Free/Open Source Software News

Congratulations ubuntu-eg

Submitted by bahaa2008 on Sun, 09/05/2010 - 2:14pm.

We want to congratulate our friends on ubuntu-eg for thier first event which we announced before on EGLUG, guys keep it up.

Photos from the event

Open Source: Computing for the masses

Submitted by bahaa2008 on Mon, 05/04/2010 - 9:54pm.

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.

Arab Techies Code Sprint Releases

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Submitted by Manal on Tue, 23/06/2009 - 2:41pm.

Arab Techies proudly announce the release of the first outcomes of a four days Arabization Codesprint, which was held in Cairo, 20 - 23 May 2009.

Free and Open Source Software in Sudan: Freedom of Change and Strategic Vision

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Submitted by linuxawy on Tue, 16/06/2009 - 12:51pm.

About the event

EGLUG was contacted by Nile Center for Technology Research (NCTR) to be a speaker in this conference. NCTR is a governmental institute in Sudan.

The event is governemtnat, with more than one minister attending along with other decision makers (the list of participants is available).

EGLUG going to Sudan

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Submitted by BooDy on Sat, 06/06/2009 - 10:36am.

EGLUG was invited to be a speaker a seminar in Khartoum, Sudan titled: Free and Open Source Software in Sudan: Freedom of Change and Strategic Vision

This seminar is made by Nile Center for Technology Research (NCTR) and National Information Center (NIC)

Freedom of Creation Workshop - Artisits interested to work with GNU/Linux multimedia tools

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Submitted by Manal on Tue, 11/03/2008 - 1:17pm.

I got this in my email, and wanted to share it with you. I think someone from EGLUG should participate in that workshop and let's know how it went, and let the organizers and participants know of our existence.

FREEDOM OF CREATION:

A workshop on GNU/Linux free software and video-making
3-6 April 2008

In the world of artistic creation, free software means tools that are accessible to everyone, for the freedom of expression. This workshop will focus on GNU/Linux applications available for recording, editing and publishing of audio/video materials. Participants will be introduced to the vast choice of possibilities free and open source software can offer. As the workshop progresses, each participant will be encouraged to use and adapt applications that best suits his or her own ideas and needs. This workshop, makes use of a beginner's approach to the topic at hand, explains various techniques of multimedia production using only free and open source software

مسابقة البرامج العربية مفتوحة المصدر

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Submitted by MSameer on Sat, 20/01/2007 - 2:45am.

مسابقة الشيخ على الجابر العلى الصباح العربية للبرامج مفتوحة المصدر

المسابقه تنقسم الى قسم للمطورين و قسم للمستخدمين

مدة المسابقه من 15-1-2007 الى 15-5-2007

وادى عنوان الموقع بتاع المسابقه: http://www.alialsabahcontest.org/

Request for Proposal for the Customization of CiviCRM - Kabissa - Space for Change in Africa

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Submitted by MSameer on Sat, 22/07/2006 - 4:47pm.

Kabissa, a nonprofit working to make technology a force for change in Africa, is seeking experienced African programmers to assist in a new project to customize the open source Constituent Relationship Management system, CiviCRM.

Over the past six years, Kabissa has worked with hundreds of African

OpenOffice/aspell dictionary available now.

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Submitted by MSameer on Wed, 29/03/2006 - 1:16pm.

The release 20060329 of the OpenOffice and aspell Arabic dictionaries aka "Happy birthday sweet pie!".

The dictionary contains about 71000 words.

Installation instructions:

aspell: ./configure && make && make install

OpenOffice: You can install it from within openoffice itself however, I wasn't able to find out how.

Debian packages soon!

الاصدار 20060329 من القاموس العربى ل aspell و openoffice و يحتوى على حوالى 71000 كلمه

مشروع بغداد لانشاء مدقق املائى عربى حر

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Submitted by MSameer on Fri, 11/11/2005 - 9:33am.

بدا المشروع منذ ايام قليلة.

يهدف مشروع بغداد الى انشاء مدقق املائى عربى حر و مفتوح المصدر

صدر الاصدار 0.0.1 و هو يستطيع الى حد ما ايجاد الاخطاء فى الكتابة

ال CVS الان يحتوى على كود بدائى للتصحيح و ان كان يحتاج الكثير من الجهد