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13/04/2024

Celebrating new beginnings with vibrant colours and shared traditions. Happy Sinhala & Tamil New Year to all 🙏🌞!

31/12/2023

"Let us step into the new year with gratitude for the past year's lessons and with hope for a brighter future." - Malala Yousafzai

24/12/2023

"May your Christmas be filled with more laughter than wrapping paper, more memories than mistletoe, and more love than lights." ☃️🎄

18/07/2023

Embrace the future with open arms as we welcome our new community Lead into the FOSS LK community!

Mr. Sudaraka Senevirathna,

He is an enthusiastic individual, who started his volunteer role at Mozilla club of Uva Wellassa University, His dedication and passion for open-source software led him to excel in his role, eventually becoming the Team Lead of the Mozilla Sri Lanka Campus club. Over the past years, he actively volunteered for FOSS Sri Lanka, making valuable contributions to the development community. Currently, he serves as a Senior Software Engineer, actively contributing to the advancement of the free and open-source community.

We are thrilled to welcome you onboard with great admiration!

27/06/2023

Join us on June 27th for our NEW webinar series, "Build Your Career Path"! 🎉 Featuring guest speaker Dhanushka Chandana, this debut episode is a must-see! 🔥

📅 Save the date, set your reminders, and get ready for an inspiring journey to success! 💪 Limited spots are available, so RSVP now! ⌛

👉 https://career.nibmcs.org

Don't miss out! See you there! ✨

14/04/2023

May the spirit of the Sinhala & Tamil New Year inspire us to come together and celebrate the values of openness, collaboration, and community that are at the heart of the Free and Open Source movement in Sri Lanka. Wishing you all a happy and prosperous New Year!

ඔබ සැමට සතුට සෞභාග්‍ය පිරි සුබ නව වසරක් වේවා...!

27/12/2022

How to maintain a good work-life balance as an IT professional 💻

27/12/2022

How to maintain a good work-life balance as an IT professional 💻

The event will be live-streamed on 27th December 2022 at 9.00 PM (SL Time) via our social media accounts, please find the links below. (The time is shifted by two hours due to an unavoidable reason)

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/events/693111805552719/

LinkedIn -https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7013460528610070528

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maSF7Z0NWME

22/12/2022

How to maintain a good work-life balance as an IT professional 💻

Do you want to know how to enhance your work-life balance as an IT professional? It's time to join us on 27th December, 7PM onwards on our live streams.

Register now 👉 https://buff.ly/3HWmWwF

21/12/2022

📢 Ever wanted to become the next big thing? Free and Open source community (FOSS) Sri Lanka is looking for volunteers for 2023. Let's join us for a better future and openness. 🇱🇰 🤝

Submit your request 👉 https://forms.gle/JiRwbS6PVtKTNweY6

21/12/2022

How has open source changed in the last 10 years?

What’s the state of open source and how has it changed over the last decade? GitHub’s VP of Developer Relations, Martin Woodward, tackles that question and more in a 2022 keynote.

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FOSS: The Story

1.Vision

Assist and encourage the community in global scale on behalf of Free and Open Source Software throughout the journey of achieving fullest extent technology!

2. Mission

To achieve the software freedom for all Sri Lankans by Educating and enabling communities and amplifying and advocating the message of the FOSS philosophy.

Educate

Promote the concept of Free and Open Source Software among school and university students in Sri Lanka.

Enable

Raise awareness and promote FOSS in professional forums and all layers of society.

Make FOSS tools accessible to the masses by translating interfaces, documentation and manuals to local languages

Amplify

Mobilise community through various collaborations and programs such as; hackathons, meetups and numerous technology and FOSS related events.

Support FOSS related projects and communities in Sri Lanka in infrastructure and advisory

Advocate

Promote and assist open sourcing organizations with necessary digital infrastructure in Sri Lanka

Promote open licensing of code developed with public funds

3. Story

The Free Open Source Software movement began in the early 1980's with the advent of the "Software freedom movement " by Richard Stallman. Richard went on to create the GNU project and Free Software Foundation to further his vision, not to mention some pretty good software. It took several more decades, but beginning in the early 2000's it became clear to most people that the free software vision was consolidating mind share around the world.

Free, open-source operating systems such as GNU, Linux and BSD are widely utilized today, powering millions of servers, desktops, smartphones (e.g. Google Android), and other devices. Free software licenses and open-source licenses are used in many software packages. The Aim of the Starting Free Open Source Society is Contribute to the Society with Developments and New Concepts and make people as a part of one of the world’s largest communities.

4. About

FOSS.lk is a platform for Sri Lankans to organise themselves around the global Free and Open Source Software movement.

Contribute to the society with training and awareness on technology related developments and new concepts while transforming lives to feel as a part of the world’s largest developing community.

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