A weekend for environmental / animal rights / peace / social justice campaigners to get to know GNU/Linux
Been and gone - AktiviX now has its own site: AktiviX.org
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A weekend for environmental / animal rights / peace / social justice campaigners to get to know GNU/Linux
Still using Microsoft? M$ - one of the world's richest corporations, a major backer of Dubya Bush, globalisation and animal testing.
STOP! Use Linux instead. Free Software based on sharing and co-operation. GNU/Linux, once a plaything for geeks is now an impressive, stable, secure, virus-free and versatile alternative to Microsoft.
AktiviX is a chance to try out installing and running GNU/Linux. A chance to share experiences and enthusiasm with other activists.
Whatever the level of ability, confidence or experience with computers all activists who are interested in moving to Free software for a Free world are welcome
here are some of the suggestions so far:
basic training
which distribution ?
Installation
-only workshop
intro to GNU/Open Source/Free Software philosophy
where to find support and info
multimedia - sound and video, including streaming (radio, television)...
multimedia - practical applications in Lancaster. a nice surprise action...
security (incl. GPG key signing...)
networking
databases
php and mysql etc for websites
making a decent newbie guide to GNU/Linux
hacking - getting the most out of your command-line
using Linux on older machines (incl. X-terminals)
| Time | Area S (4) | Discussion area | Small Room(3) | Area 2D (4) | Women's space | Folly Kitchen |
| 10-am | - | Welcome | - | - | Experimentation space with fast internet connection (go on - let out your geekiness!) | |
| 10.30 | Whirlwind Intro to Free Software and Linux | |||||
| 11.00 | intro for "Not quite complete beginners" | Installation (tutorial) | Hands on introduction to linux (for beginners) | |||
| 12.00 | Free Software Philosophy | basic hardware intro - take that computer apart and put it back together again! | basic hardware intro - take that computer apart and put it back together again! | |||
| 13.00 | Lunch | |||||
| 14.00 | DIY distribution - are you working on a distribution? do you want to work with someone on rolling a distro? | Installation (tutorial) | Installation (tutorial) | |||
| 15.00 | Command Line - typing stuff in can be easier than using your mouse! | Installation (try out) | Networking a small office / home - join those computers together | |||
| 16.00 | making accessible websites | where to find support and info | Installation (try out) | |||
| 17.00 | Installation (try out) | Radio stuff on linux | ||||
| 18.00 | Dinner | |||||
| 19.30 | PARTY - inspiring films, followed by TuxTechno (bring penguin costumes, tuxedo or party clothes ) | |||||
Sunday - empty slots are available for spontaneous workshops
| Time | Area S (4) | Discussion area | Area 2D (4) | Small room(3) | Women's space | Folly Kitchen |
| 11-am | infamous Whale Tail Breakfast :-) | |||||
| 12.30 | Help documentation for normal people - how are we going to get some? | Various Workshops | Experimentation space with fast internet connection | |||
| 13.00 | Linux on old machines - what can we do with those old beige boxes? (X-terminals, firewalls, servers) | |||||
| 14.00 | Security concepts - security things to think about | |||||
| 15.00 | Snack | |||||
| 15.30 | Securing your box - practical workshop following on from Security Concepts - how to make your computer safe(r) from crackers | |||||
| 16.30 | Feedback What next? Another Aktivix? | |||||
| 17.30 onwards | Tidy Up and general Pfaff around | |||||
Here's the basic details - more will follow shortly:
General Stuff
Please, please, please let us know you are coming - this helps us to organise food, computers and places to sleep...
Let us know what kind of issues you're working on. This isn't really important, but it's nice to know :-) (If your group or campaign has a website let us know and we'll put a link at the bottom).
Food and Accomodation
Let us know if you need somewhere to sleep - this will be on somebody's floor in Lancaster. If you really need a bed let us know and we'll do our best. We can also send you details of B&B's etc...
We'll hopefully be organising vegan food for attendees - check back in a few weeks to see how we're getting on. Lancaster has lots of good food places (lots of cheap Indian restaurants and two vegetarian cafes for starters).
Getting There
The venue is in the centre of town. Lancaster has an intercity railway station - check nationalrail.co.uk for timetables and fares.
Transport - let us know if you will be travelling by vehicle and have spare spaces, or are looking for a lift. We'll put lift-share offers and requests in the super-duper hi-tech table below.
| Lifts offered / requested | from/to | contact details |
| offered | teeside | contact via aktivix@seedsforchange.org.uk |
Money
The event is costing us to put on - getting and moving equipment, food, materials and all the usual costs. But: we don't want to charge, cos we don't want people to be excluded just because they're not rich. Therefore the event is free/donation for individuals and small activist groups.
For larger/richer groups that have a training budget (or another way of re-allocating money) we suggest £40.
More information will be posted here over the next few weeks. In the meantime you may want to have a look at this info-sheet on Linux
Download a flier to print out and distribute... PDF - (60k)
If you have problems with the pdf then try the GIF - (60k) - click the link then right click the image and select "save as" (or anything similiar) to download.
OpenOffice/StarOffice - (7k) - (needs Helvetica, Luxi Sans, Blue Highway and HelmetCondensed fonts)
Now AktiviX has been and gone, the best way to contact people involved is to look at the new site at AktiviX.org
hosted by, among others: Seeds for Change, Lancaster Activist Resource Centre, Folly New Media Art and Lancaster Indymedia
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