FOSS@School: "An Introductory to GNU/Linux and other FOSS Application" will be held at the Infotech Laboratory, Southern Philippines Agribusiness and Marine and Aquatic School of Technology (SPAMAST), Matti, Digos, Davao del Sur on March 6 to 7, 2010.

The objective of this seminar workshop is to introduce the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) as an alternative for proprietary software. The two day seminar workshop covers the basic systems and network administration of Ubuntu Desktop such as partitioning, installation, configuration, command line interface, and etc. This course will be handled by Mr. Eugene G. Ranjo and Mr. John Mark E. Llarenas from University of Southern Mindanao, Kabacan, Cotabato.

DevCon Mindanao will be held on December 3, 2009, 3:00 PM at the Even Center, SM City, Davao. Do not miss this event guys, check out their website, DevCon Mindanao. You can register [here].

The Software Freedom Day 2009 last September 19 held at STI College Zamboanga Building was a success.

The Mindanao Open Source Society announces the final list of supporters for Software Freedom Day 2009 on Region IX.

1. Netbeans.org - Netbeans Community suppported by Sun Microsystems.
2. JEDI - Java Education and Development Initiative
3. Ubuntu Team Philippines
4. Inwent - International Capacity Building based in Germany
5. Tactical Tech - International NGO helping human rights advocates use information, communications and digital technologies to maximize the impact of their advocacy work.