Participants from almost all Brazilian states, and countries like Argentina, Paraguay, Italy and the UK, have already secured their registration for the ninth edition of the Latin American Conference on Free Software (Latinoware 2012), which will be held between October 17 and 19 in Foz do Iguaçu (PR).

Until next Sunday (30), registration can be done – on website: www.latinoware.org – at a cost of R$ 90. After this, the cost increases to R$ 110. The event – considered one of the largest of its kind in Latin America – should bring together at Itaipu Technological Park (PTI), about
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Alessandro de Oliveira Faria (AKA Cabelo) is already an old acquaintance in the area of ​​technology. Since 1986, he has been providing software solutions to the market in many different languages ​​and platforms and, since 1998, leads the development of open-source solutions for Linux and technical documents available on the Internet.

At Latinoware 2012, he will talk about Augmented Reality – developed on free software – which uses computer vision techniques with computer graphics and offers an innovative man-machine interaction. In this environment, virtual objects can be manipulated with our hands, giving users an unprecedented and attractive type of interaction.

– What
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Last year, amid an atmosphere of nostalgia, KDE – the second largest free software community in the world – celebrated its 15 years of activity at Latinoware. In the audience, old acquaintances had the chance of recalling important actions undertaken by the group during its trajectory.

For this edition, one of the goals of KDE will be to show that anyone can get involved and contribute to the group, regardless of the user’s level of technical knowledge. “Many people are still under the impression that writing code is the only way to help a free software community. My idea
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The Ubuntu community holds many surprises for Latinoware 2012. In the group’s larger participation in the history of the event, they plan to hold contests, raffles, installations and demonstrations of their work to the public, as well as showcasing their products in a booth at the exhibition area.

According to Ayrton Araújo, member of the Brazilian Ubuntu community, the main goal of the event is to recruit new collaborators. “We will be teaching how to collaborate, in real time, with highest affinity segment, establish new teams and beat the 3-day collaboration record. We will also make a tribute to
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En 2012, el espacio será ampliado y contará por primera vez con un conferencista internacional.

This is not the first time that Latinoware makes room for one of the most developed areas in recent years with the use of free software: GIS. Also called Geo-matics or Geo-referencing, this year the area gets a trail dedicated to discussing topics on the subject – LatinoGEO – with an integrated program of lectures, short courses and activities of the sector.

For the first time, the event will have an international speaker. Jody Garnnet, founding member of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation and chairman of
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As has become the tradition, LPI certification tests will once again be held at this year’s edition of Latinoware. The LPI 101, 201, 301, 303, 102, 202, 302 and 304 tests will be applied by 4 Linux on October 17th and 18th, from 11 to 12:30 am. Enrollments must be done in advance using link http://www.lpibrasil.com.br/inscreva-se. The website also has additional information about the test content.

In their official blog on Steam for Linux, Valve released a post talking about the performance of the company’s first port for Penguin, the acclaimed ‘Left 4 Dead 2’. Information is encouraging. Imagem: Disclosure

Ignored for many years by major studios as a gaming platform, Linux is experiencing a new moment, especially after the announcement of important partnerships in the sector. That’s what Julian Fernandes will address in his lecture at Latinoware 2012. Check out our interview with the speaker:

1. What is the content of your lecture at Latinoware?

The lecture will focus on the gamer audience, not programmers. The idea
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The time when having a computer was only for the elite is gone. At Latinoware 2012, speaker Claudimir Zavalik (à direita) will show participants details of the Raspberry Pi project, a single board computer marketed from US$ 25. One of the product’s differentials is the absence of a hard disk, with data and operating system storage (Debian, Fedora or Arch Linux) on SD cards.

According to Zavalik, the Project first came up at Cambridge University – in the United Kingdom – from the need to create a low cost hardware platform for applications in education. “The first 100 units
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Programmers, students, project managers, analysts, engineers are part of the group Women in Technology (MNT): there are already 241 “official members”. Photo: Marina Marques

It was after a harmless chat session in the Debian users community that the three women had the idea of creating a group exclusively for them to discuss issues related to the technological world. “We were thinking of doing an event similar to those carried out by http://women.debian.org. That was when we started to question the low attendance rates by women at IT events”, mentions Andressa Martins (Leia mais