Countdown to Software Freedom Day 2011!

Calling all IT Geeks of Zamboanga City! (Students and Professionals alike)... I am coming up with a unique way in celebrating this year's Software Freedom Day!

As you may have already known, Software Freedom Day is an annual celebration which focuses on the awareness of Free and Open Source Software as an alternative for proprietary software. This year's Software Freedom Day will be on September 17, 2011, and will be celebrated simultaneously, worldwide!

For the past two years, I have successfully celebrated Software Freedom Day, together with my mentor, Mr. RJ Ian Sevilla and groups of devoted volunteers from STI College Zamboanga! (I thank you all so much for those wonderful moments!)

This year, instead of having traditional talks from professional speakers in their specific fields of expertise, I want you to share your thoughts about FOSS and Software Freedom. It's your turn to share your knowledge!

HOW?

Simply answer my Trivia Questions about Software Freedom Day and FOSS which I will be posting on my Facebook Page from time to time, and you may get a chance to win Ubuntu 11.04 or Kubuntu 11.04 CD's, SFD stickers, and SFD 2011 T-shirts!!!


Yes! It's that easy!!!

It's a fun way to share your knowledge about FOSS and SFD, and help spread awareness for others!!!

Make your stand!

Spread the word!

Become a FOSS Advocate!

Let us Support Software Freedom!

Respectfully yours,

Jonathan Paul C. Solis

FOSS Advocate

Zamboanga City

+63-927-919-1231

Skype: jonathanpaul81
Gmail: jonathanpaul81@gmail.com

Beware the Sality Virus!

We've been having some problems with malware infections lately, and the most recent bug we had is the Sality virus. It was infecting our Samba shared drive which was running in Ubuntu 10.04. The virus would've never been a problem at all if our client unit were running Ubuntu as well. But, working in an institution where most users are not familiar with any other Operating System, except for Microsoft Windows, then we may still be having problems. From what I've noticed, this virus has the ability to replicate itself. And for your to be able to completely eradicate it, you should be able to identify which client computer it came from, disconnect it from the network and run a full scan using any updated Anitvirus or AntiMalware software. I recommend using Malwarebytes or AVAST!. And also run full scans on other computers connected to your network.

One AVAST! auto search discovered the infection from a Google chrome update.

Anyway, click here for more details about the Sality virus.

Just a precaution.

Enjoy surfing.