Davao City’s 1st Software Freedom Day celebration, held last September 15, 2007, at the Social Hall of the University of South Eastern Philippines was of a magnificent success.
Spearheaded by the DabaweGNU Group with it’s President Mr. Holden Hao along with it’s Board of Trustees (1.) Mr. Nathaniel Jayme, (2.) Mr. Erwin Diansay & Mr. Charles Pino. (3.) Engr. Jose Catubigan, Jr. (4.) Mr. Val Quimno who initiated the USEP FOSS Club (The steering committee of the event).
Kaiban Davao’s participation on the event sparkled the day with their original compositions in an acoustic version. Kaiban Davao shared their plans on compiling an independent album which then be released under Creative Commons License. That would be an eye-opener for the local artist’s of Davao City.
Many participating groups and individuals attended the celebration that made the event more successful! To mention one was the Honorable Councilor Pete Lavina who rendered a speech which uplifted the spirits of the FOSS advocates inside the Hall.
Last, but not the least, The Raging FOSS 3d animator in Davao… Marlo Simon Noval aka “ragingmon” delivered a finale presentation of his own crafted 3d animation using Blender 3d. Be sure to view his Video Presentation ‘coz like me you will be amazed! Then wonder. (sigh)… “Kaya di ay ni sa FOSS Apps?” 
Your Pilipino GIMP, of course, helped in the event and gave his whole hearted support. He wasn’t able to present anything regarding GIMP, maybe next year, but he was very happy that he had captured moments of the Software Freedom Day in Davao. Scroll down please.
Councilor Pete Lavina's Speech On Software Freedom Day (Davao).
Mr. Derek having a demo of Ubuntu Ultimate Desktop with the mesmerized spectators.
Mr. Nathaniel Jayme setting up an Ubuntu Live CD with Mr. Derek on his early arrival.
The early birds who participated the Software Freedom Day (Davao) celebration.
The multimedia area/section of the Software Freedom Day (Davao) celebration.
Mr. Nathaniel Jayme introducing Cruxade (An ERP Framework) & Blender 3d having some demo tricks and video presentation along with the amazed spectators.
The Thin Client and Firewall Area/Section of the celebration.
A sample introduction of how to Run a Live CD of Ubuntu. This is Ubuntu Feisty Fawn 7.04 requested by DabaweGNU on Ubuntu Shipit to share with the participants.
Loading Ubuntu Live CD
Mr. Val Quimno delivering his opening remarks for the Software Freedom Day Celebration. Mr. Quimno headed the FOSS club of USEP, the first ever FOSS student organization in Davao.
Had enough?
Here are some random photos from Team DabaweGNU on Software Freedom Day Website
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Salamat for the mention and the foto. Keep up the good work. More power to the FOSS community of Davao.
Thank you very much Sir Pete for dropping by. Salamat pud for supporting the FOSS community & movement of Davao.
Thank you very much for your untiring effort and help in the SFD event.
You’re welcome Sir Val. People like you will always inspire F/OSS advocates and enthusiasts.
bai t-shirt nako ha.. LOL! hehe
FOSS is sharing… So share those shirts
Hello Sir Ian, thanks for dropping by. If time permits so as ’til my body can cope with my so called schedule, it’ll be my pleasure to share the shirts. So for now, this is a sort of Coming Soon mode.
So the countdown begins…
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