Good documentation, good usability to create an outstanding user experience, and publicity to make people aware of it can catapult your Open Source project out of the realm of 'just another project' to one that everyone is talking about. Open source developers often focus too closely on the internal parts of their project and neglect the external or user-facing aspects. It is users that make or break any program, product, or application. Beyond making a project bug-free and robust, developers must pay attention to the documentation support for the project, and how their project creates a good user experience. Finally, getting the word out about a project can involve the community and help make the project even more successful.

Link to the video for this presentation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUo4n3PdoT4

While the proponents of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) continuously promote the advantages of FOSS, broad adoption for consumer level applications has been less successful than expected. The majority of FOSS promotion and discussion takes place between current FOSS users and experts, and is in essence "preaching to the converted". This presentation discusses the point of view that for widespread adoption of FOSS, the efforts of FOSS advocates should be focused on newer computer users and not experts. This focus on a different type of user will require new thinking and challenging the current mode of operation. By growing the "base of the pyramid" the FOSS community will have a greater diversity of users identifying new uses and requirements, and eventually a larger pool of long term contributors.

Traditional Linux user interfaces are under attack. Have a look at the key features of the next generation UIs.

Link to the video for this presentation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DlxNsuQf_A

Since the past ten years Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) has been adopted by Small Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in order to improve their business performance while saving the cost. ERP also allows SMEs to standardize their business processes while efficiently utilizing their resources. These objectives however can only be achieved if the ERP system is aligned with the business processes of the SME.
The methodology of developing Open Source ERP will be presented, and the approach to achieve scalable configurable ERP will be described as well. The service oriented analysis and design is employed in developing ERP; whereas the scalability and configurable ability can be achieved by modifying the orchestration of the ERP web services. Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) is utilized to draw the workflow of the business processes, then it is converted to the Business Process Execution Language (BPEL).

Link to the video for this presentation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0Lrj1vrwZA

This session will focus on the progress made by the Fedora Linux community to enable Fedora on newer architectures, such as version 7 of the ARM Architecture. A summary of the progress to date on enabling support for ARMv7 in Fedora 15 will follow a general introduction to the Fedora ARM project.

FreeNAS, a BSD-licensed storage solution based on FreeBSD, was recently redesigned from the ground up to meet the diverse needs of storage users, from the home user who wants to store music, pictures, and videos to the enterprise user that requires storage reliability and integration with a wide range of operating system clients.

This presentation will:

- introduce the features provided by FreeNAS 8 as well as the roadmap of upcoming features
- provide some common configuration scenarios
- provide resources for additional information,
- discuss how one can become involved with the FreeNAS open source community

Mike Hoye quit his day job in late 2010, to built a startup with limited resources and one-year deadline for success. This is a talk about what he did right, what he did wrong, how open-source software and occasional competence let him ship real software to real customers on time.

Link to the video for this presentation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXrFun4I3cE

The Android platform has been around for a while. It has gone through significant growth since it’s acquisition by Google in 2005. In this presentation, we’ll explore what the Android platform is, and how it is different from the other mobile operating systems. We’ll also explore the development tools needed to develop applications on the Android platform, and go through some simple programming examples.

Link to the video for this presentation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaMJixImKqo

BigBlueButton is an open source web conferencing system for distance education. The project's goal is to enable remote students to have a high-quality learning experience.

This year the project added the ability to record a lecture, enabling universities and colleges to capture their lectures for students to later review.

Fred Dixon, one of the BigBlueButton developers, will describe the architecture and implementation of record and playback as well as BigBlueButton's integration with Moodle. For the architecture, Fred will describe how the developers extended BigBlueButton to capture lectures, and how it uses popcorn.js to enable playback of recorded lectures within a HTML5 browser

For the integration with Moodle, Fred will demonstrate the how the integration with Moodle enables teachers to schedule and broadcast their lectures, as well as record and manage the recordings from within Moodle's interface.

Fred will also talk about BigBlueButton's recent integration Matterhorn, an open source project for processing and management of captured lectures.

Where did Business Intelligence get started? Why does it make sense to use a Relational Database when there were so many other ways of storing data? How can I get real world Data Warehousing experience without working for a Fortune 500 company?
A common problem in the IT world today is the disconnect between what is taught in computer science classes and what occurs within an IT organization.
Data and database systems are central to all modern organizations, yet most Computer Science students fresh out of school are not geared for this stark reality.

Love The Data is a presentation aimed at making data management relevant for Computer Science students.
In this presentation you will learn the following:
- How business transformed from being “gut based” to “fact based”
- History of the Relational Database
- Overview of contemporary data management technologies
- Overview of TOPGUN Twitter Analytics: An Open Source Data Warehouse built on an open source ETL tool and RDBMS – free to download

Predictions about the future often seem funny when we look back on them. It seems silly that anyone ever thought X would happen, when things were obviously converging on Y. Or were they? If you look back on the history of technology, it can be easy to trace a path from earlier innovations (ie: the Intel 8008 processor), to later ones (ie: Linux running on commodity Intel architecture). But don't let that now-obvious path make you think the success of open source software was in any way historical inevitable, or that the future of open source is certain. Dealing with that uncertainty is a fundamental challenge facing open source entrepreneurs (or any entrepreneurs really). In this presentation, I'll look more closely at some key developments in technology and open source software in particular, to see how we got here from there, and what they tell us about how to make a glorious open source future.

Fedora Packager for Eclipse[1][2][3] makes adding new software packages to Fedora as well as maintaining your software package in Fedora a breeze. A graphical interface, which won't get in your way, is provided for doing your packaging work. Tight Eclipse integration to interact easily with Fedora infrastructure makes Eclipse a one-stop-shop for Fedora packaging.

We'll illustrate how easy it can be to create new packages and update (i.e. maintain) existing ones. Are you an existing Fedora packager? You always wanted to become a Fedora package maintainer? This talk is for you!

[1] https://fedorahosted.org/eclipse-fedorapackager/
[2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Packager_For_Eclipse_User_Guide
[3] http://jerboaa.wordpress.com/2011/09/02/fedora-packager-for-eclipse-0-2-...

October 2011 slides are available here: http://jerboaa.fedorapeople.org/presentations/FSOSS_toronto_presentation...

Link to the video for this presentation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXyMDmS8oM0

Over the last couple of years, the electronic book (ebook) has gone from being a curiosity to becoming a major force in the world of publishing. And the growth of the market for ebooks, as well as ebook readers, has:

1. Opened the door for writers to more easily and efficiently self publish their work
2. Given companies another channel in which to distribute documentation, marketing material, and more

While PDF has long been the choice for distributing ebooks, it’s not the best format for ebook readers, handheld devices, tablets, or even desktop and laptop computers. So, what is? EPUB. And there are a number of ways in which you can publish your ebooks in the EPUB format using free and Open Source tools.

In this presentation, Scott Nesbitt will look at:

* What EPUB is
* Why EPUB is the logical choice for distributing ebooks
* A few of the uses of EPUB (it’s not just about novels!)
* A number of free and Open Source tools for creating ebooks
* Some of the pitfalls of using these tools, and how to get around them

Link to the video for this presentation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1INsRM-vAg

Previously at FSOSS I delivered a session on how I was creating high-profit Web sites for a very low price tag. In 2011 I converted my business into a year-long training program, teaching others how to build the highly profitable sites I'd been building with Drupal.

The training program, Site Building Extravaganza, is one of the most ambitious programs ever created for Drupal. It includes step-by-step instructions on how to build and theme 12 distinct Drupal sites. With most sites taking more than 100 pages to describe, the program taught me a lot about what I'd been taking for granted as a site builder and themer. Topics so far have ranged from community sites, portfolios, galleries to 'rock band' sites and business directories.

The training program was an interesting departure for my business. It launched in January 2011 with over 100 registrants paying at least $497 each (some opted for a payment plan that was more expensive in the long run). Workbooks were sold to the general public for $40 each approximately one month after they were released to program participants and are licensed under the Creative Commons license: By Attribution, Non-Commercial, No-Derivative works (making the content available, but not open source--a point I'm happy to spend time discussing the merits of should you care). The program includes unlimited free (program-related) Drupal support via IRC and email.

In this session I will give you the juicy inside scoop on how the program unfolded, what I would do differently, what I thought went well, and the difference between the outcomes people buy and the training people actually need.

No need to fear the Agents anymore. In this session, I will show you how easy it is to build a website with WebMatrix. WebMatrix, a free IDE, includes a web server, a database, a SEO reporting tool, and much more. It will provide you the right tools to be as fast as Neo. Wordpress, DotNetNuke, Joomla, Drupal, or Umbraco…whether you are coding in PHP, ASP.NET or HTML5, it has never been easier. You will be up and running with these and more in less than 5 minutes. If you don’t want to control your Matrix….you can always take the blue pill.

Link to the video for this presentation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHOH2PZZvdQ

Building the Ubuntu community and having fun while doing it.

Link to the video for this presentation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUrgm08hpv4

This presentation will include a walk through changes in system settings and the new 'Unity' interface design of Ubuntu as well as changes brought in by GNOME 3. There will be a Q&A session as well as a discussion on current issues and improvement feature requests.

We live in a mobile, networked world where most of our work is done remotelly.
Fortunately, there is plenty of FLOSS that allows us to bridge the distance gap and work as if we were 'there'.
These are technologies that I use on daily basis for different purposes, such as giving remote presentations and hosting virtual meetings, working from home using the computer at the office, providing remote tech support to my father that lives in Mexico and using the main home computer when my children are also using it.
This whirlwind tour will showcase what options are there and will help the audience use the best tool for the task at hand
This presentation is a teaser of many different technologies and methods that could be full presentations on their own, but with full instructions on how to use each one of them.
The technologies presented will include the following
- Telnet
- SSH (Including reverse SSH)/putty
- X over SSH
- VNC (Including reverse VNC and VNC over SSH)/Vino/KRFB
- NX No machine/FreeNX
- Remote Desktop (Terminal services)
- Web conferencing.(OpenMeetings, WebHuddle, BigBlueButton)