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Open Source: Computing for the masses
Open Source: Computing for the masses
By: Mohamed ElGohary
At the El Sawy Culture Wheel in Zamalek, Al-Masry Al-Youm sponsored the "Free Open Source" festival on Saturday, also known as "Install Fest" or "GNU Linux" day. Volunteers held sessions on a range of topics, with a focus on the Open Source concept, explaining how even common applications could enhance user security.
Ain Shams CS introductory session
Session Title
- A bit of history
- RMS and the FSF
- Linus and the kernel (story)
- OSI (maybe to know the name)
- The philosophy
- GNU Linux
- Communities
- Current global status
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- A Hacker's Paradise
- What can you do next
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sample letter
This is an initial attempt for a letter to be directed to companies, don't use as is, read it carefully and edit it first
Dear Sir,
This is PERSON_NAME from Egypt Gnu/Linux Users Group (EGLUG). I was contacting you regarding one of eglug activity which is the installfest.
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Printing
GUYS .. about the T-shirts .. All will be X-Large unless you write here you need a "Large" ..
We'll check your final decision maximum by Wednesday isA ..
Resources:
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Fliers: 10,000 flyer A5, 4 colors: To be distributed: 5,000 in front of el mogamma3 el nazary, 3,000 in front of faculty of engineering, 2,000 in front of medical faculties.
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Advocacy
Advocacy Plan
NOTE:
Please everyone..
Start sending our proposal everyhow and write the channels,groups,lists...you sent to
Advocacy Team
- Ghada Zakaria
- Mahitab
- Micheal
- Sameh Mahmoud
- Ali Wahba
- Ahmed Salama
- Bahaa ElSayed
- Haithem GadelRab
- Amr Essam
- Emad Saber
- Ghada M. Abozed
- Ahmed Halawagy
- YOUR PARTICIPATION :D
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مهرجان تنصيب اللينوكس 2009 فى الاسكندرية
Date:
Monday March, 9th (Official holiday - المولد النبوي الشريف )
Place:
ITI: 1 Mahmoud Said St., Shohada Square, Main Post Office Building, Alexandria.
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المهرجان الرابع، ماله وماعليه
هذه صفحة ويكي للمشاركة في تقييم المهرجان لنخرج بدروس مستفادة
ماله
- ياريت نكون كسبنا ناس جديده
- عدد الحضور كان جيد جدا
- الروح العامة للمتطوعين كان جيدا
ماعليه
- الناس مش عارفه تستخدم الويكي... فضيحه
YahooGroups
Here is a list of the yahoo group i sent to:
2nd fest email.
Hi,
The Egyptian GNU/Linux User Group (EgLUG http://www.EgLUG.org) would like to invite you to the fourth GNU/Linux Installfest in the rawabet theatre on the 1st of September from 11:00am.
We would like to give you a general idea of some of the things you will be seeing there.
If you have no idea what is an InstallFest. Make sure to visit this page: http://www.eglug.org/node/2794
Geekcorps: Calling All Egyptian Techies
From Geekcorps website:
Do you live in Egypt or have an Egyptian background? Are a techie? If so, then we want you! Geekcorps is working to increase its presence in Egypt and we need technical experts of all kinds including system administrators, education technologists, wifi experts, end user trainers, software developers, IT strategists, and more.

