"You'd be surprised at the number of folks who see Linux as the
operating system of choice now."
~ -Mel King, Director, South End Technical Center

Boston, Mass., July 17, 2008—The Ubuntu Massachusetts Local Community Team is a group of volunteers and activists organized around the open-source Ubuntu operating system, often called “Linux for human beings.” The team advocates digital rights and freedom, and promotes Ubuntu use to achieve this.

They have been working with the South End Technical Center since January 2008, installing Ubuntu on center and user machines and providing weekly training sessions for experienced and novice users alike. On August 2nd the group will be hosting their fourth free Exploration Ubuntu event to demonstrate what this easy-to-use Linux system has to offer.

Where: Wiesner Building, E15 (in other terms, "the lower atrium of the Media Lab")
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20 Ames Street
Cambridge, MA 02139

On April 29th, 2008, Saint Stephen's Armenian Elementary School is
opening its doors to the community for a special event focusing on
"Free & Open Source? Software in K-12  Education."  We are inviting
teachers, IT personnel, and school administrators from Boston and
nearby suburbs to come and see for  themselves how FOSS can help them
to meet all of their educational  computing needs.  They will be able
to "test drive" Open Office.org and  other apps in our 100% Linux
computer lab, and to learn from local experts how to introduce  FOSS