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Computer Science Society, Iligan City (2026)

19/09/2026

𝑩𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝑺𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝑫𝒂𝒚 2026 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎! 🌟

A big thank you to 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐈𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐧 and 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐈𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡. Your generosity helps our community feel excited about open-source technology, learning and working together.

Your kindness really gives energy to our community helping us all stay excited about open-source technology, keeping on learning and working on projects together. It is everything to us that you had faith in our idea and came forward to support us in making this event an one.

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸:

𝘍𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘐𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘯
𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤: https://www.facebook.com/fullhouseiligan
𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦: https://www.instagram.com/fullhouse_haluhalo?stkn=c3ljcHBiMTg0Y3ls

𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘻𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘐𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩
𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100071268216225

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for being such a gift to our group and for giving us your support! 🤍💻

✒: xʏᴇ ᴛᴀᴍᴀʟᴀ
🖼: ᴍʜᴇʟᴅᴇɴɪꜱ ᴄᴏᴍᴀʟɪɴɢ

18/09/2026

“𝗣𝘄𝗲𝗱𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗴?”

“𝗡𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗹𝗱.”

Well… if there’s one thing we hope never grows old, it’s the freedom to 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻, 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲, and 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲.

𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗬 𝗦𝗢𝗙𝗧𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗗𝗢𝗠 𝗗𝗔𝗬!

We use technology almost every day. But how often do we actually stop and ask, “Wait, how does this even work?”

There’s something different about knowing what’s happening behind the screen and not just knowing how to use it.

Today, we celebrate 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 (𝗙𝗢𝗦𝗦) and the people who continue to make knowledge, creativity, and collaboration part of the digital world.

Software Freedom Day is a global celebration of software freedom and open-source culture. From its beginnings in 2004 with 12 teams, it has grown into an international event that connects communities through one powerful idea: 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱.

As students, we’re not just here to use technology. We’re here to 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 it, 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 from it, 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 with it, and maybe even break a few things along the way.

Because every error message can teach us something. Every idea can become something bigger. And every collaboration can turn “𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄” into “𝗢𝗵hh, 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝘁!”

So today, let’s celebrate the freedom to learn, create, collaborate, and innovate.

Because trends may come and go, technologies may change, and software will keep getting updated - but the spirit of 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴?

𝗡𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗹𝗱.
𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗗𝗮𝘆!

ᴛᴇxᴛ ʙʏ: ᴅɪʟꜰʀᴇᴅ ɢᴀᴄᴀꜱᴀɴ
ᴠɪꜱᴜᴀʟꜱ ʙʏ: ᴊʜᴏɴ ʀᴇʏ ᴄᴀᴍᴘɪʟᴀɴ

18/09/2026

✨𝗚𝗿𝗼𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗙𝗢𝗦𝗦𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆! 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗙𝗗 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 🕸️

They say with great freedom comes great responsibility. 𝗕𝗨𝗧 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗦 𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬! A whole community, moving to the same beat, saying the same thing at once: FOSS is free, and we're free to show that on the dance floor too.

FOSS means you can take the source code and actually do something with it, not just look at it from a distance. That's the point of this dance too. It's not a show you sit back and watch, it's something you're invited to be part of, mistakes and all.

Every person who steps onto that floor is doing what FOSS has always relied on: people choosing to show up and contribute instead of staying on the sidelines. No entry requirement, no experience needed, just willingness to participate.

Come mess up the steps, catch up mid-routine, or wing it entirely. Doesn't matter how you get there, just that you do.

Yell loud, dance louder~~ it's the Software Freedom Day! 🕷️✨

Save the date and swing into the 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘅𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 with us.

Proudly brought to you by the 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑺𝒄𝒊𝒆𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝑺𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆. 🚀

✒: Calvyn Adeva
📸: Docu Team

18/09/2026

𝗧𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄, 𝘄𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 — 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝗽.⁣
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Software Freedom Day 2026 brings together a full afternoon of conversations, ideas, demonstrations, questions, and community. Five plenary sessions will take the stage, each opening a different window into technology and the wider culture of free and open source software.⁣
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But a good program is never only about what happens at the microphone.⁣
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There will be time to move around, visit booths, meet people working on their own projects, ask speakers the questions that rarely fit inside a slide deck, and discover tools or ideas that may be entirely new to you. The pauses matter as much as the sessions. Some of the most useful conversations begin after the formal discussion has already ended.⁣
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The program also leaves room for the lighter parts of the day: the community showcase, icebreakers, booth tours, and the moments in between that turn an audience into a gathering.⁣
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For those joining us, this is the map for the afternoon.⁣
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Registration begins at 12:30 PM, followed by the opening program at 1:30 PM. From there, the day moves through plenary sessions, Q&A discussions, community activities, booth visits, and finally the closing program at 7:00 PM.⁣
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You do not need to arrive already knowing everything about open source. You only need to arrive curious enough to listen, ask, explore, and perhaps leave with one more thing you understand than when you entered.⁣
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📅 September 19, 2026⁣
📍 COE Amphitheater, MSU-IIT⁣
🕧 Registration: 12:30 PM⁣
🕜 Program Proper: 1:30 PM – 7:00 PM⁣
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝘁. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿.⁣
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✒: Ronan Beira
🖼: Mheldenis Comaling

18/09/2026

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓’𝐒 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐔𝐗𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐄? 🐧🌌

𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕘𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕃𝕚𝕟𝕦𝕩𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕖 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕠𝕗𝕗𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘! 💫

And there’s more waiting beyond them! 𝐒𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐃𝐚𝐲 brings a lineup of exciting activities and experiences, including an interactive booth where you can 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞, 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧-𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞!

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𝕎ℍ𝔸𝕋’𝕊 𝕀ℕ𝕊𝕀𝔻𝔼 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝔹𝕆𝕆𝕋ℍ? 🤔

𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗮 𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗽𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂:

1️⃣𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐀 𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐋

Test your open-source knowledge with a collection of trivia and interesting facts about different open-source softwares!

2️⃣𝐊𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐋 𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐆

Put your trivia knowledge to the test! Check the Trivia Wall for the answers and see if you can make the right shot!

3️⃣𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐙𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐑

If you answer correctly, you may get a chance to pick a special prize from the available goodies at the booth!

4️⃣𝐅𝐎𝐒𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊

Take a piece of the open-source world with you! Scan the QR codes on our flyers to discover and download various Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS)!

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With only 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, get ready to step through the gates and discover what the LinuxVerse has in store for you!

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻-𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲!

🗓️SEPTEMBER 19, 2026 | 📍 COE Amphitheater @ 12PM

Proudly brought to you by the 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆

✍️: Geoliana Cabot
🖼: Rona Reyes

18/09/2026

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 ║ 🐧🌌

Anticipation grows as we stand just 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 away from one of the most awaited events for tech enthusiasts and curious minds alike.

Tomorrow, the gates to the 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐱𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 officially open, granting all those willing access to a multitude of new knowledge, ideas, and experiences!

𝐒𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐃𝐚𝐲 is a day of celebration. A day to explore creativity, brilliant ideas, and innovative techniques. And what makes exploration truly meaningful is the freedom to do it.

In the open-source world, source code is never the end of the story. It is an invitation to 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐲, 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞.

Like a 𝐆𝐢𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, every idea can branch, fork, commit, and merge, allowing a single line of code to evolve into countless possibilities through the contributions of others.

And perhaps that’s what makes the LinuxVerse so vast. There is no single path to follow and no final build to reach. Every branch can lead somewhere new, every fork can open another possibility, and every contributor has the 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭.

So, we’re calling everyone to count down the remaining hours until we finally 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐱𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞, where Software Freedom takes center stage!

One day remains to get a glimpse of the 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝟏-𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐃𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐈𝐒 𝐎𝐍!

𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲. 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀.

🗓️SEPTEMBER 19, 2026 | 📍COE Amphitheater @ 12PM

Proudly brought to you by the 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆!

✍️: Geoliana Cabot
🖌️: Joaquin Ermita

17/09/2026

𝙁𝙄𝙑𝙀 𝙒𝙊𝙍𝙇𝘿𝙎, 𝙊𝙉𝙀 𝙑𝙀𝙍𝙎𝙀. 🌌🐧

A quick tour of the 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘅𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 you’re standing in. Proof that “𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦” was never the same thing as “𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥".

🐧𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐔𝐗 – not just a world in the verse. The gravity holding the whole thing together.

🎮 𝐆𝐎𝐃𝐎𝐓 – the engine proving indie devs don't need a license fee to ship a universe of their own.

🎨 𝐆𝐈𝐌𝐏 – the universe where every layer bends to your will. No subscription standing between you and the undo button.

🖌️ 𝐊𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐀 – built by artists, for artists, no paywall between your hand and the canvas.

🧊 𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 – an entire universe of 3D, animation, and VFX, running on code anyone is free to read. Half the internet's short films were probably rendered right here.

Different tools, different crafts, same root belief: 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐮𝐩, 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐱𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞. 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬!

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⌨: ᴊᴇᴢʀᴇᴇʟ ᴇ. ɢᴜɪʟʟᴇʀᴍᴏ
💻: ᴠɪɴᴄᴇᴇ ᴊᴀɴᴅᴀʏᴀɴ

17/09/2026

𝗜 𝗙𝗘𝗘𝗟 𝗦𝗢 𝗙𝗢𝗦𝗦 𝗥𝗡 ⚡🕸️
Two days out and the 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿-𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 will not shut up.

Something's tugging at the seams of the timeline, and nobody can agree on why. Maybe it's a dimensional tremor, maybe it's just the group chat that refuses to sleep, but either way another universe is about to bleed into ours.

This multiverse doesn't run on a prime version everyone else is a fork of. It runs on 𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 instead, different distros, different setups, different opinions on how a thing should be built, and every single one keeps its source open, free to inspect, free to modify, free to redistribute exactly as the license intends. Somewhere there's a you who reads the documentation front to back before touching anything, and somewhere else there's a you who clones the repo first and asks questions never. Neither one gets overwritten to make room for the other.

Getting in doesn't take clearance either. There's no license fee, no proprietary key, no gatekeeper at the edge of the codebase deciding who gets to build what, just curiosity as the only qualification that matters. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁.

Anomaly detected: two days until the portal stabilizes and every variant lands on the same floor at the same time.

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟮-𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗗𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝗜𝗦 𝗢𝗡!

𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘳. 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦. 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦.

📅 SEPTEMBER 19, 2026 | 📍COE Amphitheater @ 12PM

Proudly brought to you by the 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆

ᴛᴇxᴛ ʙʏ: ᴄᴀʟᴠʏɴ ᴀᴅᴇᴠᴀ
ᴠɪꜱᴜᴀʟꜱ ʙʏ: ᴊᴏᴀQᴜɪɴ ᴇʀᴍɪᴛᴀ

17/09/2026

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘄𝗼𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳.⁣
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The browser found what you needed, the terminal did what you told it, and the file somebody sent the night before opened without complaint. None of them asked you to know how they work. That is the arrangement most of us live inside, and it holds until the day a person decides to look inside one of those programs and finds the code sitting there in plain sight — readable, changeable, and free to anyone who asks. Software Freedom Day exists for that moment.⁣
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It is a worldwide celebration of digital freedom, and this year we are marking it today, September 19. Its whole argument is simple: technology belongs to everyone. Not to the companies that write it, not to whoever is holding the source code this year, not to the people who can afford the license, but to the people who use it, learn from it, and build on top of it. Free software is what makes that possible, and it is why this date is not just a square on the calendar but a position we are willing to stand on.⁣
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At the heart of it is free and open source software, and the name covers four rights: to use a program, to study how it works, to share it with others, and to improve it. Read plainly, they sound modest. In practice they are the difference between a tool you are allowed to understand and a tool you are only permitted to press, and that difference decides who gets to create and who only gets to consume. Anyone who has opened a config file to see how something was assembled, or installed a system they now understand from the inside, has already felt the shift — the moment a technology stops being a black box and becomes something you can work with.⁣
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Freedom of that kind does not pack up when the celebration ends. It continues in the volunteers who set up a table of laptops every year, in the classrooms and community halls that stay open a little longer, in the people who keep teaching it after the posters come down, and in every project someone chose to publish instead of lock away. Openness and collaboration are what keep a digital world accountable, and they are how transparency, security, and opportunity stay available to everybody rather than only to those who can pay for it. Each time we learn how something works and then show the next person, we keep it alive.⁣
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𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗗𝗮𝘆!⁣
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And when the day is over, the laptops close and the room goes back to being an ordinary room. What remains is quieter and much harder to photograph: a person who came in pressing buttons and left knowing what the buttons do, a program they are now allowed to change, a piece of software they can hand to somebody else without asking permission. Freedom is not a poster we put up once a year. It is what a person does with the code in front of them the day after.⁣
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ᴛᴇxᴛ ʙʏ: ʀᴏɴᴀɴ ʙᴇɪʀᴀ
ᴠɪꜱᴜᴀʟꜱ ʙʏ: ᴘʀɪɴᴄᴇ ʙʀɪᴀɴ ʀᴀᴍᴀꜱ

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