Linux in Africa (via Victoria)

[Andrew Hunter]

On Tuesday 03 October 2006 07:43, David J Patrick wrote:
> On 03/10/06, Brian Burger <blurdesign at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Back in late Jan/06 our local LUG - Victoria Linux User's Group - had an
> > InstallFest up at the University of Victoria. We had an African guy who
> > came in with the older desktop PC; he was the only one to actually go to
> > the trouble of bringing a desktop to the Fest.
>
> -=snip=-
>
> > This isn't an Ubuntu story as such, just a cool "unexpected Linux" story.
>
> EXTREMELY COOL !
> I wonder what the hard costs of the setup would be ?
> please keep us in the loop with any follow-up / documentation you
> might recieve.
> We have many radio/linux operators/enthusiasts, visiting the caffe,
> and I imagine that this sort of thing is something we could assemble,
> configure, ship out, and make a real difference to distant
> communities.. if so inclined..
>

The possiblity of running email over shortwave radio, never occured to me, but 
it looks as though the concept work fine. 

This was a fun morning read, thanks for sharing.
-- 
"First, God created idiots. But that was just for practise, then he made 
school boards."
   -Mark Twain 
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