Bringing Free Software To a Street Near You

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday September 15, 2012 @08:50AM from the first-hit-is-free-but-so-are-all-the-others dept.

Blug_fred writes "It's that time of year again; the nights are drawing in, the leaves are beginning to turn, and literally hundreds of teams of dedicated F/OSS enthusiasts from around the world are preparing to hit the streets in celebration of Software Freedom Day 2012. In an effort to increase awareness of free and open source software among the general public, SFD teams will be standing around town centers and shopping malls, holding talks at schools and universities, giving demonstrations and handing out GNU/Linux and FOSS collections for Windows on CD. With money being tight and paranoia about malware and viruses at an all-time high, the time is right to help consumers switch to the myriad of quality open source applications available. If you would like to check for an SFD team in your area and consider attending, be it to help out or simply learn more about free software for yourself, there's an interactive map to help you find your way."

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Re:paranoia about malware and viruses by symbolset · 2012-09-15 09:10 · Score: 3, Interesting

Ironically, that is actually the cure for the illness. Sometimes life is counterintuitive.

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Re:paranoia about malware and viruses by __aaltlg1547 · 2012-09-15 12:06 · Score: 3, Interesting

Is it really paranoia or is the malware really out to get me, or at least my computer and my money? Anyway, I agree. If some anonymous dude hands me a free disk, I'm going to trash it.