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When Richard Stallman set out to create the GNU Project, the goal was to create a fully free operating system. Over 33 years later, it is now possible for users to have a computer that runs only free software. But even if all the software is available, putting it all together yourself, or finding a distribution that comes with only free software, would be quite the task. That is why we provide a list of Free GNU/Linux distributions.

Each distro on the list is commited to only distributing free software. With many to choose from, you can find a distro that meets your needs while respecting your freedom.

But with so much software making up an entire operating system, how is it possible to make sure that nothing nasty sneaks into the distro? That's where you, and GNU Bucks come in.

Our GNU Bucks program is a fun bounty program for finding licensing issues in endorsed distros. Helpful users and volunteers can file bugs with the distro if they happen to find some potentially non-free software. At the same time, they can email the FSF at report-nonfree@fsf.org. Once the maintainer of the distro verifies the issue, the reporter can receive a GNU Buck, signed by Richard Stallman.

Like many of our resources, we depend on users like you to keep our endorsed distributions list and GNU Bucks program up and running. Here's how you can help:

• Install and use a fully free GNU/Linux distribution.

• Report any licensing issues you might find in an endorsed distro and let us know at report-nonfree@fsf.org

• You can help fund our work in creating these licensing resources by becoming a member or by making a donation.

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Every week free software activists from around the world come together in #fsf on irc.freenode.org to help improve the Free Software Directory. This recaps the work we accomplished on the Friday, September 23rd, 2016 meeting.

This week we had a special theme of focusing on educational packages. The directory has quite a number of educational resources, so while we made great progress just working through the education category, we'll have to revisit this topic to get all the packages up to date. In going over some of the packages, the channel found several with broken links, another item that we'll want to focus on in future meetings.

In addition to our work on education packages, dachary set about on a new project to help automate updating versions for entries. Some resources already exist externally for tracking new versions and downloads, and dachary is working on a script to pull in that data and have it update the directory with less leg work. johnsu01 helped by putting together information and resources that can help to implement the script.

The meeting concluded with the channel deciding that next week's theme should focus on collaboration software. So next week's theme will be 'Working Together for Free Software'.

If you would like to help update entries related to education or just help update the directory in general, meet with us every Friday in #fsf on irc.freenode.org from 12pm to 3pm EDT (16:00 to 19:00 UTC).

The call for proposals is open now, until November 14th, 2016. General registration, exhibitor registration, and volunteer applications will open soon.

Do you have a free software-related topic to teach or talk about? You've got until Wednesday, November 14th, 2016 at 18:59 EST (23:59 UTC) to submit your proposals.

Every year, LibrePlanet brings together developers, policy experts, activists, hackers and end users. It's a place to learn new skills, share accomplishments and face challenges to computer user freedom together as a community. If you're new to the community, check out last year's conference site and session videos, including the opening keynote, a conversation with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, for a taste of what's to come.

What kind of sessions are we looking for?

LibrePlanet is defined by its combination of technical talks with non-technical sessions on free software activism, culture and current events. You might:

• Share an update on your free software project
• Examine how free software can aid education, community organizing, medicine, art, or social movements
• Teach a workshop on how to use a free software program or free hardware project
• Lead a project "sprint" (a group work session)
• Explore issues related to free software licensing and copyleft

This year, the theme of LibrePlanet is "The Roots of Freedom." This encompasses the historical "roots" of the free software movement -- the Four Freedoms, the GNU General Public License and copyleft, and a focus on strong security and privacy protections -- and the concept of roots as a strong foundation from which the movement grows. What aspect or advantage of free software is most valuable to you? What's arising from the movement's deep roots, and where? Can you identify exciting developments from the roots of freedom in education, business, activism, or the arts?

We're committed to increasing the participation of speakers belonging to groups traditionally underrepresented at free software conferences, including women and people of color. If you're comfortable sharing demographic information, there is an area for it on the proposal form, but your proposal will not be judged negatively if you leave those fields blank.

It's important to us to provide sessions that are friendly to newcomers, as well as those that help experienced hackers push their technical skills. Whatever your experience level or the experience level of your audience, we want to include your session! (As a corollary of this, we welcome sessions for kids or teens.)

What makes LibrePlanet so special is the thought-provoking, useful, and entertaining contributions from our speakers, attendees, exhibitors, and volunteers. We can't wait to hear your ideas. Submit a proposal now!

If you'd like to sponsor LibrePlanet, please email us at campaigns@fsf.org.

The merchandise we sell there helps get the message of software freedom into the world, and the money we raise from sales is indispensable to our operation. Besides all that, the goods are useful, whether generating true random numbers or keeping you warm in cold weather. To help us accomplish these goals, we are asking you, the free software community, for your ideas about what you'd like to see in the shop.

Do you have a neat design idea for a new T-shirt? Think we could sell a bale of GNU-branded socks? Know what we could put on a sticker that would get the software freedom message across? Please add your idea(s) to the LibrePlanet Wiki's Ideas page. If you see that someone has already suggested your idea, feel free to add a "+1". OR: you can email your merchandise idea to the FSF Operations team directly at sales@fsf.org.

Together we can come up with the most practical and stylish ways to get the software freedom message out there. We'll be actively looking at submissions into early October, and hope to have designs done by the middle of that month.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions and thank you for supporting free software!

Join the FSF and friends Friday, September 23rd, from 12pm to 3pm EDT (16:00 to 19:00 UTC) to help improve the Free Software Directory.

Participate in supporting the Free Software Directory by adding new entries and updating existing ones. We will be on IRC in the #fsf channel on freenode.

Tens of thousands of people visit directory.fsf.org each month to discover free software. Each entry in the Directory contains a wealth of useful information, from basic category and descriptions, to providing detailed info about version control, IRC channels, documentation, and licensing info that has been carefully checked by FSF staff and trained volunteers.

While the Free Software Directory has been and continues to be a great resource to the world over the past decade, it has the potential of being a resource of even greater value. But it needs your help!

This week we're having a special theme focusing on updating entries for educational software. With school starting back up for many students, we want to make sure they have the free software tools they need for their studies are up to date and current in the Directory.

If you are eager to help and you can't wait or are simply unable to make it onto IRC on Friday, our participation guide will provide you with all the information you need to get started on helping the Directory today! There are also weekly FSD Meetings pages that everyone is welcome to contribute to before, during, and after each meeting.