Group: LibrePlanet Denver
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About
LibrePlanet Denver is a group of activists and other volunteers who advocate for the ideals of free/libre software as an ethical social movement and digital rights as a necessary means for a free society.
We operate in accordance with the LibrePlanet Mission Statement and Code of Conduct.
Goals
- Unite
- Bridge connections between free/libre software activists, users, and contributors regardless of location and culture
- Encourage
- Welcome those new to the free/libre concept and help to provide guidance via education, campaigns, and events
- Advance
- Build and contribute to free/libre software code, documentation, and design
Starting Point
- Where to Begin?
- Often it can be a daunting and time-consuming task to start incorporating and using free/libre software in daily life. The Freedom Ladder is a resource that you can use to begin adopting free/libre software at your own pace.
- Switching to using a GNU/Linux Operating System (OS) from other proprietary options (Windows, MacOS) involves a learning curve. However, we are here to help guide you, and provide you with help and support for any problems you may encounter.
- Often it can be a daunting and time-consuming task to start incorporating and using free/libre software in daily life. The Freedom Ladder is a resource that you can use to begin adopting free/libre software at your own pace.
Meetings
No meetings are currently scheduled.
We will hold routine meetings once LibrePlanet Denver reaches ~10 members - see the Join section below!
For now, feel free to chat on our secure IRC channel (#LibrePlanet-US-CO-DEN) on Libera.Chat (we monitor this channel daily). You may also consider attending an open house at your local hacker/maker space - denhac. 
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Activities
- We recently supplied denhac with 8 paper copies of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) Bulletin Issue 42 (Spring 2023)
- Online copy of the latest Bulletin (quarterly release): https://magazine.fsf.org/2023-spring/
- Online copy of the latest Free Software Supporter (newsletter, monthly release): https://www.fsf.org/free-software-supporter/2023/november
- Plans for the Future...
- We would like to inspire the community to get involved through fun and creative activities that showcase the power and convenience of Free Software, such as:
- Electronics and Amateur Radio: This topic shows a tangible need for Right to Repair
- Getting a Ham Radio license
- Communication with the ISS and Satellites like ARISS
- RC aircraft and drones
- Raspberry Pi and Arduino projects
- Setting up Servers
- Websites using Free Software
- Running your own email server
- Creating your own Forum, blog, or Content Management System
- Jitsi Meet video chat software installation
- Cyber Security
- Penetration Testing concepts and methods
- Proper techniques to Secure your computer or server
- How to use Encryption
- Ethical Hacking
- What do you want to do?
- Electronics and Amateur Radio: This topic shows a tangible need for Right to Repair
- We would like to inspire the community to get involved through fun and creative activities that showcase the power and convenience of Free Software, such as:
Resources
- Guidebook for using the terminal and command line in GNU userspace. This is a long book, but it is a great starting point and reference.
- Surveillance Self-Defense: tips, tools and how-tos for safer online communications - a project of the Electronic Frontier Foundation
- TAKE ACTION! protect end-to-end encryption
- Electronic Frontier Foundation Action Center
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Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
- Don't know how to use IRC? click here, enter a username of your choice, and type #LibrePlanet-US-CO-DEN into channel box and you will be connected!
- What is IRC and how does it work?
- IRC client recommendation: hexchat
- Having trouble registering your nickname on your IRC client? Libera.Chat Nickname Registration
- Having trouble editing this page, your user profile, etc.? LibrePlanet Wiki Helpers
- Why open source misses the point of free/libre software
- Support the Free Software Foundation with a paid membership or create a non-member account at no cost
Contact
- Internet Relay Chat (IRC): #LibrePlanet-US-CO-DEN on Libera.Chat. We monitor this channel daily.
- Email the group leader (Robbie): 1rcummin@protonmail.com
- GnuPG encryption fingerprint: E3B6 F7BD 9D53 B96E E453 599A A4C0 025C 07E4 97E9
- Email Gnuamua (Andrew): andrew@hoa-colors.com
- GnuPG encryption fingerprint: CDF6 AE62 7AF9 EE8E 7D3B AA2E F987 C312 7D84 8B50
- Our mailing list cannot be established until we reach 6 members. Reference: LibrePlanet Teams Help Wiki
Join
| 1. Support the Free Software Foundation with a paid membership or create a non-member account at no cost. 2. Include this badge on your user profile, add {{user Denver}} to the bottom of your user profile. example: macrohumanity. note: your username will also be automatically included in the LibrePlanet Denver Members list (see below) once the LibrePlanet Denver badge has been added to your user profile.
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| Members |
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| Gnuamua |
| LibrePlanet Colorado |
| LibrePlanet Denver |
| Macrohumanity |
| Mointerop |
| Tr3b |
This page was a featured resource in November 2023.
| Note | IRC: #LibrePlanet-US-CO-DEN on Libera.Chat |
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| Region | North America |
| Area | United States of America |
| Website | https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:LibrePlanet_Denver |
| Available language(s) | English |
| Contact | 1rcummin@protonmail.com |
| Members | 2 |
| Description | Free society activists |
| Current status | ACTIVE |
