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=== 10:30: Opening keynote by Máirín Duffy ===
 
Title: TBA.
 
Topic: The highly-effective outreach effort called "Fedora Design Ninjas."
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At Software Freedom Day, Jeff will summarize the Community Working Group's activities over the past few years -- how it got started, what troubles it has had, what successes it has had, and the recent plan for a future of proactive community building.
 
=== 3:45 - 4:15: TBAJessica McKellar, on the Boston Python Workshop ===
 
Jessica McKellar is a software engineer at Ksplice, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oracle. She helped organize the first Boston Python Workshop, and now is the lead organizer.
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=== 1:30 - 2:0045: JessicaInstallfest McKellar,and oninstallation cool command-line skillshelp ===
Jessica McKellar is a software engineer at Ksplice, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oracle. In this tutorial, you will learn how to manipulate data in text form using standard free software tools. You will come away from it a sense of why plain text is so widely-liked in free software culture.
 
We will provide CDs and DVDs containing free software: this will include applications for proprietary operating systems (Windows and Mac OS), as well as installation disks for, and common Linux distributions.
A hand-out will be provided so you can practice the skills at home.
 
A team of helpers will be able to provide advice and assistance with these programs:
 
* Asheesh Laroia
* Your name here!
 
=== 23:1500 - 23:4530: Danny Piccirillo, on the basics of cross-platform video editing ===
 
Today, free software can help you edit and mix video and audio. Learn more as long-time video free culture fan Danny Piccirillo teaches you the basics of one such tool.
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A hand-out will be provided so you can practice the skills at home.
 
=== 3:0045 - 34:3015: Oliver Day, on the solid basics of online security ===
 
Learn from Oliver Day on the Akamai security team how you can stay safe online. You'll learn about tools like GPG and SSH but more importantly you'll leave with an understanding of the basics of security that will serve you in an ongoing fashion.
 
A hand-out will be provided so you can review at home.
 
=== 3:45 - 4:15: TBA, on free software tools for remote communication ===
 
Have you ever wondered how so much free software gets created by contributors across the globe, without working face-to-face? In this tutorial, you will learn how contributors create a "virtual office," sharing text, code, and graphic design work through tools like Mumble, EtherPad, Gobby, Pastebin, and IRC.
 
A hand-out will be provided so you can practice the skills at home.
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