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4th Mindanao ICT Congress

 

Cruxade Databank Module Released

 

Davao Penguin Celebrates Software Freedom Day in Melbourne

Not to be left out of the celebration, trustee Holden Hao, celebrates Software Freedom day by visiting the local FOSS groups' event in the Town Hall of Melbourne, Australia.

Government Forms in OpenOffice.Org Formats

DabaweGNU, Inc. is making available for download copies of government forms created in OpenOffice.org formats. There are SSS, Phil. Health and BIR forms available for anyone to use, copy, and distribute. We also encourage you to submit to us any government forms that you may have exported to OO.org.

DabaweGNU Inc.'s New Board of Trustees

In February of this year, DabaweGNU Inc. elected a new set of board for trustees. Among the five board of trustees, DabaweGNU has now three new but capable members.

OpenOffice.org for Davao

OpenOffice.org is a free and open source office suite but Dabawenyos are not aware ot its availablility. So DabaweGNU, Inc. is embarking on an OpenOffice.org promotion project. The primary aim of this project is to get the attention of Dabawenyos and make them curious enough such that they will give OO.org a try.

Solon files bill requiring gov’t to use open source software

Free/ Open Source Software has been growing in popularity in the Philippines. Now, Congressman Teddy Casiño of Bayan Muna, has filed a bill in congress mandating the use of FOSS in the government.

Ruby on Rails Presentation Slides and References

Mark Maglana has uploaded his slide presentation on Ruby and Rails which he presented during Software Freedom Day. He has also prepared a list of references to benefit those getting started with Ruby on Rails.

DabaweGNU Celebrates Software Freedom Day

DabaweGNU members joined the world in celebrating Software Freedom Day on Sept. 16, 2006. The members gathered at the DGNU laboratory and had a Linux at Kape session.

DabaweGNU KURO Satellite Forum

DabaweGNU Inc., in support of the WebSining project of the Committee on Visual Arts (CVA) of the NCCA is inviting everyone to a FREE forum on "Multi-media Production and Intellectual Property Rights". The format of the forum will be a presentation followed by a discussion/demonstration.

Linux at Kape: The Penguin Returns

Last November 18, DabaweGNU once again held its monthly Linux at Kape session. About 15-20 regular and list members attended the said event. The topics discussed were "Linux Multi-media" by Nathaniel Jayme, "Knowledge Managment System" by Evamay dela Rosa, "Plone as KMS" by returning penguin Holden Hao, and "Web Hosting" by Job Oberio.

Software Freedom Day 2007 - Davao City

The Insitute of Computing of the University of Southeastern Philippines (USEP), DabaweGNU, Inc., USEP FOSS Club, and Davao Union Drug is joining the world in celebrating Software Freedom Day (SFD) on Saturday, September 15, 2007. The event will be held at the Social Hall of USEP in Obrero, Davao City from 10AM - 5PM. Admission is free.

Major ICT Players Support MICT 2007

DabaweGNU, Inc. is a member of the ICT Davao Inc. which is co-organizing the 6th MICT Congress and 1st BIMP-EAGA ICT Conference. DabaweGNU believes that this event is an important step towards the growth of the ICT industry in Davao and the rest of Mindanao. We encourage everyone to attend the conference on October 23-24, 2007 at the NCCC Mall. The ICT exhibits will run until the 27th.

Two DabaweGNU Members Attend Linux Trainers Training

InWEnt and IOSN ASEAN+3 recently sponsored a Linux Training of Trainers for Linux Professionals Institute (LPI) Level 2 last November 5-9, 2007 in UP Diliman, Quezon City. DabaweGNU, Inc. was fortunate to have been given 2 slots during the training.

DabaweGNU signs MOA with UNDP IOSN ASEAN+3 to Assist in Developing an Open Source Electronic Health Record Software

DabaweGNU Inc., a Davao-city based IT organization advocating the use of free and open source software (FOSS), recently entered into an agreement to jointly develop an electronic health record (EHR) application with the UNDP-IOSN ASEAN+3, a regional Center of Excellence for FOSS in the ASEAN region.

Linux Systems Administration I (LiSA 1)

The Linux Systems Administration I course is designed for students and professional ICT practitioners who wish to gain fundamental knowledge on installing, configuring, and trouble shooting Linux systems. The participants will also learn how to integrate Linux systems and its network services into heterogeneous network infrastructures. After the course, the participants are expected to have the basic capabilities of junior systems administrators.

Public Beta Release of a Free/Open Source Electronic Health Record for the Philippine Health Care Industry

The first beta release of FFEHR, an electronic health record application commissioned by the ASEAN+3 node of the International Open Source Network (IOSN), was released to the public last April 28, 2008. This release comes six months after the University of the Philippines Manila-National Telehealth Center tasked free/open source software (F/OSS) programmer Nathaniel Jayme and Davao-based F/OSS organization DabaweGNU, Inc. to jointly develop FFEHR. This release marks an important milestone as the project now opens its doors for public review.