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Today is Software Freedom Day 2007. Software Freedom Day (SFD) is a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). Their goal in this celebration is to educate the worldwide public about the benefits of using high-quality FOSS in education, in government, at home, and in business — in short, everywhere!

It was a bit late when I got the news, and I have not be able to organize such an event here in Kota Kinabalu. When I checked on Software Freedom Day official website, there are only 2 places that held this event in Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur and Kuching.

I was wondering on how I can contribute to the community, although I am doing this alone. It is almost impossible to contact local university (University Malaysia Sabah) in this short period of time. I also do not have any contact with Malaysia Open Source Training Center to get some feedback on the above matter.

At last, I decided to give away my Ubuntu Linux cds which I got from Canonical few months back. 1 Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn 64-bit and 2 Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn 32-bit, which is in excellent condition. I also have their Kubuntu cds, but after trying, it seems that the cds are faulty. I won’t give the Kubuntu cds out.

For your information, Ubuntu Linux is one of the friendliest Linux operating system nowadays. It is really suitable for normal computer users, either notebook or desktop. It is a Live CDs, means that you don’t have to change any configuration to your existing computer to get it running. Just pop it in and run.

So, if you want to experience the feeling of having an option to your Window$, just drop an email to drizad(at)gmail.com with your address (Malaysia only please). I will personally snail mail/parcel it to you. If you don’t mind waiting, you can also ask your copy from ShipIt.

Talking about Ubuntu, I think you want to see this. Oh, put it in a better words - YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS -up till the end of the video.

That is the least I could do. Happy Software Freedom Day!

*First come, first serve basis, and yes, I am doing this free for Ubuntu.

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