Software Freedom Day 2014
Software Freedom Day is an World-wide event where Free Software activists / enthusiasts all over the world will spread the word on Free Software to the Public by hosting public stalls and celebrati...
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Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 19:
International Centre for Free and Open Source Software at Technopark here has announced the launch of a new initiative called Code Free for India'.
As part of this, programmers from free software community will be invited to develop tools and applications for desktop, nternet, mobile, cloud, and Internet-of-Things for use by the civil society, government and institutions.
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The initiative is timed with the celebration of the Software Freedom Day tomorrow (September 20) by the Free Software Centre and the Free Software User Group here.
The Code Free for India initiative will provide a broad umbrella for the free software community members and groups to address the local issues and needs, says Satish Babu, Director of the Free Software Centre.
It will provide a platform for initiatives proven successful locally to scale up to state or national levels.
It will also encourage the use of local language computing tools and contemporary free software technology, while keeping in mind bandwidth and device limitations.
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Software Freedom Day is an annual event coordinated by Software Freedom International, a non-profit organisation working towards promoting free software.
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Software Freedom Day serves online democracy
Media Release: Software Freedom Day Team Christchurch, New Zealand
19 September, 2014
The Christchurch Unix community has its annual technical show this weekend, as part of international Software Freedom Day celebrations. Personal Computer operating systems derived from Unix offer an alternative, to Microsoft desktop security issues and costs, and are maintained by a large international community. Main variants of Unix are GNU/Linux and Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) operating systems. BSD is the core of Apple Computer's OS-X. Licensed free software installation discs, install help and tuition are made available to the public on Software Freedom Day.
The event is held at South Learning Centre in the South Christchurch Library. Talks, demonstrations and videos make the day focused on educational sharing. It is a family-friendly day of fun for all, with computers and related technology as the platform, community driven. Safe use of telecommunication devices is the strong emphasis here, helping people become independently secure in their online lives.
Other types of free and open-source software (FOSS) can run on Microsoft Windows, providing user choice in programs. The Firefox web browser and Libre Office suite are popular examples. Firefox has a quarter of the desktop browser market alone, to which other browsers such as Apple's add to make big competition for Microsoft's Internet Explorer. But the industry playing field is not level in what gets promoted, hence the need for Software Freedom Day, user support, and publicity around FOSS alternatives.
Addington.net is holding an open day as prelude to SFD celebrations, at 314 Selwyn Street on Friday 19 September: a drop-in session demonstrating FOSS programs. The Christchurch Software Freedom Day team was the first to get going in New Zealand, at the event's global inauguration in 2004, and is the last one still standing in 2014 the eleventh year.
We want to focus discussion this weekend on solving the problem of secure online voting, team leader Rik Tindall says. With Christchurch a technical innovation capital for New Zealand, we can make an important world contribution here - this way especially.
Tindall believes that just as people have secure online banking accounts they can rely on now, very soon everyone will have voting accounts the same way. He is calling together a mini-conference to set some parameters at SFD this weekend, for New Zealand to leverage its honest broker reputation to initiate a global democracy service much needed today - using transparent process and technology.
Software Freedom Day takes place Saturday 20 September, from 10am to 4pm at the South Learning Centre, South Christchurch Library, 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere.
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Samsung on Thursday announced price reductions and updates for its Knox security and management software for IT shops and a free My Knox service that is directly available to professionals using ActiveSync.
My Knox can be installed on a users Galaxy S5 or Galaxy Note 4 smartphone without an IT administrators involvement to set up a My Knox User Portal to remotely find, wipe and lock a device, according to a Samsung blog.
With My Knox, professionals can synchronize emails, calendar events and contacts between desktop computers and mobile devices, Samsung said. It creates a virtual Android partition within the mobile device that has its own home screen, launcher, apps and widget.
If you are looking for a free security solution that ensures your privacy while providing the simplicity of having a secure workspace for email and apps that is managed by you, look no further than My Knox, Samsungs blog says.
Samsung also posted a separate blog that details its new Knox Premium and Knox Express services for IT admins to deploy cross-platform mobile security companywide.
Knox Premium for large enterprises will cost $1 per user, while Knox Express for small and medium businesses will be free. Cloud support for Knox tools had been priced as high as $3.60 per user, but Jae Shin, vice president of the Knox Business Group, recently said the price would soon go down.
Knox Premium will be attractive to businesses because of its low cost and it will address concerns that Knox is expensive and not affordable, said Shreyas Sadalgi, senior vice president of business development at Samsung Knox partner Centrify. He spoke in a recent interview.
Samsung described Knox Premium as a complete mobility management solution that includes Knox Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM), which is cloud based for easy deployment. It works across other device platforms besides Android, but Samsung didnt say which ones. It also comes with online technical and phone ticket support.
Knox Express will also have Knox EMM, and will have an online portal for IT admins with support for Samsung and other Android and iOS devices, Samsung said.
Centrify provides the cloud-based identity and access management features of Knox EMM.
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