FLOSS information

Free Software Foundation
http://www.fsf.org
Organisation supporting and promoting the development of Free Software.

FLOSS handbook
http://www.sarai.net/floss_book.pdf
A downloadable guide summarising the key ideas behind FLOSS.

Creative Commons
http://creativecommons.org
Information on various forms of open licensing and alternatives to full copyright.

Online guides

Streaming Suitcase
http://www.streamingsuitcase.com
A detailed set of practical guides for audio and video streaming.

The Linux Documentation Project
http://www.tldp.org
Large collection of documented help on using Linux and related software.

Linux Artist
http://www.linuxartist.org
Resources on Linux-based software for artists and designers.

Free media labs and hacklabs

Hacklabs info site
http://www.hacklabs.org
International listing of hacklabs.

ASCII
http://scii.nl
Amsterdam Subversive Center for Information Interchange - hacklab in Amsterdam, one of the longest running.

Lowtech
http://www.lowtech.org
Recycled media lab in Sheffield, one of the very first.

Infoseed
http://www.infoseed.org
Edinburgh hacklab.

Chalkboard
http://georgesxchalkboard.blogspot.com
Social centre in Maryhill, Glasgow.

Radius
http://www.radiusglasgow.org
Community recycling project in Glasgow, with recycled computing lab.

Jellied Eel
http://www.jelliedeel.org/
Free media lab in Southend-on-Sea.

London Hacklabs Collective
http://www.hacklab.org.uk
A group of people interested in using technology to bring about social change.

Riereta
http://riereta.net
Barcelona lab.

Groups

UK Linux Users Groups
http://www.lug.org.uk/
Listing of Linux Users Groups in the UK.

Linux Users Groups Worldwide
http://lugww.counter.li.org/
International listing of Linux Users Groups.

EdLUG - Edinburgh Linux Users Group
http://www.edlug.ed.ac.uk/
Informal group for people using Linux and promoting the use of Free Open Source Software.

ScotLUG - Glasgow Linux Users Group
http://www.scotlug.org.uk/
Glasgow-based Linux group.

OpenLab - Glasgow
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/OpenLab-Glasgow
A group of folk based in Glasgow exploring the use of computers and technology in artmaking.

OpenLab - London
http://www.pawfal.org/openlab/
Provides a meeting place for London based artists who use and develop open source software as their creative tool.

Dorkbot - international
http://www.dorkbot.org
People doing strange things with electricity. Dorkbots are locally-based informal groups at which people doing any kind of interesting, wierd, or arty thing with electronics, computers or other technology can present and discuss what they do.

DorkbotAlba - Edinburgh
http://www.dorkbot.org/dorkbotalba
Dorkbot group based in Edinburgh.

Festivals and events

MAKE ART
http://makeart.goto10.org/
Artist-run free software festival. France.

p1ks3l
http://www.piksel.no/
Norwegian festival focused around artists who develop their own audio-video software and projects.

README
http://readme.runme.org
Software art festival, changes location every time.

Machinista
http://www.machinista.org
Software, robots, and electronic art festival, changes location every time.