What is FOSS Software ?
Free and Open-Source Software refers to freedom (libre) rather than price (gratis).
Article by Katie of The Tomorrow Lab
Nice article over on The Tomorrow Lab from Katie McGowan who attended BelFOSS 2017: Matt ended a great day of talks by reinforcing this point, a nice reminder of how important each person individually is in keeping open source software going. From what it is, to how it can be used, to future innovations for […]
Deloitte Digital Publish Smart Identity Ethereum Code
At BelFOSS 2017 Ciaran Molloy and Jamie Bentham described the Smart Identity contract being developed at Deloitte Digital for the Ethereum blockchain. Jamie and Ciaran follwed up by letting us know the code has been released on GitHub under an Apache license. https://github.com/SmartIdentity/smartId-contracts Smart Identity uses the Ethereum blockchain to represent an identity using a […]
Blender Links
Following their demos Mal Duffin and Conor Graham have provided some links to useful resources: Blender Artists Forum – for checking out game development, as well as other Blender info. Game Engine Section Depth Motion Skanect – Software for scanning with a motion video camera such as the Xbox Kinect Asus Kinect Camera/Sensors etc described […]
BelFOSS Photos & Slides
Photos from the BelFOSS event have now been uploaded to the Photo Gallery page and most of the speaker slides have been uploaded to the Agenda page.
ICS Calendar file
Thirty second time saver – here is an ICS file for the BelFOSS event on 28th January 2016 to import into your calendar.
Blender Bash Registration Open
It has taken some time and negotiation but thanks to Declan Keeney (School of Creative Arts) we have finally been able to reserve the QFT to show the Blender movies and give some practical advice about Blender. The event will take place on Wednesday 24th February 2016 in the Queens Film Theatre (location) starting at […]
Degree Plus Announcement
I’ve just got word this evening that QUB students will be able to apply for Degree Plus for attending^ the BelFOSS event. Throughout the 2015/2016 academic year the following events will be organised: BelFOSS – a full one-day conference, run in conjunction with Belfast Linux User Group and QUB, with talks on FOSS including Linux, […]
IDUG Conference Free Spark Day
The IDUG DB2 conference in Dublin is hosting a free day of Spark talks on Tuesday, 17 November, 2015. The talks include the following: Apache Spark: What’s in It for Your Business? Apache Spark: What’s Under the Hood? Using Apache Spark With DB2 for z/OS and z Systems Data Apache Spark and DB2 BLU: Making […]
Top Free & Open Source Desktop Software
A list of some of the best FOSS Desktop software for anyone who might be interested. Many of these also run on Windows and Mac OSX in addition to Gnu/Linux: Operating Systems Ubuntu Linux Mint Chromium OS Office Productivity LibreOffice OpenProj Raster Graphics Gimp Krita Vector Graphics Inkscape Video Editing Kdenlive OpenShot Animation Blender FOSS […]