January 2009 FOSS-SIG Meeting

TBCS FOSS SIG meets on the last Thursday of each month in the TBCS Resource Center.

The next FOSS-SIG meeting is February 23, 2012 at 1 pm.

The TBCS Linux SIG meets the third Monday of each month.

The next Linux-SIG meeting is March 19, 2012 at 7 pm.

Items discussed and demoed at our January 29th FOSS-SIG meeting:

Great January giveaways:

* 20 Free Unbuntu 8.10 Desktop Edition CD's (the latest Ubuntu version, direct from Canonical). These discs include Wubi to safely try Ubuntu on XP and Vista computers.
* One copy of RedHat Enterprise Linux ES (server). Priceless!
* Book - Open SUSE Unleased (with version 10.3 DVD). $50 list price.
* Book - Linux Firewalls. $50 list price.
* Book - Fedora 7 & RedHat Enterprise Linux. $60 list price.

Open Office Suite 3.0.x
Now Windows, Mac and Linux users all use one updated no-cost replacement for MS Office. Also see OO Power Tools and my OO FOSS Flap review.
CD BurnerXP
A winner from our back burner.

SmartDefrag
A free Windows defragmenter that really works!
A new logo, a new Wubi, an update from October.
News of my ongoing Ubuntu Laptop project.

(I'm now leaning toward Linux Mint ).

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