0:00:05.773,0:00:06.472 Hi everybody 0:00:10.090,0:00:16.569 I will share with some experiences about[br]activities that are taking place 0:00:18.028,0:00:21.868 nowadays in Cuba and also related with[br]the Debian Project 0:00:23.467,0:00:28.305 Who am I? I am Jonathan Bustillos Osornio [br](Jathan) also[br] 0:00:29.556,0:00:36.273 I am a Debian contributor and a Debian[br]user since 2008 and I have been helping 0:00:36.695,0:00:42.100 on some teams like po-debconf templates,[br]translations in the Debian Spanish 0:00:42.946,0:00:50.214 Translation Team since 2011 and on Debian[br]Reproducible Builds in 2017 0:00:53.011,0:00:58.200 In Cuba there is a community of Free Software[br]users and developers who have been working 0:00:58.433,0:01:02.854 on different activities and useful[br]developments to extend the use of Debian 0:01:05.398,0:01:07.865 and other Free Software projects [br]throughout the country 0:01:07.865,0:01:16.159 The first group that we have is the GUTL[br]The Free Tecnologies Users Group, in 0:01:16.519,0:01:21.857 Spanish - Grupo de Usuarios de Tecnologias[br]Libres, is an organisation in Cuba since 0:01:22.467,0:01:26.336 the development of the GNU/Linux users[br]communities of the whole country. 0:01:27.030,0:01:34.529 It pushes the usage of free technologies[br]organizing events, workshops, courses and 0:01:34.741,0:01:37.687 many more activities of social impact with[br]Free Software. 0:01:39.185,0:01:45.875 Some of this events are like the Free[br]Document Day related with Libreoffice 0:01:48.270,0:01:56.784 And this are the pictures of the events,[br]also the FLISol the Latin American 0:01:58.768,0:02:01.837 Festival Free Software Instalation 0:02:06.385,0:02:09.547 Also recreation activities 0:02:16.243,0:02:28.775 GUTL has a website in each they publish[br]many articles or news related with Debian 0:02:31.528,0:02:33.650 and another Free Software projects. 0:02:33.650,0:02:42.965 The GUTL was born in 2009 and since then[br]it has been one of the most influencial 0:02:43.256,0:02:48.953 organisations in Cuba to learn, use and[br]share Free Software, hardware and knowledge 0:02:51.499,0:02:57.892 The main work objectives of this [br]organisation are technological sovereignty 0:02:58.363,0:03:03.380 Social Comptroller, socialization of[br]Information, Project development 0:03:04.633,0:03:09.337 International visibility for Cuba in the[br]field for free software and free 0:03:09.523,0:03:10.542 Technologies. 0:03:13.152,0:03:19.187 Now we will know about free software [br]projects and it's achievements 0:03:22.775,0:03:35.502 The GUTL group has created a repository [br]called REPOGUTL which is an implementation 0:03:36.159,0:03:42.035 of something called the Cuban Sourceforge,[br]by their developers and users 0:03:43.012,0:03:47.953 where free software developers have the [br]opportunity to publicize their creations 0:03:48.319,0:03:53.220 and get feedback, promoting the migration[br]and use of Free Software to Cuban users. 0:03:55.501,0:04:06.014 This is the system which you could[br]find in the website 0:04:07.708,0:04:17.332 the repository generated with Cuban free[br]software called Alfidi is structured in two 0:04:17.707,0:04:24.414 major categories, these are applications[br]and products, with subcategories under them 0:04:25.445,0:04:32.024 and they include the title of the application,[br]the author, contacts if it is desired by the 0:04:32.330,0:04:37.954 creator, size, a brief description and a[br]long description in addition to the 0:04:38.320,0:04:40.472 instructions for installation. 0:04:41.993,0:04:48.703 These are the main developers of REPOGUTL[br]and maintainers, Maikel Enrique Pernia Matos 0:04:49.308,0:04:51.139 And Delio Orozco González. 0:04:53.054,0:04:58.077 Also we have a free software project called[br]MISOX 0:05:00.924,0:05:05.925 Misox is of set of Free Software[br]applications developed by Maikel Pernía 0:05:06.172,0:05:10.647 Matos , Delio Orozco González and[br]Alberto Miguel Nuevo Rojo in the 0:05:10.859,0:05:16.515 province of Manzanillo Granma in Cuba, [br]under the GNU GPL license and also 0:05:16.756,0:05:26.772 packaged as .deb for our debian distribution[br]with the purpose of helping computer users 0:05:27.138,0:05:31.873 to create a customization of Debian [br]GNU/Linux adjusting it to their necessities 0:05:32.162,0:05:36.279 since an easy and well integrated [br]environment. 0:05:38.119,0:05:46.982 These are some screenshots of the program,[br]it's main purpose is to facilitate some 0:05:47.590,0:05:57.783 computer users customization of debian[br]GNU/Linux operating system and to put 0:05:58.184,0:06:11.762 the packages the users want, to set the[br]graphical desired interface like 0:06:12.160,0:06:16.658 some desktop enviroment with Gnome[br]Kde or other windows manager like 0:06:17.408,0:06:21.789 Fluxbox, Awesome, I3. 0:06:24.010,0:06:33.490 And also it offers the possibility to add[br]individual debian packages from an 0:06:34.072,0:06:35.210 external source. 0:06:38.296,0:06:46.114 There is another project called VideoMorph[br]which is a is a GUI wrapper for ffmpeg,[br] 0:06:46.490,0:06:56.109 based on code from python-video-converter[br]and presets idea from QWinFF and FF Multi 0:06:56.368,0:07:02.843 Converter, developed by Ozkar L. Garcell, [br]Leodanis Pozo Ramos and Leonel Salazar 0:07:03.184,0:07:04.449 Videaux in Holguín, Cuba. 0:07:06.800,0:07:08.543 And this is the screenshot. 0:07:09.845,0:07:18.979 The mais goal of VideoMorph is to focus[br]is a single purpose making video conversion 0:07:19.621,0:07:25.334 simple with an easy to use GUI and allowing[br]the user to convert to the currently most 0:07:25.539,0:07:27.127 popular video formats. 0:07:29.249,0:07:39.155 These are the colleagues that are working[br]on the group of GUTL in Holguín. 0:07:41.290,0:07:50.018 And they also organize activities to talk[br]about some free software community 0:07:50.546,0:08:00.020 or present some program to their users.[br]And they have also created a website 0:08:00.430,0:08:08.479 called Debian GNU/Linux in Holguín, [br]that is Debian Hlg, and in this website 0:08:08.742,0:08:19.077 they publish news related to Debian,[br]events that are organized in this part 0:08:19.271,0:08:28.937 of the far east of Cuba in Holguín, and [br]it's a very nice way to stay in contact 0:08:29.459,0:08:31.429 with the local users. 0:08:32.514,0:08:43.789 Some achievements of the GUTL in Holguín[br]is one of the most active communities 0:08:44.020,0:08:52.924 in Cuba, because they are a lot of members,[br]and they have the support of the university 0:08:53.487,0:09:00.767 of Holguín, for some activities.[br]We have also an official member of the 0:09:01.195,0:09:10.088 document foundation, Carlos Parra Zaldivar[br]and he's working with libreoffice community 0:09:10.280,0:09:11.618 directly. 0:09:12.107,0:09:15.142 Also there are four free software active[br]developers, 0:09:16.557,0:09:18.950 there are two programs in development, 0:09:19.607,0:09:22.756 and two active repositories in GitHub. 0:09:25.941,0:09:32.102 Beside this it would have three websites[br]with international visibility like Debian 0:09:33.006,0:09:37.488 in Holguín, and Python Scouts and [br]Libreoffice cubava 0:09:40.158,0:09:48.204 Sometimes the Holguín free software[br]community has a space to talk about free 0:09:48.439,0:09:53.947 technologies at a TV program of Cuba called[br]"A Buen Tiempo", there is something like 0:09:54.551,0:09:56.099 [???] time. 0:09:58.352,0:10:04.294 By the other hand we have a lot of activity[br]in Granma province, that is also in the East 0:10:05.062,0:10:06.773 of Cuba 0:10:08.261,0:10:12.355 This is the place in which more Free[br]Software projects have been developed[br] 0:10:13.209,0:10:23.262 in island, also REPOGUTL was hosted here,[br]until some months ago, because now the 0:10:23.495,0:10:33.945 organization was supporting the group[br]it is not [???] anymore, to give the hosting 0:10:34.342,0:10:38.787 because of institutional restrictions. 0:10:40.203,0:10:47.916 Many programs in development,[br]also there are one GUTL website editor,[br] 0:10:48.845,0:10:53.852 and there is a free software active[br]developer. 0:10:56.525,0:11:03.355 In Santiago de Cuba also we have a [br]GUTL website editor, and they have created 0:11:04.202,0:11:12.719 a blog called SWL-X, that is a a web blog[br]related to free software activities 0:11:14.301,0:11:18.550 and there is a free software active developer 0:11:19.072,0:11:30.068 So now i will talk about some events that [br]has been taking place during the last two 0:11:30.327,0:11:36.104 years, this is the CubaConf and these the [br]Free Technologies Cuban Conference 0:11:37.872,0:11:43.180 CubaConf, is an international conference about[br]Free Software and open technologies that have 0:11:43.456,0:11:52.748 taken place in Havana, Cuba since 2016.[br]CubaConf is a meeting from the international[br] 0:11:52.966,0:12:00.708 community of enthusiasts of many parts of[br]the world besides the Cuban local communities, 0:12:01.754,0:12:07.480 peer to peer focused and collective[br]development. It seeks the participation of people[br] 0:12:07.930,0:12:11.994 with different profiles and diverse geographical[br]locations. 0:12:14.753,0:12:27.790 [???] CubaConf that was on 2016, we have[br]here the last that was in November of last 0:12:28.171,0:12:38.049 year and we had the opportunity to have[br]some Debian developers, for instance in 0:12:38.347,0:12:56.097 2016 Tiago Bortolleto and Tassia Camões[br]went to CubaConf and they pushed to 0:12:56.341,0:13:06.252 create with Leonel Salazar a Cuban[br]free software developer to organize 0:13:06.524,0:13:10.568 for the first time the mini-debconf[br]in Cuba. 0:13:14.120,0:13:19.289 From the organization of the conference[br]it is aimed at the diversity of topics and[br] 0:13:19.557,0:13:25.063 projects, as of its participants, so the [br]participation of women, minority groups 0:13:25.490,0:13:31.480 in these activities is crucial to build new [br]inclusive spaces of knowledge and dialogue 0:13:31.914,0:13:36.996 about technology. The main idea is to know [br]people experience and organizations who 0:13:37.392,0:13:44.770 work with and in Free Software, with old [br]hardware technologies and little or slow 0:13:45.068,0:13:49.743 bandwidth, to talk about how Free Software[br]can help developing countries. 0:13:53.057,0:14:06.761 During the last CubaConf we had a great[br]number of girls participating with talks 0:14:07.324,0:14:19.430 and even attending the event and that was[br]very motivating, we also had a talk with Molly 0:14:19.643,0:14:27.280 de Blanc of the Free Software Foundation[br]and she did a very nice presentation 0:14:28.470,0:14:33.432 And this is the global photo from last year 0:14:38.693,0:14:52.484 Now I will talk about the mini debconf,[br]CubaConf 2016 these encounter between 0:14:54.882,0:15:04.704 Tassia, Tiago and Leonel, has pushed to[br]organize for the first time the mini debconf 0:15:04.928,0:15:06.198 in Cuba. 0:15:07.260,0:15:14.486 This college is Leonel Salazar Videaux[br]and he's one of the founders of UTL and 0:15:14.767,0:15:21.277 Debian GNU(Linux in Holguín, he's a free[br]software user since 2004 0:15:23.081,0:15:26.365 First time using Debian GNU/Linux was with[br]“Sarge”,[br] 0:15:27.561,0:15:32.048 he has been spreading the Debian Project[br]in local communities in Cuba and organizing[br] 0:15:32.528,0:15:37.245 events as MiniDebConf. He is a programmer[br]has a profession. 0:15:40.597,0:15:53.465 So during last mini debconf we had some topics[br]like how about to help the debian project 0:15:53.724,0:16:05.133 from Cuba, the Cuban community share 2[br]main projects where Misox and VideoMorph 0:16:06.457,0:16:17.569 developers showed how is the development[br]of the programs and how to use them 0:16:17.940,0:16:25.449 Also I had the opportunity to present a talk[br]about reproducible builds for first time in 0:16:25.682,0:16:39.622 Spanish and it was very useful to attract[br]new debian enthusiasts users and also to 0:16:39.831,0:16:46.926 the currently developers like Mike and Oscar[br]from Videomorph and Misox, 0:16:48.130,0:16:57.715 it was a new topic to start taking care with[br]the principles of the reproducible builds 0:16:58.302,0:17:05.718 in the construction of then new versions[br]for their development with Misox and 0:17:06.236,0:17:07.361 Videomorph. 0:17:12.235,0:17:16.848 So much of this work has been carried [br]out by enthusiastic and committed people[br] 0:17:17.111,0:17:20.365 with Debian and the Free Software [br]movement, that despite the different 0:17:20.538,0:17:25.815 difficulties to sustain some costs[br]economically, access the Internet, acquire 0:17:26.036,0:17:30.174 computer hardware and achieve official[br]recognition as developers of some 0:17:30.502,0:17:35.748 Free Software community in the world [br]due to all the above, they continue to 0:17:35.950,0:17:40.660 contribute in a decisive way projects[br]that should be available to everyone 0:17:40.876,0:17:42.301 inside and outside of Cuba. 0:17:42.877,0:17:50.602 Because for instance the Misox project[br]Videomorph and many other programs 0:17:51.067,0:18:00.632 are hosted in the REPOGUTL by the[br]limitations of hardware, money 0:18:01.665,0:18:06.834 available to the Cuban users. 0:18:09.155,0:18:19.139 In that way I consider that it would be very[br]interesting and important to think 0:18:19.591,0:18:28.523 about how the Debian could support and [br]recognize those who contribute directly to 0:18:28.709,0:18:33.121 the use and development of our [br]distribution, in places where there[br] 0:18:33.487,0:18:39.784 is a willingness to do so and strengthen [br]our community by being inclusive of them? 0:18:40.264,0:18:50.685 Because we know the Debian Social Contract,[br]our guidelines, but how can we 0:18:53.134,0:19:04.274 considered to those that are in a country[br]in which you could connect to the 0:19:04.426,0:19:09.364 internet but it's very expensive and [br]if you want to interact with the mailing 0:19:09.664,0:19:14.418 list or you want to stay in contact with[br]another debian maintainer or debian 0:19:14.592,0:19:22.383 developers it's not so easy, because simple[br]you don't have the conditions 0:19:22.944,0:19:37.138 So I want to leave the question to have a [br]dialog and to see what do you think, which[br] 0:19:37.389,0:19:44.915 possibilities are in the debian project to[br]support for instance the Misox development 0:19:45.785,0:19:54.011 that is based on debian and even the packages[br]will be in the repositories in the free section 0:19:57.962,0:20:03.300 Well that is all, and thank you very much for[br]your attention 0:20:04.457,0:20:10.055 [Applause] 0:20:13.278,0:20:14.915 Any comments or questions? 0:20:38.530,0:20:43.607 [Q:] The Misox distribution is it[br]registrated with the derivatives sensus do 0:20:43.929,0:20:47.521 you know if they already collaborate with[br]debian in that way? 0:20:48.668,0:20:51.198 That's the first thing that comes to my mind 0:20:52.803,0:20:58.050 [A:] No the Misox development is driven[br]just by local developers in Cuba, 0:20:58.590,0:21:01.781 by Maikel , Delio and Alberto but 0:21:02.022,0:21:08.806 they have not done contact with some[br]debian developers outside. 0:21:12.618,0:21:21.181 Then would be my first suggestion, for them[br]to just inform debian in a relatively 0:21:21.519,0:21:26.860 formalized way what is this they are doing,[br]with derives from debian how is it different 0:21:27.648,0:21:32.091 That's an helpful thing for me and I [br]believe also for others in debian and also 0:21:32.280,0:21:37.506 from outside debian to compare, and then[br]getting [???] what would be interesting 0:21:38.537,0:21:44.503 to cherry pick and put into debian,[br]and what would be important to coordinate 0:21:45.386,0:21:50.821 So the very reference that they exist[br]in a more formal way it's not a lot of work 0:21:51.126,0:21:57.356 just a wikipage to inform, who to contact[br]how to contact, i remember once 0:21:57.697,0:22:04.386 looking at Misox webpage and trying to[br]navigate, and I was lost in locating who 0:22:04.610,0:22:10.981 should I even contact, how is it structured[br]and that's partially a cost because I 0:22:11.144,0:22:19.532 don't understand Spanish , so that's one[br][???] personally , but that could be other 0:22:19.689,0:22:25.195 things also, how do they put the information[br]for their own users, and how to present it 0:22:25.473,0:22:26.861 for debian collaboraters. 0:22:27.716,0:22:28.966 Ok, thank you... 0:22:28.966,9:59:59.000 [Q:] Just want to ask how are yourself[br]related to the Cuban community? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [A:] I was in contact with some developers[br]like Leonel, Maikel, Delio because the 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 CubaConf and the mini-debconf have[br]this knowledge, beyond this I don't know 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 if there are more projects that are[br]underground more than this 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 so yes this is the only contact that I[br]have with the Cuban developers 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 of free software. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Q:] Can you tell a bit more about the kind[br]of barriers, I understand the one that is 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 expensive, so technically possible to get[br]online but expensive, but are there other 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 kind of barriers? Is there a wall like in[br]China, what kind of barriers is there for 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 the developers in Cuba to collaborate[br]with others in Debian? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [A:] My opinion I consider that the main[br]barrier is to pay to connect to the internet 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 because in free software movement the [br]connection to the internet has been very 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 important to stay in touch with another [br]developers or interested users , so 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 in the case of Cuba they have an internet[br]but if they want to socialize there programs 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 outside the island you have to pay for[br]instance 5 [???] that is more or less 4 euro 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 per 5 hours of internet and not always the[br]connection is good, because you need to 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 go to public parks or you need to go to[br]some monument, a public place which 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 there are access points and then you use [br]your card and try to get an IP, but this is 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 really hard sometimes, you could wait 20, [br]25 minutes, because there are a lot of 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 people with smartphones, and more devices[br]and even if you , in my personal situation 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 when i was in Cuba, I tried to connect to[br]the internet and I delayed around 35, 40 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 minutes to get an IP to my computer,[br]so first it's the main obstacle to 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 communicate with another people outside[br]using internet. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 By other hand the hardware, the weather[br]conditions, it is very hot, and they do not 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 have air conditioner on systems to maintain[br]community projects or self driven serves 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Unless you are working in some institution[br]or in the government or in a university, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 you could have a chance to host your [br]project in your local computer and then 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 use a public IP, maybe , but if you are not[br]working in these fields of technology in 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Cuba, is very hard, if you are an[br]independent and you want to contribute 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and let it know more people about your[br]project you need to connect to the network 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and you need to pay also because internet[br]is not money free in Cuba. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I was also thinking in the kind of tools, [br]does it feel from the perspective of 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Cubans, does it feel [???] social for[br]debian developers to be hanging 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 out on IRC so they need to be[br]real online, would it be more beneficial 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 to them if some of us is using mail more[br]or mailing list more, or IRC more, forms more 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [???] you have noticed, the styles of [br]communication could be helpful for this 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 kind of barriers. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I think that if that would be possible,[br]if the Cuban developers could at least use 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 IRC and communicate with some Debian [br]maintainers or developers, maybe an 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 interchange of knowledge , they could learn[br]more from you and also you could take 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 their packages into some GIT lab server or [br]you could be some kind of Debian sponsor 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 to be public and allow the public access[br]outside of Cuba to this software, for 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 instance Misox or another one from RepoGUTL[br]and maybe you could help in that way, but 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Cuban developer needs to connect to the [br]network, to be in constant communication. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Q:] What is the best place to learn about[br]Debian events related in Cuba in case I have 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 any way over the Atlantic and I think: oh,[br]could I pass by Cuba and [???] question. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Do you know whether there are any problems[br]to go to the US via CUBA or going from the 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 US ,Cuba and then back to Europe? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [A:] I think there are some restrictions for[br]United States citizens to visit Cuba unless[br] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 you argument some research or education[br]causes, but if you are coming from Europe[br] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 there's no problem, there's no restriction[br]for European citizen or Latin American 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 citizens or Asian to be in Cuba, to work[br]with technology topics with the local 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 people. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Q:] And how to learn about events? Is there[br]a Cuban mailing list or something like that? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [A:] Not a mailing list but there is the[br]RepoGUTL website. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 This is the main groups in which you could[br]stay in contact with the Cuban community 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and also you could write through the contact[br]section of the RepoGUTL website, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 this is the general way of communicate with[br]the more active Cuban developers. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 There are some projects that are hosted in[br]GIT Lab like Videomorph 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 And here are the contact of some[br]developers, but this is very particular 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 you need to know the name of the program[br]because in RepoGUTL there are more that 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 50 different programs many of them are [br]developed by the same guy but by the 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 other hand there are other ones that[br]even doesn't have a GIT Lab or GIT Hub 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 server in this case the better way is [br]to do it by the GUTL Website to contact 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 the community of developers of free[br]software in Cuba. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Any further questions ? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Q:] Absolutely not an expert but i have[br]heard of stories of people building their 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 own ad-hoc network in countries in which[br]internet is not well connected, for instance 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 using the baboo protocol and would it be[br]possible to build your own connection to 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 the internet using that kind of technology? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [A:] Well I have not realized about this,[br]I have to say I'm not Cuban, so I have 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 been trying to help our collegues, but as[br]you have said I don't know if they have 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 tried to use this alternatives, or if it[br]even works, but well it's nice to know it 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and thank you. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 So any further question or comments? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 If not then I thank you again! 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Applause]