Free and Open Source - with Nabs

SMS from GOOGLE

2010-09-02T21:37:00.000-07:00

today i recived my confirmation code from google so i can change my password, so that means that there can be means of we sending SMS to any other phone in Belize. we have a monopoly and they try to block all free calls, sms, VOIP cause they are the only one who offer internet and Telephone service..
Go google--->

they send the reset link to my email and i recived the reset code.. this is cool..a good way to recover a password or account..

"Remember GOOGLE is your Friend" --- why cause he knows what you are doing.. lol

so if you know how to send free SMS to phones in Belize share the knowlage. PM me ...

Software Freedom Day In Belize

2010-08-26T21:17:00.000-07:00

We are cordially inviting YOU, student,class,school,organization,everyone to participate in the celebration of Software Freedom Day (SFD) 2010 in Cayo, Belize.

DON'T MISS IT COME OUT AND VISIT OUR BOOT, BE FREE USE FREE SOFTWARE

The agenda

- find information,demonstrations and much more.
- take home a copy of the latest free software
- Cd Give away
- free your computer
- snacks and drinks will be available

- PRICE: 100% discount for you and for all.. FREE FREE

- Time : 7 am till 2pm

September 17, 2010 -- Market at Belmopan

September 18, 2010 -- Market San Ignacio

Want to sponsor us !

- email us at :

donate@belizelug.org for questions about making a contribution/sponsorship

Contact Coordinator

- Enrique Nabet - nabs@belizelug.org

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Find more information

www.sfd.belizelug.org

What is Free Software !!

FOSS

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DrupalCamp Centroamerica 2010 en Guatemala

2010-06-10T20:31:00.000-07:00

DrupalCamp Central America at Guatemala from 25 and June 26, 2010
Friday 2pm - 6pm
Saturday from 9:00 am - 6pm

Venue: INTECAP, Calle del Estadio Mateo Flores, 8-79 Zone 5, Guatemala.

New Building Centre (TIC's), 4th. Level.

DrupalCamp CA is the second of these events for two days, bringing together people from various fields: developers, designers, consumers and businesses, national and international, interested in Drupal.

During this time there will be a series of lectures, workshops and activities to promote the coexistence of the Drupal community level in Central America.

See you there !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Google.com Pac-Man Game

2010-05-21T22:50:00.001-07:00

Embeded Google pac-man game in any website..

The Design!!

2010-05-03T22:52:00.000-07:00

Its a normal night for me reach home and every one is already sleeping, I have not seen any of my family members since Saturday. I wake up early to go to the University or to work, when I come back its too late not one soul is up.

so what can i do in a quit nigh when someone is tired, frustrated, stressed, sleepy and still have tasks to do, sometimes I just feel like sleep and forget about every thing I have to do.

Its all about a sacrifice we have to go through but the funny part about it is that I no regret nothing cause i know that i am working hard to pay my University, not depending for someone to pay it for me if I have 2 hand 2 foots and I know I can do it, no matter if it rains or snows (in Belize it does not ) but I will keep moving step by step..(cool I can even hear the water running at the river)

Tonight I fee drained as they say, with no energy for nothing but tomorrow I have a test #Algorithms.It's on of the interested classes that I have ever taken and I am taking it with out taking any of the prerequisites needed to take the course. So far it have been fun, I have learned allot.
........................................................sleepy................................................

so I will make this a long, productive and fun nigh. (@Tux helping me!!)

Tux:Says~~" backtracking and Branch-and-Bound. "~~ :-)

i wish myself the best for tomorrow.
best wished nabs
ok it think its time to start my task.....

woooot-wooot-wooot

MiniDebconf @ Panama 2010

2010-03-20T13:34:00.000-07:00

La MiniDebConf se realizará en la Ciudad de Panamá los días 19-20 y 21 de Marzo de 2010.Es una Conferencia de Desarrolladores del Proyecto Debian. Además de un completo programa de conferencias tanto técnicas como sociales, Minidebconf ofrece una oportunidad para los desarrolladores, contribuyentes y otras personas interesadas a reunirse en persona y coordinar las actividades más estrechamente.

MiniDebConf Hosted by Panama City, March 19-21, 2010. Its a conference of Debian Developers, apart from a full agenda with technical conferences, Social, MiniDebConf offers the opertunity to the developers, contributers and all those Persons interested to meet in person and cordinat activities in dept.

MiniDebConf Website: http://softwarelibre.ca/wiki/MiniDebconf2010
Live streaming :http://giss.tv:8000/minidebconf.ogg

Delegations from Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico, Spain, Argentina,Belize.

Delegation from Belize

Enrique Nabet
Rito Fernandez
sherel Cocom

A ball of fire or a space shuttle

2010-02-21T20:13:00.000-08:00

minutes to 9pm (Belizean time -6 Central America , Feb 21, 2010), a ball of fire was seen in the sky, oooooooooops it was not a ball of fire, and nope it was not a meteorite it was Endeavour (space shuttle) that was heading to Florida to land at the Kennedy Space Center, yeah local radio stations and news channels here in Belize where talking that something had crashed in the small village of Ontario in the Cayo District, Belize.

I was hearing A Guatemalan Radio, where i heard about the "Unknown ball of fire" from there i started to research in the internet and found out that it was a space shuttle that illuminated the sky's of Guatemala Honduras and Belize; i Remember seeing the same "ball of fire" around 199x where it also passed through Central American sky's and that yes caused some minor accidents in Mexico where car drivers where saying that they saw a ball of fire and the distraction caused them to crash ..(up to right now i have not heard any bad news, only panic persons and lots of calls to local radios, TV)

oh well thanks God it was nothing to be alarmed, but i think that if such things, will be passing or occurring. NASA or our own local news should let the people know what is expected to see and hear when the space shuttle pass by..

Greetings to the crew and all the people involved in such a historic event.

This picture shows the landing ground tracks of Endeavour space shuttle.

peace time to go to sleep..

Clickjacking Attack on Facebook

2010-01-21T22:41:00.000-08:00

After doing some research this week,i found out that there is a malicious links in facebook.

everything started Tuesday (January 19, 2010) morning when one of my co-worker in the office started to complain that someone have been posting Rude comments to almost all of his friends on facebook, after we tried to see who was using his machine the night before we came to a conclusion that it was from an outside source/ attack or maybe some one using his computer; but he was the last one to left the room.

what was of more concern was that after i told him to reset all his passwords, we found out that some one have changed all his email account passwords (3 email accounts), he was able to reset 2 of his password using his secure questions.

so i started to wonder how can that happen when we use Ubuntu on all of our machines even our servers are using LINUX. so i started to question him and i came to the conclusion that he have been tricked by some site. so the research started for me and i found that there is a maliciius link embeded in facebook known as the clickjacking.

he is one of those guys who like to watch youtube videos. and now he have lost one of his email account and learned a lesson it think, hopefully there is no valuable data on that email account.

but still i am not 100% that it was through facebook,

so just be on the look out

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for more information about clickjacking <- click more info<- click

Five things Free Software has taught me

2010-01-04T22:39:00.000-08:00

Source from : http://trombonechamp.wordpress.com

1. Centralized control isn’t worth it

When one single governing body gains absolute control over something, it is only a matter of time before that governing body increases its power tremendously. Many times, it does this in order to avoid vice, but counterintuitively, only ends up creating more of it in the process. Take any modern established proprietary software company that started out in the 60’s or 70’s for example. These software companies were revolutionary in their decision not to share their software for the benefit of learning, but rather, keep it a secret in order to make money from it. As time went on, the companies began imposing slightly harsher methods upon users in an attempt to foil the plans of those who refused to pay. This was the beginning of techniques such as license keys. As users developed ways around the methods, the methods kept getting progressively harsher, severely punishing casual proprietary software users who had been legally using and paying full price for the software since the beginning.

It would not be enough to stop here, though. Proprietary software companies, caring only about eliminating competition, have no regret in choosing not to support competitors’ file formats (or even worse, supporting them incompletely), slowing down their software to sell the user a “speed upgrade”, and spying on the user without his/her consent to aid their marketing departments. They even have no shame in not bothering to release security updates until there is already an epidemic. Users don’t have the freedom to correct any of these because one company alone controls all aspects of the software in question.

Just the other day, I overheard a conversation between two of my peers. It went something like this:

“I got a new iPhone the other day!”

“Sweet! Are you going to try to hack it?” (Note: “Hack” here is used in the sense that it has come to mean in today’s society: breaking security.)

“I don’t know. I know someone who broke into his iPhone and bricked it. And, I mean, you can’t just go into the store and ask for a repair, because you’ve voided your warranty by hacking it.”

“I hacked my iPhone. It worked perfectly. And it is awesome! Now I can run all sorts of apps on it that aren’t in the App Store!”

It is sad to see that people today actually have to use the term “breaking in” to describe changing the software on the cell phone they own. People now willingly accept the fact that they just can’t run any application that the developing company didn’t authorize, because this restriction has become so common. In the case of the iPhone, owners have to make a decision as to whether they want to try to modify the software on the device they own (described as “hacking”) and risk an update from Apple that destroys their phone, or use a device that performs only as Apple wishes it to perform. Purchasing an iPhone is willingly handing over complete control of the device to Apple because this approach has been so tightly ingrained in society as necessary.

2. The strongest approach is a philosophical approach

As the main partitioner between the Free Software Movement and the Open Source Movement, it is apparent, in this regard alone, that it must have a significant amount of meaning. When one really digs into the specifics, though, this idea becomes even more important. Nobody would ever build a skyscraper without spending tiring hours on a sturdy foundation to keep the building up. Likewise, constructing a movement on the grounds that a development style always produces less-buggy, more secure, or more featureful software is worthless. On these foundationless grounds, what would be the problem with using Skype and locking not only yourself, but also all of your friends, into one company’s software and protocol? When cost gets thrown into the mix, things get even uglier. One who bases his/her opinions on these subjective measures would be enticed by high-quality software available at no cost. Though I make no claim to it’s quality, even Microsoft Windows is “free of cost” to consumers.

The majority of the people in the world choose not to pickpocket. But why? It couldn’t possibly be too difficult. If the thief runs, he/she probably won’t get caught, and it is a quick way to make some extra cash. Most people believe it is wrong to steal, and therefore, won’t rob a wallet. The philosophy that one should not steal overrides the benefits that may come from stealing someone’s wallet. It is the same reason that Vegans don’t wear leather, Mormons abstain from caffeine/alcohol, and environmentalists drive hybrid cars.

When it comes to software, though, the majority of people take a lesser stance. For those “casual users” who have somehow learned about the Free Software Movement, few will take the philosophies seriously since they create so much inconvenience and trouble. Would one be likely to support dismantling one’s house upon learning that it was seated upon a sacred ancient burial ground? Because it creates so much inconvenience and would be outrageously expensive, most people would likely ditch this new ethical dilemma, on the grounds that they had very little opinion about it before it began affecting their life. Yes, the house is ruining the sacred area, but nobody informed the homeowner in question about this problem before the purchase, so the shame should be placed elsewhere.

When one keeps a 100% philosophy-based center when making every-day choices, it is impossible to make a regrettable decision on those aspects in which one has philosophies or values. Putting morals before convenience and ease may be tough at times, but it will help ensure permanent solutions that carry much more meaning.

3. An open and creative mind does wonders

Before I became involved in Free Software, I had far different opinions, ideas, and beliefs than I do today. Free Software helped me open up my mind to new and unfamiliar concepts. This software universe had been going on behind my back for years. If there was this much in software alone that a technology-savvy guy had never even heard of, I figured, there must be quite a bit out there.

One of the best parts about the Free Software community is that it is composed of a huge diversity of people with a huge diversity of ideas. Richard Stallman’s stallman.org is a perfect example. Most of his ideas and beliefs, especially his political ideals, are somewhat unorthodox and not widely accepted. Previous to reading his opinions, I had laughed Ralph Nader off as a joke, as I had heard nothing but humor about him previously in my life. When I actually met someone who supported him, I took the time to understand his politics. It just so happened that I shared some of Nader views. I stopped my warrantless distaste for the 3rd party candidate, and gained a great deal of respect for the man.

Another good example can be drawn from my life. I am a composer, and one of the biggest hurdles for me in switching to exclusively Free Software was my sheet music typesetting software. I used a proprietary package under Wine for quite some time, because none of the other options available did what I wanted. Or so I thought. I had tried Free Software packages to fill this purpose, from Rosegarden, to MuseScore, to Lilypond, to Canorus. I convinced myself that, since none of them behaved exactly like the proprietary package I was used to using, none of them were as good. Some time later, I decided the final movement of of my last piece of proprietary software should end soon, and that I best move to exclusively Free Software. I forced myself to use MuseScore for my next composition project. By the time I was done, I had actually forgotten how to use my old piece of proprietary garbageware. MuseScore did everything I wanted and more. Yes, it behaved slightly differently, but I found I could be much more efficient – while using Free Software! It was a double win for me.

For developers, opening one’s mind to unfamiliar creative ideas is essential to creating practical solutions. The majority of those working on Free Software are autonomous and get to choose what they want to work on. (Even of the large corporately-funded developer base, many have a great deal of liberty in this regard.) They are not told to implement specific attributes by their management, or pressured by paying customers to add a certain feature. They work because they want to help themselves, their user base, or their software project. There is plenty of room for experimentation. One of the main arguments used for Free Software is the advantage of not reinventing the wheel, yet in the case of nearly every hole in the software platform to fill, there are at least two equally effective options. KDE and Gnome. Grub and Lilo. OpenOffice and Koffice. Emacs and Vi. The list goes on. These pairs exist because the developers had different ideas as to how to design an application, which features to implement, and what the goals of the project were. In all of the cases above, the synergy created between the pairs has only gone to further enhance both projects. In other words, contrasting ideas have improved each other.

4. Knowledge was meant to be shared

Back in the middle 1850’s, when the Industrial Revolution was beginning in Britain, the country attempted a quarantine of ideas. Britain was the first country to go through an industrial revolution, and wanted the ideas for the machine designs to stay contained within the country so that it might prosper economically. It was a failure. It was unbelievably naïve of them to think they could stop the spread of an idea. As the cliché goes, “If we both have an apple, and we exchange apples, we each still have one apple. But, if we each have an idea and exchange those, each of us has two ideas.”

Some companies try to restrict the flow of this knowledge. In fact, many companies do this and expect to get away with it. They believe that putting DRM on digital media will prevent it from being illegally pirated. They believe that product activation procedures will prevent it from being illegally shared. They believe that information can be contained. Even in the days before the Internet, information and so-called “intellectual property” could still be, and were, exchanged. As the information age went on, though, corporations became progressively more obsessed with controlling the spread of knowledge.

This trend of open information holds true even in tightly-protected situations. The Watergate scandal leaked to the press through one of US President Nixon’s most trusted colleagues. Microsoft was recently discovered to be using code stolen from a competitor on a social networking site, even though the code was never released. Pictures from the Iran protest in early June of this year circulated the Internet, despite the efforts of the government to prevent their spread. The examples continue, but all hit the same chord: there is no use in preventing the spread of information.

So instead of working to prevent this spread, why not encourage it? Why not get the ideas, capabilities, and functionality of any given piece of software out to as many people as possible and kindle the flame? There are many ways to make money, so why choose a method that requires investing just as much time and effort into making software that lots of people want to use as trying to prevent the usage of said software? It sounds counterintuitive and/or just plain stupid on paper, but is generally seen as the traditional and conservative way to do it. Physical products must be treated differently than knowledge. Government can assist in the process of selling knowledge in the same way as a physical product, but due to the nature of the commodity, it will never be the same.

5. Anyone can make a difference

When I started off in the world of Free Software, I wanted to contribute, but didn’t think that an 8th grade student would be able to contribute anything worthwhile. I proved myself wrong, and joined the Joomla! Documentation team, writing and editing documentation for the software package. As I learned later, documentation was one of the most lacking areas in the Free Software community. When I started learning to program in PHP, I wrote small extensions for the Content Management System I then knew so well. They were small enough to be easily written by someone with little experience, yet useful enough to be widely-deployed. I moved on to larger applications and contributions. Frequent emails from users of my software showed me just how much of a difference I was making for them.

No matter what you do, remember that your actions do make a difference. If you find a bug, report it! The first bug report of your life may be a little shaky, but how else can one learn to report bugs? Your reports make the software better for everyone. Just maybe that crash you reported will save some people from a major data loss in the future. If you have decent writing skills, consider writing or improving some documentation for your favorite Free Software application so others will have a less frustrating learning curve. Translating documentation or an application itself opens up that software to a new demographic of people, most of whom could not possibly use the application prior to your translation. Bringing up Free Software in a conversation and/or promoting it more seriously opens the philosophies and the software itself up to new people as well.

Even a simple “thank you” to a project member can go a long way. Free Software isn’t written by machines; it is written by countless individuals that give up a significant amount of time each day to do what they do. Showing appreciation helps developers know their work is worthwhile.

Now, just for a second, I challenge the reader to imagine what the world of Free Software would be like if nobody believed they could make a difference. Very little Free Software would be written, and that which was written may not be released to the public. A completely Free operating system would be out of the question, as only small research projects would exist. Businesses, with no faith in their ability to succeed with Open Source, would resort to writing proprietary software that can be sold on a shelf. The Free Software Movement would be inexistent without this wisp of a thought. In fact, Richard Stallman wouldn’t have bothered writing the GNU system if he thought his project wouldn’t mean anything.

It is so easy to imagine how horrible the world of Free Software could be like this, so why do people all too often let it slide in the “real” world? This world is so much bigger than the Free Software Sphere that people tend to feel that their actions mean less. However, they seem to be forgetting that, while some action we make won’t directly influence everybody, every action we make affects somebody. And just maybe, when one totals the sum of the somebodies and the somebodies of those somebodies, just maybe every one of us changes the world every day.

Because our actions mean so much, it is vital that one governing body, be it a corporation, government, or other mass, doesn’t take away our freedom to express ourselves as we please. We would no longer be changing the world in our own way, but in the way desired by this group in power. It is vital that we keep a philosophical approach so that our beliefs stand behind our actions. Even if we make an unwise decision, we make it for a rational reason that shines through to others. It is vital that we keep an open mind to ensure no good idea goes unnoticed, and a creative one to generate good ideas of our own. One man’s seemingly worthless idea may be another man’s inspiration. It is vital that there is an uninterrupted stream of knowledge, and that information is not held back for personal benefit at the cost of others. Knowledge and information are the building blocks of change. These concepts are vital not only to software, but also to every-day life.

And to think some people only see the technical benefits.

Source from : http://trombonechamp.wordpress.com

Windows 7 Sins

2009-11-29T21:25:00.000-08:00

The alternative? With free software you have freedom!
To use free software is to make a political and ethical choice asserting the right to learn, and share what we learn with others. Free software has become the foundation of a learning society where we share our knowledge in a way that others can build upon and enjoy.

What if there were a worldwide group of talented ethical programmers voluntarily committed to the idea of writing and sharing software with each other and with anyone else who agreed to share alike? What if anyone could be a part of and benefit from this community even without being a computer expert or knowing anything about programming? We wouldn't have to worry about getting caught copying a useful program for our friends—because we wouldn't be doing anything wrong.

In fact, such a movement exists, and you can be part of it.

You can get more information about each of the sins and how to escape them at windows7sins.org.

EDUSOL 2009, Quinto Encuentro en Línea de Educación, Cultura y Software Libres

2009-11-17T17:28:00.000-08:00

EDUSOl joins hand to all those persons interested in Open source / Free Software in Education.
its not just talking about free software but linking different persons or groups interested of free software in education.

check the site: EDUSOL

2009-10-20T21:28:00.000-07:00

Congreso Guatemalteco de Software Libre

El Congreso Guatemalteco de Software Libre, es un evento promovido por los integrantes de varios grupos de usuarios de Linux de Guatemala, con el único propósito de proponer y dar a conocer soluciones tecnológicas basadas en software libre.

Objetivos:

* Divulgar el espíritu y filosofía de trabajo del software libre.
* Dar a conocer la existencia de alternativas libres.
* Brindar las herramientas necesarias para mejorar el desarrollo tecnológico.
* Promover el uso legal del software.
* Unir esfuerzos de LUGs del País para difundir el Software Libre.

Sede Oficial para CGSOL 2009

La sede oficial para CGSOL 2009 será la cabecera departamental de Chimaltenango, también del mismo nombre, se encuentra aproximadamente a 54 Km de la ciudad capital.

ChimaLUG será el organizador de este evento con el apoyo de toda la comunidad guatemalteca SLGT.

Las Fechas Oficiales para este año son : 26-27-28 de Noviembre del 2009 y se llevará acabo en el Instituto Leonidas Mencos Avila de Chimaltenango.

Sound for Pavilion dv4 in Ubuntu

2009-09-08T22:42:00.000-07:00

How to fix your sound for a Hp Pavilion Dv4.. running ubuntu 9.04 .

well i was doing some reaseach and i found out that all i had to do is add to adding to:

sudo joe /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

and find the line

options snd-pcsp index=-2

and add

alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
alias sound-slot-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd-hda-intel model=dell-m4-1
options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=1

save your document

and restart your laptop and yaaaaaaaah its working ..

hope it helps ...

SUCCESS Drupal workshop..

2009-08-23T20:03:00.000-07:00

Friday 21-22 August 2009 the Drupal workshop for the Drupal tour centroamericano was a Success.
it all started at 9 am with some introduction about what is Drupal and why its a good idea to use it .. one of the secure and powerful CMS was introduced to group of people (15) who all showed interest in Drupal and in Open Source software.. we used a Computer lab at Sacred Heart college, where we were using Ubuntu for the attendees to use .. the workshop lasted almost 7 hourse were people got to know about druapal and also on how to use it and how to design a simple personal website.

thanks to Josef D. for the Hard work.

also to all the persons who helped us to make it a success, hope that this will not be the last workshop based on opensource...

yaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh....

Belize LUG community

2009-08-14T21:45:00.000-07:00

Come and be part of Belize LUG community ..
BelizeLug is a group of individuals, who are interested in Linux and other free software and who meet regularly to discuss it.activities include encouraging and assisting new users, distributing software,listening to presentations on specific topics,developing projects and socializing.

http://groups.google.com/group/belizelug/web/belizelug-first-meeting

come and join ....

Drupal Tour Centroamerica 2009

2009-08-11T16:45:00.000-07:00

(Josef D.)
"From 1st of August to 9th of September 2009, I'm travelling from Nicaragua over El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize to México. During the trip, I'm doing drupal workshops with people of the free software community.

Del 1 de Agosto hasta el 9 de Septiembre 2009, estoy viajando desde Nicaragua hasta México, pasando por El Salvador, Guatemala y Belize. Realizo talleres de drupal con comunidades de software libre durante este viaje."
Agenda

El Salvador – 01.08.09 – 10.08.09
06.08.09 - OpenAtrium @ El Gato
07.08.09 - Gira Drupal meets Ubuntu El Salvador - dasjo, Dkcross
10.08.09 - Taller de Drupal en el CiberUES de la Universidad Nacional de El Salvador - dasjo, Gaby
Guatemala – 11.08.09 – 18.08.09 SLGT, Ubuntu Guatemala
13.08.09 - Café Libre en Cuidad de Guatemala
14.08.09 - Conferencia de Drupal en Quetzaltenango
15.08.09 - Taller: Drupal y vos & Administracion de Drupal (Lugusac)

Belize – 19.08.09 – 25.08.09
20.08.09 - Drupal Workshop @ Sacred Heart College - nabs, nabs @ 9:00 Am
21.08.09 - Drupal Workshop @ Sacred Heart College - nabs, nabs @ 9:00 Am

México – 26.08.09 – 09.09.09 Drupal México
Read more

Ver nicaragua-mexico en un mapa más grande
http://drupal-centroamerica.org/gira-drupal-centroamérica-2009
http://groups.drupal.org/node/25136

Belize Drupal workshop 2009

2009-07-29T19:13:00.000-07:00

hmmm

2009-07-20T13:04:00.001-07:00

i wish it was me.........
be happy ..
keep smiling..

jajajaj
bored in the office..

Drupal Tour Centroamérica 2009

2009-07-08T17:32:00.000-07:00

What is Drupal ??? hmmm

Drupal, an open source content management platform.Its a Free Software package that allows an individual or a community of users to easily publish, manage and organize a wide variety of content on a website.

Join us this August @ Sacred Heart College ..

Background story
(Josef.Dabernig)
Sent by Austrian Service Abroad, I’m working as a Social
Servant at Casa de los Tres Mundos, Granada, Nicaragua
from 08/01/2008 to 07/31/2009.

I worked a lot with drupal, migrating Casa Tres Mundos'
website from drupal 4 to drupal 6. Furthermore I helped
with organizing the first Drupalcamp Centroamérica 2009
in Managua, Nicaragua. From april to end of june, I led a
drupal workshop at our trainee center.

When I went to the first ECSL, I met various people
interested in drupal from all central america. This is why I
decided to combine my trip to México with doing drupal
workshop.

Drupal Tour Centroamérica 2009
In August 2009 I'm going to travel from Nicaragua over El
Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize to México. During
the trip, I plan to do drupal workshops with people of the
free software community.

Please feel free and encouraged to contact me about
possible drupal workshops with you folks

• El Salvador - around Sat., 1st of August
• Honduras - around Sat., 8th of August
• Guatemala - around Sat., 15th of August
• Belize - around Sat., 22nd of August
• México - around Sat., 29th of August

These dates are really tentative at the very moment,
because I'm currently contacting you guys from the various
free software comunities. But this should give you an idea
when we could get together to make things happen.

Requirements for the workshop..

- If you Have a laptop Bring it along with you.(if not We can provide a Computer to use for the workshop)
_ I prefer the following: computer running Linux (Ubuntu, Fedora , Debian Ect.. )

Dont miss it.. its going to be Fun.. and very interesting..
Promoting Opensource and free software in Belize

Place Hosted: Sacred Heart College.
Time : to be Determined

Keep in contact for farther updates !!

If you want to attend the Drupal Workshop please contact
nabs at email : enrinabet(at)gmail(dot)com

reality

2009-07-01T18:29:00.001-07:00

hmm what is the meaning of Reality? $@#@D0Nt K4ow%@$@$
life is a reality live it to the best and be happy ..

Belize Issues Support for Ousted Honduran President

2009-06-30T00:57:00.000-07:00

posted (June 29, 2009)
The Government of Belize has issued a statement saying it supports Honduran President Manuel Zelaya who was ousted in a coup on Sunday. The statement says, “Belize, in full solidarity with SICA member states, recognizes President Zelaya as the only constitutional president of Honduras and demands his immediate reinstatement.”

Support for president Zelaya has come from throughout the Americas, most prominently, the Alba nations, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia and Nicaragua, as well as the US and the Organization of the American States. Secretary General of the OAS, José Miguel Insulza, was very firm in his statement declaring, “we will not accept a return to the past in the continent,” and “in our region, military taken part in coups are not accepted.” The OAS has called a special emergency session of all member states tomorrow and Belize’s Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington is expected to attend.

Yesterday soldiers stormed into the president’s palace in Honduras’ capital and forced president Zelaya, into exile in Costa Rica. Zelaya was trying to amend the constitution to allow re-election and the military and judiciary opposed it. Their decision to oust him has sparked crisis and turmoil throughout the Americas as the coup is being strongly condemned. While regional leaders are all demanding the reinstatement of Zelaya, the Honduran Supreme Court and National Congress both support the military’s actions, and claims they were defending democracy.

Amidst the chaos, a new interim president was sworn in, Roberto Micheletti. When we tried to contact the Honduran Ambassador here in Belize, he was unavailable for comment until Monday of next week.

The last census showed that persons born in Hondurans form the second largest bloc of Belize’s foreign born population.

http://www.7newsbelize.com

My road Map to Nicaragua

2009-06-26T19:28:00.000-07:00

View Road Trip to ECSL (encuentro centroamericano de software libre) in a larger map

Destination Esteli, Nicaragua fro the ESCL.
and the only Belizean There, representing Belize.

Declaración de Estelí

2009-06-24T21:45:00.001-07:00

(soon the English version)

-I-

Definiciones: Software Libre: Programa de computación cuya licencia
garantiza al usuario acceso al código fuente del programa y lo
autoriza a ejecutarlo con cualquier propósito, modificarlo y
redistribuir tanto el programa original como sus modificaciones, sin
tener que pagar regalías adicionales a los desarrolladores previos.

Estándares Abiertos: Especificaciones técnicas, publicadas y
controladas por alguna organización que se encarga de su desarrollo,
las cuales han sido aceptadas por la industria, estando a disposición
de cualquier usuario para ser implementadas en un software libre u
otro, promoviendo la competitividad, interoperatividad o flexibilidad.

- II -

Preámbulo: Nosotros y nosotras, integrantes de la comunidad
centroamericana de personas usuarias, desarrolladoras y activistas de
Software Libre nos hemos reunido en la ciudad de Estelí, Nicaragua,
con los siguientes objetivos: reunir experiencias de organización por
parte de las comunidades, compartir conocimiento técnico, crear lazos
sociales y cohesión de ideas en la región y fijar objetivos comunes
para el impulso del Software Libre en Centroamérica.

- III -

Tomando en cuenta que todos los gobiernos de nuestros países han
firmado y ratificado la Carta Iberoamericana de Gobierno Electrónico[1],
enfatizamos en la importancia de recordar las afirmaciones de dicha
Carta en términos de recomendar: "el uso de Estándares Abiertos y de
Software Libre en razón de la seguridad, sostenibilidad a largo plazo
y para prevenir que el conocimiento público no sea privatizado."

- IV -

Considerando también que el uso del Software Libre y Estándares
Abiertos

1. Contribuye a fortalecer a la industria nacional de software.

2. Contribuye efectivamente con la reducción de la brecha social y
tecnológica.

3. Permite la interoperabilidad de los sistemas de información del
Estado para dar respuestas rápidas y oportunas a los ciudadanos y
ciudadanas, mejorando la gobernabilidad y la autonomía.

4. Permite mejorar los niveles de seguridad de los sistemas.

5. Es un instrumento para alcanzar la soberanía y autonomía
tecnológica, con una mejor inverisón de los recursos públicos.

- V -

Acordamos instar a los gobiernos, instituciones educativas, centros de
investigación, sociedad civil y a todas las instancias relacionadas de
Belice, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, y
Panamá a que:

1. Se establezca como política de Estado, el uso de Estándares Abiertos
y de Software Libre en la Administración Pública.

2. Se fomente la investigación y el desarrollo de software desde un
modelo de licenciamiento, construcción y acceso libres, desarrollado
con Estándares Abiertos, procurando incentivos especiales para esos
fines.

3. Se promueva el uso generalizado del Software Libre y Estándares
Abiertos en la sociedad, capacitando e instruyendo a los usuarios y
usuarias.

4. Se establezcan políticas para incluir el Software Libre desarrollado
con Estándares Abiertos, en los programas de educación básica y
diversificada, bajo los principios de una Educación Tecnológica
inclusiva, creativa y solidaria.

5. Se establezcan dentro de los planes y programas de fomento e
implementación de Software Libre y de Estándares Abiertos, mecanismos
que respeten la identidad, diversidad de contextos, culturas, etnias y
géneros.

6. Se procure el desarrollo de sistemas operativos y aplicaciones
adecuadas para poblaciones específicas según sus características
étnicas, culturales y socioeconómicas.

7. Que las inequidades sociales en el acceso a la educación y la
tecnología pueden reproducir los modelos patriarcales y que el
Software Libre puede ser una herramienta que aporte a la
participación, autonomía y empoderamiento de las mujeres en la
sociedad.

8. Que no se permita el patentamiento de software y de algoritmos, pues
atenta contra el desarrollo tecnológico de nuestros países y las
oportunidades de nuestra población para convertirse en sujetos activos
en la construcción del conocimiento.

9. Que las instituciones públicas deben compartir la información
referente a solicitudes de patentamiento y modificaciones a las leyes
de derechos de autor, para que esos datos sean accesibles de manera
gratuita y estén disponibles a través de medios digitales, utilizando
Estándares Abiertos.

10. Que la información y los estudios realizados en universidades e
instituciones públicas deben estar disponibles para su uso,
aprendizaje y mejoramiento por ser de interés público.

11. Que los currículums universitarios deben incorporar dentro de sus
asignaturas, los esquemas de licenciamiento libres.

12. Que las universidades deben incluir dentro de las carreras afines
al desarrollo de sistemas, los conocimientos básicos acerca de las
nociones generales de derechos de autor y esquemas de licenciamiento.

Dado en la ciudad de Estelí, Nicaragua, a los veinte días del mes de
junio de dos mil nueve.

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[1] Aprobada por la IX Conferencia Iberoamericana de Ministros de
Administración Pública y Reforma del Estado y ratificada en la la XVII
Cumbre Iberoamericana de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno en Santiago,
Chile, el 10 de noviembre de 2007

BELIZE LUG LOGO

2009-06-24T21:32:00.001-07:00

(image #1)

well after talking with some friends we came to the conclusion that we are going to send invitations through emails to persons we know that are interesting in Linux and are willing to help to start a Group in Belize.
(image #2)

I have started designing some logos so we can use .. so far we don't have a name for our group, we want to decide the name when we meet for our first meeting which is schedules some where around the 1st week of July..

pleas let me know what you think about the logos what does it need what do i need to move rate it i will really appreciate it ..

(image #3)

well its time for me to take a brake for some coffee ..

Belize Linux users' Group logo by Belize LUG is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

ESCL - Day 0

2009-06-16T16:31:00.000-07:00

After waiting so much time and counting the days XXD, Finally the first Central American Open Source Summit arrived, all exited that i was i not even did go sleep cause i was packing for my big trip all around Central America in bus witch is known as the "Open Source Bus" by ESCL(encuentro centroamericano de software libre) Community.

After all this fuss i was ready, but still i was so nervous cause; first it was my first time that i was going to travel so far by my self, second i had in mind that i have so much responiblites @ work and third i was thinking if the little pocket money that i was taking will do the trike jeje u know take me to my destination and bring me back home.. jejeje

well the day arrived Tuesday June 16, 2009 all anxious i took my bags and waited for the taxi driver who never appeared i had to go to the highway and look for one by then it was almost 7am and i was waiting sine 5:45am jeje i felt like i will not make it on time to take the micro bus in Melchor De Mencos Guatemala wich was to take me to Santa Elena Peten Guatemala to aboard my Plain that was to take me to Guatemala City (Maya De Oro)jejej.

Once i was in Santa Elena the first thing i did was buy my ticket second i decided that i will treat my self a Burger @ Burger Kind so that was my first lunch for the day with coffee and lots of coffee so i don't fall at sleep cause it was my first time i was to travel during the day.

All exited i spend all my Quetzales so i had to pay a man who was driving a tuck tuck moto taxi and he took me to a ATM machine from there i asked him to take me to buy a Tigo Chip for my phone so i can be in contact with Luis (AKA l.fac) from Guatemala City who was going to give me a place to sleep so i can take the bus.

one in the terminal i called l.fac and told him that i am on my way also i text my mom to tell her that i am on my way and also my special friend in Belize it was an international text.

ooooooh yeah almost forgot jejej i boarded the bus, and like 1 hours of traveling the bus started to give problems jeje yeah i felt nervous cause me by my self not knowing where i am , but the driver called his office and a next bus arrived i was like thanks lots ...

Finally after 8 hours of travel the bus arrived Guatemala and i was happy to be safe in Guatemala..After few calls i meet L.fac in the terminal.. thanks to him i was able to make it to take the Bus that was to take us to Esteli Nicaragua.