language they want to generate the answers). By the way, I found this excellent site on the legal aspects of cryptography http://rechten.uvt.nl/koops/cryptolaw/ David

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