[ubuntu-za] Ubuntu Township Outreach

[casley mphuthi]

hi guys

 

i am from the Cape town area and i would like to be involved with the outreach initiative

i am familiar with a few principals of the schools around Gugulethu and Khayelitsha

i am relatively new to this forum and to using Ubuntu, but i am loving it

 

Rgds

Cas

 

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> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:01:45 +0200
> From: ethnopunk at telkomsa.net
> To: hilton at inkululeko.co.za; ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Ubuntu Township Outreach
> 
> Perhaps, some thought about outreach to those schools which do not have 
> tuxlabs yet? It would seem to me, only some schools in Western Cape have 
> tuxlabs, and usually because they more privileged schools. Its a 
> difficult issue because of human resources involved, but I think we need 
> to at least debate the merits.
> 
> -D
> 
> Hilton Theunissen wrote:
> > 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
> > Inkululeko Technologies (Pty)Ltd
> > E-mail: hilton at inkululeko.co.za
> > Skype: hiltontheunissen
> > Gtalk: hiltontza
> > Mobile: +27 72 900800 1
> > Fax2mail: +27 86 604 2553
> >
> > Inkululeko means Freedom
> > "Liberty without learning is always in peril and learning without 
> > liberty is always in vain." John F.Kennedy
> >
> > 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.
> >>
> >> --DRL
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