English version

We are translating in English some pages of this official web site. Furthermore, we hope that our initiative (Golem Group) may be well-known among all people who read or contact our site.

About Golem (General Information)

WHAT IS THE GOLEM ?

The Golem is a Linux User Group (LUG) and it is located at Empoli, near Florence (Italy).

There are a lot of LUG in Italy and all over the world. Like others LUG, also the Golem has been a volunteer group for many years.

Since 2004 the Golem is an official Association for Social Services, with an own regulamentation. Members and friends are used to meeting every Tuesday evening, at 9.30 p.m. in our meeting place IO (that is our Officina Informatica, a kind of Computer science Workshop).

We are open to meet everybody, so you are welcome, too!

In this occasion, you can visit our meeting place IO (that is "Officina Informatica") and here you can find suggestions about Linux using and all others information that you need. All members, volunteers and friends usually keep in touch by a mailing lists service: it’s free and you can subscribe it!

Please visit our web page DOCUMENTS (DOCUMENTI) where you can read about our activities, our official documentations and also others useful papers such as Visioni, Deliri and so on…

So, what are you waiting for?

Where Golem is (where we are, map and all indications to arrive at Golem)

Our address is Via Magolo, 34/P, Avane, Empoli, near Florence (Italy).here you are some maps to reach us :)

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There you can watch some photos of our OI (OFFICINA INFORMATICA).

Our activities

• Gnu/Linux for the citizenry

GOLEM is the promoter of a lot of courses (at different levels) for all the community.

• Trashware

Golem have been working at reutilization of unused but running hardware to use it in a lot of projects.We call this activity TRASHWARE and it had a lot of successes. Theese are shoking photos showing the end of our throwed away hardware.

• Trash!Art the creative side of Trashware

We can make art with hardware or other things....you can make birthday cd or useful belts :)

• GOLEM against software patents

GOLEM fight against software patents and it supports Foundation for a Free Information Infrastucture (FFII). Help us to defend freedom!!!

• Let's spread open source!!!

In informatic it makes a free exchange of documents between different programs.

==>DO NOT use or send not open document as .doc but USE the Open Document Format (ODF)

==>if you use VoIP ,Use only softwares with standard protocols (H.323 and SIP) as ekiga or WengoPhone....DO NOT USE not open source like Skype.

Photos

Photos of our EVENTS

TRASH ART

Photos of our meeting place ( Officina Informatica,OI)

ITALIAN LINUX DAY 2006

In Italy, every year, one day is dedicated to celebrate the "Linux Day".

This year the date has been fixed on Saturday, 28th October, 2006 by the ILS (Italian Linux Society).

This public event is organized by all the Italian LUG (Linux User Group).

Every Italian LUG takes care to promote and to involve the community and people of the area they are located in (such as schools, media, associations and so on) in the use and knowledge of Linux and the Free software.

The Italian Linux Day is an official and important occasion to debate and to think over the Linux experiences in all Italy, too.

Furthermore, every LUG usually organizes meetings, conferences, papers and public shows of free software.

Please, have a look at the activity we will carry on during our LINUX DAY 2006 at GOLEM, Empoli, (Italy).

We will be very happy to meet you at our meeting !!!

Contacts and our official Web site

For all information you can send an e-mail at: golem_AT_golem_DOT_linux_DOT_it.

Moreover, in our web page MEMBERS you can meet some of us and write us by e-mail: we are welcome to receive your suggestions and comments.

Pay attention!

You must change AT with “@” and DOT with “.”

PS: for any suggestions please contact Annalisa at: annalisaserafiniatliberodotit .