Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society

Tag: opensource

  • TTCS OSSWIN CD v1.81 released

    The TTCS OSSWIN CD v1.81, a collection of over 100 Free/Open Source software for Windows is available for download.

    • Date created : October 4th, 2007
    • File name : ttcs_osswin_cd_v1.81.iso
    • File size : 700 MB (734,216,192 bytes)
    • MD5 checksum : 876fac9ffc33e30b378a235b092f5cd4 / 876fac9f fc33e30b 378a235b 092f5cd4
    • SHA-1 : 6723a148 05a071d9 d5c86cc1 7fc0138b ee2b5f3e
    • SHA-256 : 113b47f4 3394e663 979b2ee1 d1919482 80308324 4c9d8eb7 78c2ee65 7dd9e500

    Changes from v1.80

    • fixed installer for LBreakout2
    • removed Jooleem
    • updated OpenOffice.org, Sokoban YASC, Blender, Mozilla Firefox, Kompozer, Filezilla, Miranda IM, Virtualdub

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

  • TTCS Software Freedom Day 2007 video

    At the recent Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) Software Freedom Day event on September 15th, 2007, Mike Tikasingh recorded some video footage with a camcorder. Thanks to Mike’s hours of editing, we have a 18 minute video of the TTCS Software Freedom Day 2007 event which also features the TTCS new logo!

    The video is available in three formats :

  • TTCS meeting on Saturday 29th September 2007 from 1pm to 4pm

    The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) will be having a meeting on Saturday 29th September 2007 from 1pm to 4pm at Engineering Consultants, at 112A Edward Street, Port of Spain. (located at the corner of Oxford and Edward Street).This meeting will be an opportunity for those unable to attend the TTCS Software Freedom Day event on September 15th, 2007 as we will be repeating some of the presentations made on Software Freedom Day .

    We will be :

    – giving an overview of what is free and open source software
    – demonstrating Ubuntu, a popular Linux-based operating system bundled with many applications.
    – demonstrating the TTCS OSSWIN CD, a CD of over 100 free and open source programs for Windows

    Attendees can get a TTCS OSSWIN CD and a Ubuntu CD for $20 TT ; schools and other educational institutions can get these free of charge, provided an email is sent before Saturday).

    Anyone who uses a computer is welcome to attend. Attendance is free.

    See you there!

  • Bitdepth column #595 on TTCS Software Freedom Day 2007

    Mark Lyndersay’s latest Bitdepth column #595 for Tuesday 25th September 2007 is online featuring the Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society’s Software Freedom Day meeting on September 15th, 2007.

    (Edit 28/9/2007 : corrected date of BitDepth column)

  • TTCS Software Freedom Day preparations update – meeting on Sept 9th, 2007

    Meeting on Sept 8th, 2007 went well and the TTCS will be having a meeting on Sunday 9th, 2007 at ENCO from 10am to continue preparatory work for Software Freedom Day on September 15th, 2007.

    You can read a summary of what happened on Sept 8th, 2007 and other TTCS SFD preparations at the TTCS SFD wiki page.

  • TTCS Software Freedom Day 2007 flyer

    The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society Software Freedom Day event flyer (PDF ; 180K) has been uploaded. Print and redistribute! Also see the TTCS wiki page on SFD to keep track of the TTCS preparations for the event.

    TTCS Software Freedom Day 2007 flyer

  • 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 meeting on Saturday September 8th, 2007 – Software Freedom Day 2007 event preparations

    The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS ; http://ttcsweb.org/) will be having a meeting on Saturday September 8th, 2007 from 1pm to 6pm at Engineering Consultants at 112A Edward Street, Port of Spain (corner of Oxford and Edward Streets).

    We need your help at this meeting to prepare for Software Freedom Day (SFD) on Saturday Sept 15th, 2007. SFD is a global, grassroots effort to educate the public about the benefits and availability of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS).

    In order to make SFD a great experience for those learning about Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) for the first time, we need to:

    • make a flyer about TTCS, TTCS OSSWIN CD, Ubuntu and Open Source.
    • make a flyer to promote the Software Freedom Day event
    • test machines which will be used for SFD. Minimum of three PCs needed, so far.
    • test a PC with Ubuntu installed.
    • practice how to do various tasks in Ubuntu that persons on other OSes are accustomed to.(e.g. common internet tasks, playing media content, installing a printer, etc).
    • have a Windows PC to show how to dual boot with Ubuntu or another “live”/hard drive-installed Linux distro.
    • have a Windows PC to demo Open Source Software for Windows (Microsoft Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, XP).
    • have a Windows Vista PC (if possible) to demo Open Source Software on this latest OS.
    • if possible, have a laptop running Ubuntu to show how it works on such a device.

    Linux/OSS fans, Windows users, Mac users, anyone is welcome to assist ith this project. If you can help us with these tasks, have ideas, suggestions, would like to volunteer to help with SFD 2007, then email the TTCS at admin at ttcsweb d.o.t org. Let us know if you will be attending the TTCS meeting on Saturday September 8th.

  • 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