Comments on: Promoting your free software project http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/promoting-your-free-software-project/ Bruce Byfield's blog Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:29:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Geoff Foster http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/promoting-your-free-software-project/#comment-2770 Geoff Foster Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:43:05 +0000 http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/promoting-your-free-software-project/#comment-2770 The LinuxWorld Expo has a .ORG village which offers free exhibition space to open source projects. This year's London show at Olympia 2 has been postponed until Spring '08, but any .ORGs are still encouraged to apply for space. The free stand space is provided as a result of generous donations and sponsorship. Sadly space is limited at the Expo. However unlike other LinuxWorld Expos we do not allocate space on a first come first served basis or based on the perceived size of your .Org, so all are welcome to apply. Please visit www.linuxexpo.org.uk to register your interest. Geoff Foster, .ORG Village organiser. The LinuxWorld Expo has a .ORG village which offers free exhibition space to open source projects. This year’s London show at Olympia 2 has been postponed until Spring ‘08, but any .ORGs are still encouraged to apply for space. The free stand space is provided as a result of generous donations and sponsorship.

Sadly space is limited at the Expo. However unlike other LinuxWorld Expos we do not allocate space on a first come first served basis or based on the perceived size of your .Org, so all are welcome to apply.

Please visit http://www.linuxexpo.org.uk to register your interest.

Geoff Foster,
.ORG Village organiser.

]]> By: Dave http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/promoting-your-free-software-project/#comment-2725 Dave Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:09:18 +0000 http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/promoting-your-free-software-project/#comment-2725 Hi Bruce, You mention submitting news of your projects to Slashdot, Digg, and LinuxToday... Don't forget Free Software Daily. It's a digg style site just for the free software community. Our site is currently running pligg but very soon we will be using our own Drupal module that we've designed and built that will released under the GPL. The "fsdaily effect" is not quite as big as the "digg effect" or "slashdot effect" yet. However, many blog sites have commented on the fsdaily effect already and we are only 4 months old. We are growing fast! If you have a project to promote you can submit it to fsdaily... but please stick around too and help build an "fsdaily effect" the free software community can be proud of. Cheers Dave Hi Bruce,

You mention submitting news of your projects to Slashdot, Digg, and LinuxToday…

Don’t forget Free Software Daily. It’s a digg style site just for the free software community.

Our site is currently running pligg but very soon we will be using our own Drupal module that we’ve designed and built that will released under the GPL.

The “fsdaily effect” is not quite as big as the “digg effect” or “slashdot effect” yet. However, many blog sites have commented on the fsdaily effect already and we are only 4 months old. We are growing fast!

If you have a project to promote you can submit it to fsdaily… but please stick around too and help build an “fsdaily effect” the free software community can be proud of.

Cheers

Dave

]]> By: Tom Wickline http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/promoting-your-free-software-project/#comment-2711 Tom Wickline Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:16:33 +0000 http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/promoting-your-free-software-project/#comment-2711 You could list your project with <a href="http://freshmeat.net/" rel="nofollow">freshmeat</a> or <a href="http://sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow">sourceforge</a> also use RSS feeds. In the end if you write it or build it and its good they will come. Cheers, Tom You could list your project with freshmeat or
sourceforge
also use RSS feeds. In the end if you write it or build it and its good they will come.

Cheers,

Tom

]]> By: JJS http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/promoting-your-free-software-project/#comment-2709 JJS Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:30:02 +0000 http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/promoting-your-free-software-project/#comment-2709 I don't know if I just stumbled into it or if the site BlueGNU (http://blue-gnu.biz/) is still looking for new projects, but I was able to do an interview there even tho' my project is still in Beta. Don (the site maintainer) posted a blog similar to this one and then asked how projects do their advertising. As a follow-up, he asked several responders if they would like to interview, and several of us did. He gave a presentation at the Ohio LinuxFest on FOSS marketing, and there were some good ideas in his slides. He has also followed that up with some additional posts. Then there is the ever-popular signature which advertises your project. Later . . . Jim RenaissanceCore IDS, check it out at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/renaissancecore I don’t know if I just stumbled into it or if the site BlueGNU (http://blue-gnu.biz/) is still looking for new projects, but I was able to do an interview there even tho’ my project is still in Beta.

Don (the site maintainer) posted a blog similar to this one and then asked how projects do their advertising. As a follow-up, he asked several responders if they would like to interview, and several of us did. He gave a presentation at the Ohio LinuxFest on FOSS marketing, and there were some good ideas in his slides. He has also followed that up with some additional posts.

Then there is the ever-popular signature which advertises your project.

Later . . . Jim

RenaissanceCore IDS, check it out at:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/renaissancecore

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