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1 Dick and Jill Miller of Miller Microcomputer Services (millermicro.com) in Natick, Massachusetts present: -- Free Software That Works -– Welcome (Nov. 16, 2009; Library, Natick MA) Who are we? What is FOSS - and who cares? What's it like? Use it on my OS? Add Linux? Share Linux? Who can help me? What next?

2 Dick and Jill Miller of Miller Microcomputer Services (millermicro.com) in Natick, Massachusetts present: -- Free Software That Works -– Who are we? - Programmers, Advanced computer users, Casual users, Beginners (pick one) - Do you use Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, other? (as many as apply)

3 Dick and Jill Miller of Miller Microcomputer Services (millermicro.com) in Natick, Massachusetts present: -- Free Software That Works -– What is FOSS - and who cares? - Free, Open-Source Software - If it runs in Linux, it's FLOSS. - Free to use, free to modify - Less cost, less restrictive, less virus

4 Dick and Jill Miller of Miller Microcomputer Services (millermicro.com) in Natick, Massachusetts present: -- Free Software That Works -- What's it like? Of thousands, let's consider: - Firefox to browse the web (firefox.com) - Thunderbird e-mail (mozillamessaging.com) - Open Office (openoffice.org) - The GIMP for image manipulation (gimp.org) - GRAMPS for family history (gramps.project.org)

5 Dick and Jill Miller of Miller Microcomputer Services (millermicro.com) in Natick, Massachusetts present: -- Free Software That Works -- How can I use it? - Much FOSS runs on Windows and Macintosh. - Or, switch to Linux, a full FOSS system that includes hundreds of FOSS apps and has online libraries with thousands more. - Or, have your computer run its OS and Linux!

6 Dick and Jill Miller of Miller Microcomputer Services (millermicro.com) in Natick, Massachusetts present: -- Free Software That Works -- Who can help me? - MMS (when it's worth the cost) - Online (linuxtoday.org, freshmeat.org) - Boston Linux-Unix User Group (blu.org) - BLU InstallFest (MIT, 10-5 Dec. 5th, 2009) - Start local meetings?

7 Dick and Jill Miller of Miller Microcomputer Services (millermicro.com) in Natick, Massachusetts present: -- Free Software That Works -- What next? - Sign up for more FOSS announcements. - Download this FOSS.ppt file (made with OO.o Impress). - Download and use FOSS programs, Linux (ubuntu.com). - Ask Library to sponsor more FOSS events!


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