[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu India Distribution

[Anand Chitipothu]

> May I ask where this school is located? Canonical also has partners
> who can provide support:
>
> http://webapps.ubuntu.com/partners/solution/#as

Prakruti Badi, Chennekottapalli, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh.
It is run by an NGO, Timbaktu Collective (http://timbaktu.org).

Its a rural school and they don't have enough funds to buy
professional services.

They have 5-6 computers and they mainly use computers to:

* prepare course material (work sheets, exams papers etc)
* type various documents (in English and Telugu)
* play songs and movies for children
* let children get familiar with computers
* manage content for http://kottapalli.in (an e-magazine for children
in Telugu run by that school)

Though their scale is small, they represent typical rural scenario
(with no people with experience in Linux and no/slow internet
connection).
I feel that If I can manage to switch them to Ubuntu without much
pain, it can be done elsewhere too.

> As mentioned earlier, I'd suggest that you try the DVD, and you could
> ask the partners for any customization and support that the school may
> need.

Thanks for pointing that. I have already started downloading the DVD.