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

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Thu Sep 16 19:53:41 BST 2010


On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 10:01 AM, SHAWN REITSTEIN <shawnreit at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Daniel, from Shawn, I think there are a few schools doing programs
> like that. I know that at the College of Guguletu(NY1-nxt to the
> Police Station) there is almost exactly that kind of program
> happening, but it's organised through " The President's office". An
> official ANC initiative. They have 30 computers, and when the college
> finishes lessons at 3pm, the project has the use of the internet from
> 3-6pm every weekday. The computers, online, are available,free to the
> public, for  for limited times(maybe depending on the demand). There
> are no Ubuntu OS's being used! That should be addressed. I agree with
> you 100% - every school should have computers, all should be online
> and available to the public/community after- hours.
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Just think what one computer loaded with ebooks could do to a school
library?

In fact most schools don't have a library, so anything like this would be a
step in the right direction

David.
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