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[Danny Piccirillo]

I did say i knew that there were other lists out there but i think we should
have our own maintained in the wiki. More importantly though i really think
we need to create that page explaining free software and why it's important.


On Feb 2, 2008 12:36 AM, Vadim Peretokin <vperetokin at gmail.com> wrote:

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>
> On Feb 1, 2008 11:43 PM, Danny Piccirillo <danny.piccirillo at ubuntu.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this or if anyone is
> > willing to help but there are a few wiki pages that i'd really like to see
> > exist.
> >
> > 1. Free Software: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeSoftware
> >
> >    - Free Formats https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeFormatsalready exists and i think we should create a Free Software page that can
> >    help the general public understand and care about
> >    Free Software sing the following resources:
> >       - http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FLOSS_Concept_Booklet
> >       -
> >       http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_and_closed_source
> >       -
> >       http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Windows_and_Linux
> >       - http://www.gnu.org/software/reliability.html
> >       - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/schools.html
> >       -
> >       http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/your-freedom-needs-free-software.html
> >    - On top of helping regular people understand free software, this
> >    page could be used by teams as an outline for presentations abut free
> >    software.
> >
> > 2. LoCo Activism: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoActivism
> >
> >    - I already mentioned this in that other email but not it's been
> >    started and i need help developing it
> >    - This can be really effective in getting Ubuntu out to many many
> >    people
> >    - If you have experience with this you can help offer advice on
> >    what works
> >
> > 3. Free Software Alternatives:
> > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeSoftwareAlternatives
> >
> >    - There are lists that exists on other websites that we can use
> >    http://www.google.com/search?q=free+software+alternatives
> >    - I think we need our own
> >    - The one that exists now doesn't look like if ever got anywhere
> >    and it might be worth just starting from scratch.
> >
> >
> This exists, see here: http://linuxappfinder.com/alternatives
>
>
> >
> >    -
> >
> > Thanks!
> > .Danny
> >
> > P.S. I applied to join the Wiki Team on launchpad months ago but never
> > got accepted.
> >
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> >
> >
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