Linux in Africa (via Victoria)

[Michael Lacey]

Yep, great morning read, thanks again for sharing.

On 10/3/06, Andrew Hunter <andy.hunter at rogers.com> wrote:
>
> 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.
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