Ubuntu-ni LoCo Team in FLISOL 2007

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I would suggest mentioning this in the upcoming UWN:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue39.

nick

On 5/1/07, Leo Gomez <leo.telsen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello people!
>
> The Nicaraguan LoCo Team participated in the biggest free software/open
> source event in Latin America, FLISOL, the Latin American Free Software
> Installfest 2007 that was held on April 28 simultaneously in 17 countries
> and 160 cities in Latin America.
>
> Ubuntu-ni was one of the organizers of the event in Nicaragua together with
> the Nicaraguan Free Software and Open Source Network. We had two huge events
> on this day in the capital city Managua and in the city of León (90 kms.
> from Managua). Some highlights of FLISOL Nicaragua 2007:
>
> - Aprox. 4,000 people assisted to both events
> - 17 conferences, 6 of them 100% Ubuntu related
> - 46 desktops and laptops got Ubuntu/Kubuntu installed
> - 500 CDs of Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Edubuntu were handed out, 90% of them locally
> produced
> - An unknown number of laptops got upgraded from Edgy to Feisty
>
> The University of Managua in León (UdeM) announced on the event that they
> are going to migrate all their Windows systems to Ubuntu (+400 computers),
> including servers and workstation. This project is going to be coordinated
> with the Ubuntu-ni local group in the university. Four other universities
> are also interested in Ubuntu. One of them have already migrated a whole
> department (public relations) to Ubuntu on the workstations and their
> servers to Debian.
>
> Datatex, one of the three biggest PC vendors in Nicaragua is exploring the
> possibility to sell computers with Ubuntu preinstalled. The Ubuntu-ni Team
> will provide training and local support. A few government agencies also
> contacted the Team and we will be meeting with the representatives of the
> Ministry of Governance, the Ministry of Defense and the Social Security
> Institute next week in order to advice them on the migration of their
> systems to Ubuntu.
>
> All in all, it has been a great day for the free software community in
> Nicaragua and specially for the Ubuntu-ni LoCo Team. We got a huge media
> attention with interviews in local TV and radio stations and several
> articles on the local newspapers.
>
> We are really happy and proud of all this, it has been our first big event
> and we showed that the Nicaraguan Ubuntu Community really rocks! Upcoming
> events for the team are the three month long Linux Tour Nicaragua 2007 and
> the Software Freedom Day in September.
>
> You can see some photos and videos of the event in:
>
> http://flickr.com/photos/8053759@N03/tags/flisol/
>  http://flickr.com/photos/marconipoveda/tags/flisol/
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5pgJWqkSOY
>
> Regards,
>
> Leo
>
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