GNUeva Vizcayano
GNUeva Vizcayano is a non-stock, non-profit organization promoting the use of Free and Open Source Software in Nueva Vizcaya and the rest of Region 2, Philippines.
Contact
gnuevavizcayano@konsolscript.org
Software Freedom Day
Software Freedom Day (SFD) is an annual worldwide celebration of free and open-source software that started last 2004.
The event is sponsored by the biggest names in FOSS community and IT industry, namely Canonical, Google, Free Software Foundation, Linux Magazine and others.
News
September 23 2009
GNUeva Vizcayano would like to thank all the speakers/presenters, participants for making the first Software Freedom Day in Nueva Vizcaya a success (yes, it was 
). The pictures are already uploaded.
September 16 2009
Thanks to JP Andres of AndresByDesign for sponsoring IDs to be used on the event.
September 14 2009
Due to time conflict (19 is SMU's Intramurals) SMU could not co-organize the event. Luckily, a non-government organization, Ethnotec Management Research and Development Services Organization, Inc. (EMRDSOI) is happy to host the venue.
September 9 2009
Ten days before the big event, SFD Team supply arrived! We just can't wait to give it all away.
August 25 2009
Thanks to the efforts of Mr. Edwin N. Gonzales (Board Member, PSITE), Saint Mary's University (SMU), School of Computing Sciences and Information Technology (SCSIT) is co-organizing the first Software Freedom Day in Nueva Vizcaya.
August 18 2009
We just got confirmation that the team is getting limited SFD supply -- aka freebies. This surely is going to heat up the event. See you all on September 19.
June 26 2009
GNUeva Vizcayano is organizing the first local party of Software Freedom Day 2009 in Nueva Vizcaya. The global celebration is dated 19th of September 2009
Listed below are temporary events -- we can remove and/or add more. Everybody is encouraged to volunteer as a speaker and share their knowledge on any particular FOSS tools. Some 5 slides for a 5-10 minutes presentation will do.
Events
NOTE: Topics with no assigned speakers are open for anyone to take but anyone can raise up other topics to be discussed.
1. Install Fest
GNU/Linux -- install, upgrade, update or try out GNU/Linux (Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu)
FOSS tools for Windows -- install and try out great FOSS tools like anti-virus, office application, etc.
2. Seminar -- its the "How To Do It With FOSS Tools" tech talk.
Augmented Reality with ARToolkit by Mj Mendoza IV
Low-Polygon Modeling with Blender by Renz Galiguis
Photo-editing with GIMP by JP Andres
Web Programming with PHP by Joel Bahni
C# Programming with Mono by ???
Rich Internet Application Development with JavaFX by ???
Video-editing with Cinelerra by ???
3. OpenTalk -- talks about FOSS projects
KonsolScript: Updates by Mj Mendoza IV
Sauerbraten: Review by Manuel Malig-on
4. Panel Discussion -- friendly, casual debate
- 2010 Presidential Election: Is Automated Election System secured?
- FOSS: Should be taught in schools instead of proprietary software?
- Google ChromeOS: Do we need another GNU/Linux distro?