Tux finds a home in Felton
Felton residents: Thank you for participating in Lindependence 2008. In the upcoming weeks, you will be notified about Felton Linux Users Group (Felton LUG).
Tux moves on
Lindependence is planning events for the following areas in the near future:
Boulder Creek, California
Portland, Oregon
Taos, New Mexico
[For more on the progress of Lindependence, visit the Lindependence 2008: Felton Diary ]
It's one thing to to change someone over from Windows to Linux. That in itself is a gratifying experience. Then, you get your second defection from the chained-down world of Microsoft Windows, then the third...
Life is indeed good.
But what if...just what if you could open the eyes of hundreds, maybe thousands of people at one time.
That would indeed be amazing. That is exactly what we are going to do. You and I.
In July, a significant number of people in Felton, Calif., were introduced to GNU/Linux and Free/Open Source Software (FOSS). Businesses and home users alike are excited about one of their own -- Larry Cafiero of HeliOS Solutions West in Felton -- joining a committed group of volunteers into their town to show them a better way to operate their computers.
Christian Einfeldt, author, professional film maker, and Chief Architect of digitaltippingpoint.com
will be the professional filmmaker documenting the project from start to finish. Christian contacted me early on concerning this project and is enthusiastic about it coming together.
HeliOS Solutions, in cooperation with Linux distributions, FOSS programs and many individuals, are pulling together the resources, know-how and equipment to make Lindependence 2008 a reality. While the groundwork is solid, we still need to gather funding and personnel to make this happen.
How we're doing it?
Larry Cafiero, a newspaper editor by profession and a FOSS evangelist by avocation, is our "advance party". Larry established HeliOS Solutions West in Felton last fall. After a building fire in November where HSW was originally based made the space uninhabitable, Larry has been working from home and in March, he re-established an office in Felton, where we will base the operation. You can contact him at lcafiero@fixedbylinux.com if you care to assist or have any questions for him. Larry will be taking the names and information from anyone who wants to reserve their distros place in Lindependence 2008. Please help us make this happen by clicking the donate link above.
We all know how beneficial using Linux and FOSS is, and it's now time to share that knowledge with others.
During the three weeks prior to "Lindependence Day," town meetings and installfests will be held to familiarize those interested Felton residents in how to go about using different media -- LiveCDs and bootable thumb drives (dual-booting for the more daring of residents) -- to use Linux for a week. With representatives of distros and FOSS programs available to answer questions and instruct folks on use of the software, there should be no shortage of information for which Feltoners can make an informed decision on their digital options.
Should you want to be notified of any news or changes in Lindependence 2008, contact helios@fixedbylinux.com and he will put you on the mailing list.
Where we stand.
Currently, about 50 distros and about 30 FOSS programs were invited by e-mail to do two things: First, the leaders were asked to endorse the project and participate, while informing their distro/program community about it; and second, we asked for permission to post a public invitation on their forums to gain the community's support for the project. We received support from the following: Mandriva, Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, AntiX, Wolvix, OpenOffice.org, and Codeweavers.
We are still in need of even the smallest of donations to help this project meet its goals. You can donate by clicking the "donate" button at the top of this page. Thanks for your support.
