First School to sign up on UBUNTU

[Samuel Mukoti]

Hahaha... I laugh because we're upgrading the Gateway School ubuntu  
servers this morning to 9.04 :-)

The project was not with Troycom,  I did the full implementation of  
the project - working with Rudolf of-course - on be-half of e-Tek at  
the time.   The original Thin-client server was on Mandrake/Mandriva  
Linux with a custom compiled KDE desktop, and we later migrated it to  
Kubuntu.  We're still supporting the setup and have also done  
Lomagundi College too.   Thats at-least 2 schools on (k)ubuntu - the  
company e-Tek has also since morphed into  Melivo Business Systems   
still a thin-client company, yet focus on software development & linux  
solutions

Regards,

--
    Sam
   Melivo Business Systems

On Oct 23, 2009, at 9:02 AM, Kalpesh Thaker wrote:

> Hi Joe, id be more than happy to help out... even just as a volunteer.
>
> its really great that schools are looking into open source. pity mr  
> chamisa doesnt take much interest
> in these kinds of stories.. as it is a great achievement indeed.
>
> I do believe gateway went with a full open source thin client setup  
> some years back when rudolph gerard was around...though im not sure  
> if it was ubuntu that they used... .... .
>
> it was a project with troycom if i remember correctly.. back in  
> 2004.... i think the setup may still be there.... though i doubt its  
> been maintained to the
> high standard that it was since rudolph left.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 8:22 AM, Donald Hobbs <donald at phoenixtech.co.zw 
> > wrote:
> No its not the first school.  I think Gateway Junior has been using  
> ubuntu since about 2006 now.
> Donald Hobbs
>
> PhoenixTech
>
> Cell: +263 912 258159
>
>
>  Carpé Aptenodytes
>
> "The height of stupidity is most clearly demonstrated by the  
> individual who ridicules something he knows nothing about." Albert  
> Einstein
>
>
>
> Joseph Bunga wrote:
>>
>> Hi guys
>>
>> Just to let you know that I have received an order for the first  
>> set of 44 terminals to be installed at a school ALL with UBUNTU!!!
>>
>> If any of you are interested in working with me on this project -  
>> FOR LITTLE money but get the experience to MAKE more money on the  
>> next one please do contact me.
>>
>> Would this be the first school to the knowledge of the LOCO team to  
>> be on UBUNTU - the school has 700 pupils this technically means  
>> that we will have 700 new users on Ubuntu....
>>
>> Joseph M Bunga
>> HarvestSMS
>> 336 Herbert Chitepo Avenue
>> Harare
>>
>> Tel: +263 4 25 00 30, 25 15 63, 707 880, 708 455
>>
>> Facebook: www.facebook.com/joseph.bunga
>>
>> http://www.google.com/profiles/Josephbunga
>>
>>
>>
>> www.eatout.co.zw
>> www.harvestsms.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
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