[ubuntu-za] Ubuntu Township Outreach

[Hilton Theunissen]

Hi All

I am getting 200 pc's for our open source in schools program. The 
simplest thing to do is put them in a truck and send them to cape town 
for delivery to tuXlab schools. Not a good plan, some would say.

PE might be better as we have 40 schools there, maybe not a good idea either

so what else?


Hilton Theunissen
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William Walter Kinghorn wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
> Depending on the PCs that you get
> 
> If you get PIIIs, you might want to set up LTSP, you will need to have a server that can handle the number of clients you want to set up.
> 
> If you don't know what LTSP is, then ask and I or others on the list will give an explanation and some links
> 
> In Ubuntu LTSP is trivial to setup, you just need to know what to do
> 
> You will need the alternate install CD
> 
> As you are targeting kids, you might want the Edubuntu add-on CD, or ask someone who has the repos already downloaded
> 
> There is a possibility that Edubuntu will be it's own CD/DVD in the near future, like Kubuntu or Xubuntu, it was like that but was changed to an add on CD
> 
> William
> 
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: ubuntu-za-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [ubuntu-za-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of David Robert Lewis [ethnopunk at telkomsa.net]
> Sent: 24 August 2009 18:36
> To: Ubuntu South African Local Community
> Subject: [ubuntu-za] Ubuntu Township Outreach
> 
> Just to update on the vague outreach proposal I raised at the last
> meeting. Shawn Reitstein, a fellow Ubunturista, has sourced a container
> in Gugulethu. Apparently there is a women, who has several containers,
> and he has proposed the idea for some kind of electronics clinic where
> people can drop off used tech and swap it out and so on. A bit like
> Freecycle in the UK. Another idea is setup some machines with Ubuntu and
> get kids to use the system. Not sure how the economics of this would
> work, but its interesting idea and could do with some sponsorship. I
> think the main concern, is that people need to feel a sense of
> ownership, and Ubunturista's (past, present and future) can't be
> expected to simply give-up time and energy in exchange for nothing. Any
> ideas appreciated.
> 
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