Category Archives: FSFE

Want to test the phonon-vlc backend? Here you go :)

Posted on 04/04/2010 by myriam

As some of you might have read in Mark Kretschmann’s blog, we now have a fairly good phonon-vlc backend that already works better in many ways than other available backends. It is still in alpha stage, but we would …

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Show your Love on Valentine’s Day :)

Posted on 12/02/2010 by myriam

I usually boycott this marketing day of the flower business, since it is exactly that, a very well orchestrated campaign of the flower producers to guarantee their income in the bad season between Christmas and Mother’s Day, but this …

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Compiling Amarok from git locally – full summary updated

Posted on 26/09/2009 by myriam

/* */ As we have more and more questions for support on how to install Amarok 2.2 from GIT, I thought I might make another synopsis on how to install a local build. Apparently linking to previous posts is …

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Preparing for another conference: OpenExpo in Winterthur next week!

Posted on 20/09/2009 by myriam

It’s this time of the year again where I prepare for attending OpenExpo in Winterthur. This important Free Software even is held on September 23 & 24 in Winterthur, Switzerland.
This year I helped organizing more than one booth: Amarok, …

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The smallest unit of freedom: a fellow

Posted on 15/04/2009 by myriam

When the FSFE launched their fellowship back in 2005, I joined to be a fellow almost immediately. I have always been a strong supporter of Free Software and the FSFE is doing a great job in Europe with far …

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Fête du Libre – Geneva

Posted on 14/05/2006 by myriam

Sitting in an internet café in Geneva where the GULL – Groupe Utilisateurs Linux Léman – organises the Freedom Day: la Fête du Libre! I’m going to speak about the FSFE, the Fellowship programm and how to help and …

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FOSDEM 2006 – first day

Posted on 25/02/2006 by myriam

FOSDEM’s first day is slowly ending and here is a first attempt of a report. Let’s hope my wifi-connection stands to the end.The booth is very large this year, we sell T-shirts on both sides and installed the info …

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Wilhelm Tux in Karlsruhe

Posted on 27/06/2005 by myriam

As in previous years I joined the FSF Europe fellows and volunteers in Karlsruhe, this time in company of Florian and Didier from Linuxbourg and Mario from Wilhelm Tux/Edux. A carload of geeks, loads of chocolate and, as a …

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Freedom Party in Berne

Posted on 22/05/2005 by myriam

Last Saturday we had the first Freedom Party in Switzerland. An average 25 people attended the event, some of them coming from as far as Winterthur or Lausanne. Alex Schroeder and I had short speeches. Unfortunately my cardreader …

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Wilhelm Tux in February

Posted on 14/03/2005 by myriam

The last weeks were terrific: 18.-19.2. Wilhelm Tux @ LOTS! in Berne (CH) 20.-22.2. with comunica-ch at WSIS PrepCom2 in Geneva (CH) 25.-28.2. Wilhelm Tux travelled by car to attend FOSDEM in Brussels (B) these were heavy weeks besides …

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