Firefox, probably the most famous FOSS is trying to set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours. Contribute this by downloading the latest release, Firefox 3, on June 17, 2008. Join the rest of the community in this effort by … “Help Firefox make a world record on Download Day 2008!”

Sri Lanka in top ten of most number of applicants. Moratuwa, Sri Lanka – May 22, 2008 – The University of Moratuwa is proud to announce that 24 student projects have been accepted for the Google Summer of Code program this year making it the … “University of Moratuwa Tops Google list of Summer of Code Programmers”

An awareness seminar on GNU/Linux and FOSS organized by the Maldivian Students’ Association in Sri Lanka was held on the Sunday, 11th May 2008 at 14.00 onwards at the Sosun Vila, Pamankada (Old Maldivian Embassy). Geeks of FOSS.LK participated at the event. See more details … “Awareness Seminar for Maldivian Students Association”

LUG.lk participated in a GNU/Linux training event at AG School, Negombo on 29th and 30th of March. It was a very successful two day event. Around fifty students and a few teachers took part in it. We started the sessions with an introduction to FOSS … “FOSS-ed On Wheels – Negombo”

We successfully completed a two day hands on workshop in Unix shell and shell scripting on the 15th & 16th of March 2008. We used GNU/Linux as our platform and we covered several important areas in the Unix shell. The location was LSF – Sahana … “Two Day Workshop on (UNIX) GNU/Linux Shell Scripting”

Richard M. Stallman more fondly known as RMS, is one the most influential technology thinkers of our time. Founder of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) , he is the author of the GNU Public License(GPL); the most popular Free Software License around. Richard Stallman spoke … “RMS in Sri Lanka!”

FOSS.lk held a Training program for teachers and students of the Ratnapura District at Ruwanpura National Collage of Education (RNCOE), Wellawaya, Ratnapura, Sri Lanka on the 6th and 7th of October 2007. This is yet another initiative by FOSS.lk to bring the freedom of technology … “FOSS-ed On Wheels Ratnapura @ Ruwanpura National Collage of Education (RNCOE)”

Mandriva Linux 2008 will be released soon! In order to celebrate this event and to bring Linux to new users and present the new features available in Mandriva Linux 2008, Mandriva would like to coordinate a worldwide Installfest on November 17th, 2007. (An Installfest is … “Mandriva Linux 2008 Installfest: November 17th, 2007”

Sri Lanka Celebrates Freedom of Software Software Freedom Day (SFD) is a worldwide event that is celebrated annually (http://softwarefreedomday.org/) on the third Saturday of each September. This year, it will be celebrated on the 15th of September. The goal of this celebration is “To educate … “Software Freedom Day 2007”

Vidya Jyothi Professor V.K. Samaranayake passed away on Wednesday, 06th June 2007 aged 68 in Stockholm, Sweden. Prof. Samaranayake served as the Chairman of the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka from 2004. He was also the Emeritus Professor of Computer Science of … “The Sri Lankan ICT Industry Mourns the Loss of its Most Valued Member”