Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society

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  • TTCS Software Freedom Day event on Saturday September 15th, 2007

    The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS), will be having a tech meeting on Saturday September 15th, 2007 from 1pm to 6pm at Hand, Arnold (Trinidad) Limited, El Socorro Road Extension, El
    Socorro, San Juan (View satellite image at http://tinyurl.com/knbef)

    We will be celebrating Software Freedom Day 2007, a global, grassroots effort to educate the public about the benefits and availability of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS).

    Anyone interested in computing and related technology are welcome to attend this event. While stocks last, attendees will receive the TTCS OSSWIN CD and Ubuntu CDs (or any Linux distro) free of charge. Additional linux distros can be obtained for $5 TT each.

    Some of the activities planned at this meeting include :

    • demoing open source software (OSS) for Windows from the TTCS OSSWIN CD .
    • demoing Ubuntu , a popular Linux distribution.
    • how to install Ubuntu on your Windows PC (dual booting).
    • how to use a Linux “live” CD (no need to install Linux on a hard drive).
    • how to do common computing tasks using Linux and open source software.

    Please let us know via email at admin at ttcsweb d.o.t org if you are attending and what distros you may be interested in getting) so we can prepare the venue accordingly.

    See you there!

  • TTCS OSSWIN CD v1.80 released ; just in time for Software Freedom Day

    The TTCS OSSWIN CD v1.80, a collection of over 100 Free/Open Source software (108 to be exact) for Windows is available for download.

    • Date created : September 3rd, 2007
    • File name : ttcs_osswin_cd_v1.80.iso
    • File size : 699 MB (733,886,464 bytes)
    • MD5 checksum : d8e7e33ede82cb33d538068a6c06f816 / d8e7e33e de82cb33 d538068a 6c06f816
    • SHA-1 : 0e0ff287 a70bdbc1 ef4af877 6882055a f9d99fd6
    • SHA-256 : f354aaeb f1025743 4dbad26f bb644b5e 15751ca6 a4bdab39 885418b3 3c12c91f

    Changes from v1.77

    • added Sumatra PDF, Kompozer ; added link to the TTCS OSSWIN CD RSS feed on each page
    • removed Trigger, Nvu
    • updated Notepad2, Maxima, Portable Puzzle Collection, Sokoban YASC, Paint.NET, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, Wackget, XAMPP Lite, ClamWin Free Antivirus, Keepass, Autohotkey

    First download location is at Filefront ; other download locations and BitTorrent will follow in the next few days.

    The TTCS plans to use this CD for Software Freedom Day 2007 (SFD) on September 15th, 2007. More about Software Freedom Day and our activities in another blog post. If there are other groups planning to use the TTCS OSSWIN CD for SFD, let us know (ttcs…I might even do a more up to date CD on the 8th September if need be.

  • Sumatra PDF – open source PDF viewer for Windows

    Sumatra PDF is a free, open-source PDF viewer for Windows. The program is a single EXE file (about 803 KB) so it is portable. Opens PDFs very quickly (much faster than Adobe Acrobat reader) and so far have had no problems opening and viewing PDFs created with OpenOffice.org, PDFCreator or Paperport. Already added to the TTCS OSSWIN CD for v1.78 and to http://del.icio.us/ttcs

    Sumatra PDF home page : http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/

    screenshot of Sumatra PDF viewer

  • OSSWIN Poster 2 (draft)

    Similar to first poster, but portrait instead of landscape, and smaller in size. Also contains an open dare to pirate it (which of course is impossible).

    osswinposterdare.jpg

  • OSSWIN Marketing Poster 1 (draft)

    Proposed osswin marketing poster – also contains an anti-piracy message.

    OSSWIN Poster 1 draft

  • TTCS OSSWIN CD v1.77 BitTorrent download

    Download it here at http://www.ttcsweb.org/ttcsosswincd.torrent . This redirects to the Chip.de webpage about the TTCS OSSWIN CD.

    Click on the download link buttonChip.de download button

    This will take you to a page listing download options. There is usually only one download option :

    Chip.de torrent download option

    Click on that and the torrent download in your preferred BitTorrent client should start automatically (or your browser will prompt you on what to do with the .torrent file)

  • TTCS OSSWIN CD v1.77 available for download

    The TTCS OSSWIN CD, a CD of open source software for Windows is available for download.

    • Date created : July 23rd, 2007
    • File name : ttcs_osswin_cd_v1.77.iso
    • File size : 702 MB (736,348,160 bytes)
    • MD5 checksum : 2ccc6a19166e355b908b9579ac1bab86 / 2ccc6a19 166e355b 908b9579 ac1bab86
    • SHA-1 : c8e70432 5e7b1764 d1d2a03e 5b9bafab e53834c5
    • SHA-256 : 93e2a1b6 b02ec1e5 f69fee55 4d22ba84 4c67b83d 5e1ae013 427faeef 8d847970

    Changes from v1.76a

    • added InfraRecorder
    • updated WinMerge, Tux Paint, Portable Puzzle Collection, Sokoban YASC, Pang Zero, Gimp, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, Virtual Magnifying Glass, AutoHotkey

    First download location is at Filefront ; other download locations and BitTorrent will follow in the next few days.

    The TTCS website at http://www.ttcsweb.org/ and the TTCS OSSWIN CD page have their own RSS feeds at http://www.ttcsweb.org/feed/ and http://www.ttcsweb.org/feed/ttcs-osswin-cd/ respectively.

  • InfraRecorder – opensource CD/DVD burning software for Windows

    Added InfraRecorder to the TTCS OSSWIN CD which will be released later today, bandwidth permitting.

    InfraRecorder is a free CD/DVD burning solution for Microsoft Windows. It offers a wide range of powerful features; all through an easy to use application interface and Windows Explorer integration. InfraRecorder has a task oriented menu similiar to that of Nero Express :

    InfraRecorder Express menu - task oriented menu

    Selecting a task (for example, a data CD) brings you to a interface that many CD/DVD burning users will find easy to use :

    • An Explorer view which allows you to browse your computer and select files to add to the CD.
    • A Disc Layout view which shows what data is to be included on the CD.
    • Underneath the Disc Layout view is a “space meter” which shows the space taken up by your disc layout.

    InfraRecorder GUI for creating a data CD

    So its very easy to use and I’ve plan to use it to create the TTCS OSSWIN CD ISO and for burning copies for meetings. InfraRecorder is available for Windows 95/98/Me and 2000/XP/Vista.

    InfraRecorder : http://infrarecorder.sourceforge.net/

  • TTCS OSSWIN CD v1.77 to be released

    With the security fix release of Mozilla Firefox v2.0.0.5 , a new version of the TTCS OSSWIN CD will be available online when Mozilla Thunderbird v2.0.0.5 has also been released.

    The list of updated applications on the TTCS OSSWIN CD from v1.76a :

    • WinMerge
    • Tux Paint
    • Simon Tatham’s Portable Puzzle Collection
    • Sokoban YASC
    • Pang Zero
    • GIMP
    • Dia
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Mozilla Thunderbird
    • Virtual Magnifying Glass
    • AutoHotKey

  • Draft OSSWIN Poster

    Draft suggestion for an OSSWIN poster. The black CD on the right should by rights be a mock up of an MS Office CD – after all we don’t want people to pirate MS Office, now do we? Click on image for full size.

    Draft OSSWIN Poster