<s>
The	O
first	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
project	O
in	O
Kosovo	O
was	O
the	O
adjustment	O
of	O
the	O
Open	B-Application
Office	I-Application
Packet	O
in	O
December	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
28	O
July	O
2004	O
,	O
GGSL	O
,	O
an	O
Albanian	O
team	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
users	O
,	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
public	O
organizations	O
for	O
getting	O
information	O
about	O
open	O
source	O
,	O
This	O
conference	O
was	O
called	O
"	O
Software	O
Freedom	O
Day	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
which	O
is	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
FOSS	B-License
initiative	O
in	O
Kosovo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
conference	O
was	O
held	O
to	O
promote	O
the	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open	I-License
software	I-License
(	O
FOSS	B-License
)	O
movement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
issues	O
that	O
were	O
discussed	O
were	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
and	O
the	O
definitions	O
of	O
free	O
software	O
and	O
open	O
sources	O
in	O
general	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KDE	B-Application
and	O
GNOME	B-Application
desktop	O
environments	O
(	O
DEs	O
)	O
were	O
also	O
discussed	O
in	O
conference	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
another	O
survey	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
participants	O
believed	O
a	O
software	O
box	O
like	O
Open	B-Application
Office	I-Application
would	O
help	O
increase	O
productivity	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
interface	O
in	O
Albanian	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FLOSS	B-License
Kosovo	O
(	O
FLOSSK	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
non-governmental	O
organization	O
that	O
was	O
established	O
in	O
March	O
2009	O
to	O
promote	O
FOSS	B-License
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2009	O
,	O
James	O
Micheal	O
DuPont	O
became	O
the	O
first	O
person	O
in	O
Kosovo	O
to	O
teach	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenStreetMap	O
contributes	O
mostly	O
to	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
in	O
Kosovo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OLPC	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
attractive	O
FOSS	B-License
projects	O
in	O
Kosovo	O
because	O
it	O
was	O
dedicated	O
to	O
children	O
and	O
poor	O
places	O
where	O
children	O
use	O
a	O
laptop	O
to	O
learn	O
about	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Albanian	O
community	O
of	O
open	B-Architecture
source	I-Architecture
in	I-Architecture
Kosovo	I-Architecture
has	O
been	O
active	O
in	O
Wikipedia	O
and	O
Wikimedia	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
dealing	O
mainly	O
with	O
promoting	O
open	O
knowledge	O
by	O
translating	O
Wikipedia	O
articles	O
in	O
Albanian	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Firefox	I-Application
community	O
is	O
active	O
in	O
Kosovo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FLOSSK	O
was	O
also	O
promoting	O
the	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
Project	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Kosovo	O
,	O
there	O
have	O
also	O
been	O
projects	O
about	O
the	O
platform	O
Drupal	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
participants	O
were	O
trained	O
in	O
Drupal	B-Application
to	O
use	O
and	O
developing	O
this	O
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
system	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
conference	O
were	O
presented	O
the	O
public	O
figures	O
from	O
the	O
FOSS	B-License
world	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Flavia	O
Marzano	O
,	O
Italy	O
's	O
representative	O
at	O
the	O
European	O
Commission	O
on	O
issues	O
of	O
Free	B-License
and	I-License
Open	I-License
Source	I-License
Software	I-License
and	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
Brian	O
King	O
from	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
who	O
spoke	O
for	O
Firefox	B-Application
browser	I-Application
and	O
its	O
extensions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Above	O
40	O
topics	O
were	O
discussed	O
in	O
lectures	O
on	O
various	O
fields	O
including	O
Wikipedia	O
,	O
Free	O
Encyclopedia	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
intellectual	O
property	O
licenses	O
,	O
building	O
communities	O
,	O
and	O
programming	O
languages	O
PHP	B-Application
and	O
Python	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
SFK10	O
again	O
was	O
organized	O
by	O
FLOSS	B-License
Kosovo	O
and	O
the	O
Faculty	O
of	O
Electrical	O
Engineering	O
and	O
Computer	O
(	O
FIEK	O
)	O
of	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Pristina	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rob	O
Savoye	O
,	O
the	O
primary	O
developer	O
of	O
Gnash	B-Language
as	O
previously	O
developed	O
for	O
Debian	O
,	O
Red	O
Hat	O
and	O
Yahoo	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
second	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
day	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
presentations	O
by	O
:	O
Arian	O
Xheaziri	O
of	O
Chyrp	O
CMS	O
,	O
P	O
.	O
Chriesteas	O
of	O
OpenERP	B-Application
,	O
Jonian	O
Dervishi	O
of	O
Ditari.im,	O
Edlira	O
Kalemi	O
,	O
Damjan	O
Georgievski	O
,	O
Flakerim	O
Ismani	O
of	O
Ruby	B-Application
on	I-Application
Rails	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Erdet	O
Nasufi	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
lecture	O
was	O
by	O
Omer	O
Keser	O
,	O
a	O
Google	B-Application
executive	O
,	O
who	O
spoke	O
on	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
mobile	O
applications	O
and	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
mobile-phone	O
use	O
across	O
different	O
states	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
conference	O
focused	O
on	O
web	O
technologies	O
that	O
are	O
standards-based	O
and	O
vendor	O
such	O
as	O
HTML5	B-Application
and	O
JavaScript	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
than	O
170	O
participants	O
and	O
many	O
speakers	O
,	O
including	O
Alex	O
Lakatos	O
,	O
a	O
JavaScript	B-Language
developer	O
and	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
representative	O
;	O
Redon	O
Skikuli	O
,	O
another	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
Representative	O
and	O
co-founder	O
of	O
Design	O
Everview	O
in	O
Tirana	O
,	O
Arianit	O
Dobroshi	O
,	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
FLOSSK	O
;	O
Arbnor	O
Hasani	O
currently	O
involved	O
with	O
Innovations	O
Lab	O
in	O
Kosovo	O
at	O
the	O
Design	O
Center	O
,	O
Ana	O
Risteska	O
,	O
a	O
contributor	O
to	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
project	O
;	O
and	O
Burim	O
Shala	O
,	O
WordPress	B-Application
theme	O
developer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
days	O
of	O
the	O
conference	O
were	O
held	O
elsewhere	O
and	O
focused	O
on	O
practical	O
things	O
by	O
the	O
participants	O
,	O
like	O
Tuning	O
Postagre	B-Language
SQL	I-Language
with	O
Bert	O
Desmet	O
,	O
Awesome	O
HTML5/CSS3	B-Application
with	O
Vleran	O
Dushi	O
,	O
WordPress	B-Application
and	O
Template	O
Development	O
with	O
Burim	O
Shala	O
and	O
WMKIT	O
Arduino	O
workshop	O
with	O
Redon	O
Sikuli	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2004	O
,	O
Klina	O
municipality	O
started	O
a	O
project	O
to	O
change	O
computer	O
network	O
in	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
charged	O
with	O
Firefox	B-Application
and	O
OpenOffice.org,	O
and	O
the	O
second	O
part	O
was	O
charged	O
with	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
3rd	O
to	O
6	O
November	O
in	O
that	O
year	O
,	O
70%	O
of	O
municipality	O
had	O
computer	O
network	O
in	O
English-language	O
,	O
and	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
and	O
Firefox	B-Application
in	O
Albanian	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
proliferation	O
of	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
products	O
has	O
benefits	O
to	O
many	O
companies	O
and	O
government	O
of	O
Kosovo	O
because	O
the	O
costs	O
are	O
significantly	O
lower	O
and	O
security	O
is	O
higher	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UNDP	O
FOSS	B-License
Club	O
has	O
also	O
trained	O
municipal	O
employees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
for	O
the	O
translation	O
of	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
in	O
Albanian	O
started	O
in	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UNDP	O
FOSS	B-License
team	O
consisted	O
of	O
members	O
from	O
Bulgaria	O
and	O
Kosovo	O
.	O
</s>
