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World class Noviembre 25, 2008

Posted by leogg in FOSS, Linux, planet-ubuntu, planeta, planeta-sl, sfd.
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Today I received great news; SFD Nicaragua won the competition for the best SFD event worldwide for the second year in a row! Congrats to our mega-super-awesome-kick-ass team!

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Open Source in Nicaragua Noviembre 22, 2008

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La Brújula, a weekly magazine has dedicated this week to FOSS, publishing four interesting articles.

Open Source: Breaking the barriers of the market – An article about the philosophy behind Free and Open Source Software. Talks also about the migration process and the countries that have embraced FOSS. Read the article in Spanish. In English, Google translation.

Almidón: Software made in Nicaragua – This article is about Almidón, an open source CMS developed in Nicaragua and released under the GPLv3.0 license. Read it in Spanish | English.

Free Software is a political, social and ethical issue – An article on why FOSS is the best alternative for Nicaragua and the importance of FOSS in the social, cultural and economical development of the country. Read it in Spanish | English.

Linux: A parellel universe – The story behind GNU/Linux, Torvalds, Stallman and the FSF. The Nicaraguan GNU/Linux User Group. Read it in Spanish | English.

La Brújula is the first magazine in Nicaragua published under a CC License. Congratulations goes to the editors and writers of the magazine. Well done!

ECSL 2009 Noviembre 20, 2008

Posted by leogg in ECSL, FOSS, Linux, planeta, planeta-sl.
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Del 19 al 21 de junio de 2009 se llevará a cabo en Nicaragua el Primer Encuentro Centroamericano de Software Libre. Puedes entrar al wiki oficial del evento para enterarte de como van los preparativos, o suscribirte a la lista de correos para apoyar el evento.