London Software Freedom Day 2006

There will be a London event on the day organised by the Greater London Linux User Group.

Keep an eye on http://gllug.org.uk for details

The outline for the day is:

1200: Meet in Regents Park http://tinyurl.com/meck3 1205: Advocacy walk along Euston Road, Tottenham Court Road, Howland Street.

Along the route (about 3/4 mile I think) we are going to hand out leaflets, engage with the public and spread the word about Free Software. We should also have a number of Ubuntu CD's to distribute to interested people.

1245: Arrive at Westminster University 1300: Start technical meeting

* Malcolm Yates from Canonical will present a talk on Ubuntu. What Ubuntu is doing in business, the developing world and elsewhere.

* Jim Bailey (a GLLUG member!) will present a talk on Wordpress. Installation, Configuration, Usage and tips and tricks.

* Bryn Reeves from Red Hat will present a talk on the Linux kernel and SystemTap

* Simon Morris (another GLLUG member!) will present a talk on securing USB memorysticks with encrypted filesystems

1630(ish): We have the upstairs area of the King and Queen pub on Foley Street (1 min from meeting venue) booked for beer, merriment and discussion.