[ubuntu-za] Brainstorm on ideas to get Ubuntu to areas without internet (renamed from Release Party 10.10.10 ...)

[William Walter Kinghorn]

Hi Shawn,

have a look at this page

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NGO/OfflineUpdating

William
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From: ubuntu-za-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [ubuntu-za-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of SHAWN REITSTEIN [shawnreit at gmail.com]
Sent: 06 September 2010 16:06
To: Ubuntu South African Local Community
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Brainstorm on ideas to get Ubuntu to areas without internet (renamed from Release Party 10.10.10 ...)

Hi, thanks, since it is an energy issueI -  think I should speak to
some people in the communities I'm considering will be interested in
such networking. Specifically Guguletu, where I have some friends. I'm
not actually sure what they're doing at the moment and whether there's
enough support for the idea as a formal project. My car was stolen
July and I havn't been visiting Gugs much. I'll research a little and
get back to you. The Stellenbosch recycle? is that to the Cape Town
area too? I like the idea of a day in the month to meet somewhere to
share software and help with computer issues. What about people using
Windows? - which I'm sure the majority do - being an issue with Ubuntu
group and compatibilities?  -

 Shawn

On 9/5/10, maia grotepass <maiatoday at gmail.com> wrote:
> Shawn I am forwarding your message to a new thread so we can try to
> keep the release party planning more focussed and it will give people
> a place to answer some of your questions without dilluting the other
> discussions. Also this discussion is more open ended and ongoing.
>
> Some good ideas. we are on this side of the digital divide and it is
> always a challenge to even things out. Please feel free to start up
> with any innitiative you have the energy to pursue.  Energy is
> contagious so if you can get something going I am sure there will be
> people who want to join in. I know Stellenbosch university has a
> program where people donate old pc's and they get ubuntu installed and
> then handed out to communities that would benefit. There may be others
> that I don't know about.
>
> What specific things do you have in mind?
> Maia
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: SHAWN REITSTEIN <shawnreit at gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 10:33 AM
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Release Party 10.10.10 what shall we do?
> To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
>
>
> From Shawn Reitstein: (I've been a bit out of the loop: my email was
> blocking Ubuntu!?)
>
> Hi, I'm using this 'reply to all" to suggest something not new, I
> think deserves some attention: There are alot of people out there, on
> the Flats for eg,(Cape), who arn't affording internet, yet many have
> computers, or computers in the immediate environment, or could aquire
> -  (like David Lewis's refurbish old computers project). If the Ubuntu
> community were to copy downloads to disc and flash, wiki this and
> that, there could be an ongoing stream of distribution of some good
> stuff to many who otherwise are only going to get access in years
> time. Or even more organised might be a network that could field
> requests for specific info, interests, study...?  Is this old hat?
> Impractical? Who's asking for it? Maybe I'm thinking of the/an
> informal sector? has this been done ? is it happening? is there
> interest? in others interests? I was just now considering the
> affordability of an uncapped account, and wondered what I could do
> with unlimited downloadability. I think that many deserving could
> benefit from such a networking. There are free internet lobbies,
> meanwhile, if it's not already set up, this old idea seems do-able?
>
> Regards
> Shawn
>
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