interest in Edubuntu for Cambodian schools

[jelkner at divmod.com]

Hi Tim,

The computers you describe could serve as Edubuntu thin clients, but that assumes you will have a networked lab situation with at least one high powered machine to be the server.

You might also be interested in Ubuntu-Lite, which is aimed at working directly on machines like you described.  I'm hoping to be able to make contributions to Ubuntu-Lite developement once school starts, but that will be contingent on student interest (I can lead them to water, but I can't make them drink...)

I'm not sure who is coordinating the Ubuntu-Lite effort.  I receive regular emails from a google group:

Ubuntu Lite:
http://groups.google.com.au/group/ubuntu_lite
ubuntu_lite at googlegroups.com

and I found a web site that seems to be under development:

http://www.ubuntulite.org/

Hopefully, these efforts are being coordinated.

What is your time line?  If you plan to work on this during the coming school year, perhaps I could lend a hand.

Thanks!

jeff elkner

On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 07:12:39 -0700 (PDT), "John \"Tim\" DENNY" <timdenny66 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>As a donor of decommissioned computer my group http://www.pc4peace.org
>has sent almost 350 computers to Cambodia in the past year and
>hopefully can sustain the donations to assist in a larger way in the
>near future. At present the donated computers are mostly older with
>CPUs in the range of 233 to 300 mhz, 64 meg ram and basic components
>throughout. I have attempted Ubuntu live CD operations yet have failed
>due to the slow CPU speed.