Question 1

Why does this matter?

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Stop ICT waste, due to unnecessary upgrades of hardware hosting overly-complex, resource-hungry & intrusive softwares. We deploy simple & secure PC operating systems, related to Android & Apple OS. Educational skills empowerment for ICT users. Accessible venue, abundant street parking, koha supper.

Question 2

What is FOSS?

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FOSS = Free and Open-Source Software : non-proprietary programs developed by FOSS community with transparency, user freedoms, social value and technical excellence in mind. Largely Unix-based.

Question 3

What is the history? (About us)

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Canterbury Linux Users Group and the Sydenham GNU/Linux Users have run alternative OS interest group meetings at this venue going back over twenty years. Here we maintain the tradition of community outreach, ICT education and user support. We always "have fun", as Linus Torvalds says. RMS, from Unix

Question 4

More information / events

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We support https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/ and have run a local Software Freedom Day annual public event, with the Digital Freedom Foundation, over many years. It's a tech support open day with some publicity done. Our new page for 20 September 2025 SFD is here: https://www.infohelp.co.nz/sfd25.html

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