We started a humanitarian project website a few days ago for helping the communities that are absorbing storm refugees set up free public access web stations using old computers and a LiveCD Firefox browser program. The site is www.publicwebstations.com. It has been picked up by InfoWorld, DesktopLinux, Newsforge, MadPenguin, and Slashdot.
Students and teachers in those communities could make a huge difference by helping to set up internet access at or near-to where the displaced are being housed. PLEASE EMAIL YOUR FRIENDS OR ASSOCIATES AT SCHOOLS in Texas or any of the states now offering to house people (which is many). The more people that know about this free technology, the more likely it is that it will be used to help. The aid agencies are overwhelmed with providing basic necessities, but when they are ready to help set up internet access, they should know about this. The downloadable software at www.publicwebstations.com is based on Knoppix/DSL, and was adapted from the Boothbox project at Sourceforge. What a great way for free and open source software to make a difference. Thanks, Steve -- Steve Hargadon 916-899-1400 direct www.technologyrescue.com -- edubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel
