Networking for Nigeria

[Andrew Hunter]

On Monday 30 October 2006 23:25, David J Patrick wrote:
> We've been prepping  a package for school administrators, as the
> result of a local teachers exchange program. For background to the
> story, see http://www.linuxcaffe.ca/project/indi/nigeria .
>
> So we have a nice bunch of gear, interconnecting bits, some software
> installed and we're ready to set it up, buff it up and ship it out.
> Wanna help ?
>
> We'll be upgrading edubuntu (to Edgy) on the centrino laptop, and
> installing lightweight distros, with thin client capability. then
> we'll test the base set-up, add-in tailored extras, coming up with a
> maintenance scheme and packaging the whole deal up. We'll undoubtedly
> have to obtain a few more bits, to ensure the the system is turn-key.
> We'll collect up anything else that might be useful there (that is
> obsolete here) and throw in a couple of good books, from the
> linuxcaffe reference heap. We'll photograph the process and I'll write
> a nice article for Newsforge.
>
> Let's pick an evening for the first phase (target software installs
> all around) and initial testing of LTSP host functionality. Should we
> make it a focus of a Toronto liinux meet-up ? or an ubuntu-toronto
> evening ? or both ?  Who's in ?
> djp
>
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I would like to help with this (seems to be a theme with me). I would bet that 
most of the Ubuntu Toronto people would help out even if this is not one of 
our "official projects". 

I would need a date to schedule, but Tuesdays and Wensdays are good for me.

-- 
"First, God created idiots. But that was just for practise, then he made 
school boards."
   -Mark Twain 
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