<div dir="ltr"><div><p><span>Hi everyone. It has been a big year for Open Source Software, and we want to keep that momentum going with upcoming events.</span></p><p><span>Lovely
to see people this month at our second Tuesday meeting, preparing for
future workshops; and at PLUG-in-the-Pub this past Wednesday.</span></p><p><span>A nod to the </span><a href="https://www.fsf.org/fsf40" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span>Free Software Foundation</span></a><span>,
turning 40 in October. We have all felt the frustration of proprietary
software blocking access, breaching privacy, and becoming deprecated. A
lot of progress has been made to end these frustrations and <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">the FSF</span> are
encouraging </span><a href="https://libreplanet.org/wiki/FSF40/meetups" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span>LibreLocal</span></a><span> and other events over the year to celebrate.</span></p><h2 id="gmail-Upcoming-Events"><a class="gmail-anchor gmail-hidden-xs" title="Upcoming-Events"></a></h2><h2 id="gmail-Upcoming-Events"><span>Upcoming Events</span></h2><p><span>Keep your calendar clear for these events.</span></p><ul><li><span>June 2025</span>
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<p><span>Second Sunday 2025-06-08 PLUG+POSH</span></p>
<ul><li><span>TIME: 12:00 </span><span class="gmail-smartypants">–</span><span> 16:00</span></li><li><span>VENUE: The Perth Artifactory, 8/16 Guthrie St, Osborne Park WA 6017</span></li><li><span>COST: There is a $5 fee for Artifactory non-members. Check
their website for how to pay, or you can just give it to the organiser
on the day.</span></li><li><span>DESCRIPTION: The monthly PLUG + POSH Hack Afternoon is a
language/platform agnostic hack session. Bring your favourite or
interesting project and a love of code, or any other tech project that
you're interested in. We'll be hosting it in person @ the Artifactory.</span></li><li><span>THEME: This month: backups</span></li></ul>
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<p><span>Second Tuesday 2025-06-10 James talk: VLANs</span></p>
<ul><li><span>TIME: 6:00 – 8:30pm</span>
<ul><li><span>Light refreshments from 18:30, talks start 19:00</span></li><li><span>(Doors are locked at 18:00 so please call the number on the door.)</span></li></ul>
</li><li><span>VENUE: Riff, powered by Spacecubed, 45 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000</span></li></ul>
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</li></ul><p><span>As always, check out our homepage and calendar at:</span>
<a href="https://www.plug.org.au/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span>https://www.plug.org.au/</span></a></p><hr><h2 id="gmail-Events-from-2025-so-far"><a class="gmail-anchor gmail-hidden-xs" title="Events-from-2025-so-far"></a></h2><h2 id="gmail-Events-from-2025-so-far"><span>Events from 2025 so far</span></h2><h3 id="gmail-Stalls"><a class="gmail-anchor gmail-hidden-xs" title="Stalls"></a></h3><h3 id="gmail-Stalls"><span>Stalls</span></h3><p><span>We have hosted a handful of Stalls showing off Open Source software and the practical impact it can have on people's lives.</span></p><h4 id="gmail-Geraldton-in-March-and-April"><a class="gmail-anchor gmail-hidden-xs" title="Geraldton-in-March-and-April"></a></h4><h4 id="gmail-Geraldton-in-March-and-April"><span>Geraldton in March and April</span></h4><p><span>We
had our first stall at the Geraldton Platform markets in January of
this year. This was to test the waters in showing off FOSS to the
public. at the stall we had:</span></p><ul><li>
<p><span>People interested in Linux for gaming.</span></p>
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<p><span>computers for their business in plasma and laser cutting, but was not tech savvy.</span></p>
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<p><span>One mentioned having one of the very very old computers when
they first reached Geraldton and wanted to see if it could get running
again.</span></p>
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<p><span>A few used Linux years ago and were interested in getting back
into it. One was surprised to know Ubuntu was still a thing, and
impressed by the working Microsoft Surface on display running linux
smoothly.</span></p>
</li></ul><p><span>Another stall was hosted again in April, with similar results.</span></p><p><span class="gmail-image-toolbar-wrapper gmail-inline-block gmail-w-fit gmail-h-fit gmail-[&:not([data-image-error])]:cursor-zoom-in"></span></p><img src="https://hackmd.io/_uploads/By9IIBwzex.jpg" alt="STALLPLUG" class="gmail-offline-handled error-handled gmail-image-toolbar-handled" width="231" height="169" style="margin-right: 0px;"><p></p><p><span class="gmail-image-toolbar-wrapper gmail-inline-block gmail-w-fit gmail-h-fit gmail-[&:not([data-image-error])]:cursor-zoom-in"></span></p><img src="https://hackmd.io/_uploads/HyUhrHwGeg.jpg" alt="PLUG STALL" class="gmail-offline-handled error-handled gmail-image-toolbar-handled" width="231" height="153" style="margin-right: 0px;"><p></p><h4 id="gmail-Perth-Design-Technology-amp-Innovation-Tradeshow-in-March"><a class="gmail-anchor gmail-hidden-xs" title="Perth-Design-Technology-amp-Innovation-Tradeshow-in-March"></a></h4><h4 id="gmail-Perth-Design-Technology-amp-Innovation-Tradeshow-in-March"><span>Perth Design, Technology & Innovation Tradeshow in March</span></h4><p><span>Thanks to Jacek, who shared his table at the </span><strong><span>Perth Design, Technology & Innovation Tradeshow</span></strong><span> at the Quay in Perth, we were able to show off the power of FOSS.</span>
<span>Our aim was to find people who were passionate about their
business who could talk about the FOSS tools that helped make it happen.</span></p><p><span><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">W</span>e
encountered one developer who worked on databases for a big
multinational. they were interested in seeing which of the tools they
had developed could be Open Sourced. Here is a perfect example of how a
group like PLUG can help promote Free and Open Source Software.</span></p><p><span class="gmail-image-toolbar-wrapper gmail-inline-block gmail-w-fit gmail-h-fit gmail-[&:not([data-image-error])]:cursor-zoom-in"></span></p><img src="https://hackmd.io/_uploads/B1w08SPGgl.jpg" alt="TRADESGIW" class="gmail-offline-handled error-handled gmail-image-toolbar-handled" width="231" height="231" style="margin-right: 0px;"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">_______<br><h2 id="m_-6915314096192299887gmail-Chase-up">Thanks For Reading!</h2><h2 id="m_-6915314096192299887gmail-Chase-up">- Nick & Wyatt</h2></div></div></div></div></div></div>