SFD Activities for Guyana 2009
There are two events this year.
The first programme will be at the New Amsterdam Technical Institute in Berbice on Friday 18th September, 2009 starting at 10:00am
Introduction to FOSS and Software Freedom Day Presented by Ardith Conway, IT Teacher at NATI
Using Open Office Presented by Anil Mana, an IT enthusiast who has recently started using FOSS
Virtualization by Michael Dabydeen
Uses of FOSS in IT based careers by Vidyaratha Kissoon
The second programme will be at NCERD, Battery Road, Kingston on Saturday 19th September, 2009 starting at 9:30am
9:30 to 10:00 |
Distro Demos - Learn about various types of Free and Open Source Software, including Linux |
10:00 to 10:30 |
"What is Free and Open Source Software" Presented by Gerhard Ramsaroop who has shared FOSS software on the computers he sells |
10:45 to 11:30 |
"Using Dim Dim for web chat " Presented by Darryl Akeung , System Administrator who has installed Dim Dim in his office |
11:45 to 12:30 |
"Using Open Source Software for business" Presented by Brainstreet Learningwhich uses Moodle as a base for its service |
13:00 to 13:45 |
"Using Joomla! for Content Management" Presented by Kevon Adonis who uses Joomla! for his website development business K3Designz! |
14:00 to 14:45 |
"Virtualisation : Operating systems within operating systemst" Presented by Michael Dabydeen, a PC/LAN Administrator who enjoys playing with Linux |
Details and reports will be posted on http://www.glug.org.gy/sfd2009
SFD Activities for Guyana 2008
SFD Activities in Guyana were held around the 20 September.
There were three events :-
On 16th September, an event at the Central Corentyne Secondary school, which is outside of Georgetown. Pictures are here from Michael Dabydeen
There was a Stabroek News Business Article from 19th September by Andre Griffith :Open Source and Free Software – A way out of Intellectual Property Transgression
On 27th September, an event was held at the NCERD Complex, Kingston Georgetown. Pictures are here
Guyana Times : Guyana celebrates Software Freedom Day 2008
Stabroek News : Enthusiasts celebrate Software Freedom Day
On 17 October, the final event was held at the University of Guyana Berbice Campus at Tain, Corentyne. This benefitted students from the Berbice High School and the New Amsterdam Technical Institute. Pictures are here courtesy of Dominic Sundar; and Michael Williams and Michael Dabydeen
Stabroek News : Linux Users host session at Tain Campus
The website of theGuyana Linux Users Grouphas details of all the events, and pictures.
The SFD Activities for Guyana 2007
There was a demonstration and discussion Orion Technologies, 14 Stelling Road, Vreed en Hoop, West Coast Demerara on Saturday 15 September, 2007
We used the opportunity to distribute some of the CDs made by the Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society. The full report is available on theGLUG websiteThis has been organised by Orion Technologies, DevNet and the Guyana Linux Users Group
Links to note