Re: [lp-ca-on] FSOSS 2015 Accepting Presentation Proposals

[Sergio Durigan Junior]

On Tuesday, July 14 2015, Lukas Berk wrote:

>> Cool.  Lukas (if he's still reading the list) told me he wanted to buy a
>> Libreboot from Gluglug.  It would be awesome to raise awareness about
>> these machines.  I am also saving to buy a ThinkPenguim notebook as
>> well, but last time I checked they are still coming with proprietary
>> BIOS.
>
> /me looks around to see if you were talking to somebody else.  No?  Me?
> Uhhhh.  Yes, a Gluglug is on my radar.  Given the variety of topics in
> rest of the thread, perhaps it might be worth while to submit a
> talk/presentation on a practical guide to using free software in
> everyday life.  Identifying common proprietary tools, and how one might
> *easily* switch to a libre tool, and why it's important.  It has to
> relate to the audience in an obvious way.

Cool, these talks always attract a lot of attention.  I mentioned your
interest in buying the Gluglug because I *also* think this is a very
nice way of introducing someone to Free Software.

>> BTW, another good (and hot) topic would be to discuss the recent SFC x
>> VMWare lawsuit, and possible implications.  Karen Sandler (from SFC)
>> gave some talks about this topic; we could certainly use a lot of
>> material from them.
>
> Tread lightly on such a topic, especially when many lawyers are likely
> involved...

Yeah...  Karen mentioned that on her presentation as well, although I
think that we are protected by the "blissful ignorance" ;-).  Also, if
we base our presentation on hers, I think we'll be in safe ground.

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