hi shashi, glad 2 know that you're tryin to do something for schools back in nepal.
while olpc would be fabulous once they get into the hands of the children, for now LTSP can be an excellent solution for computerizing the school. u might have already done some research on this, using LTSP u can have a powerful server and diskless cheap client computers which connect to the server and share the resources. for server a P4 with around 1GB RAM is enough n for client diskless old computers will do.. a server can handle upto 10 computer quite easily.. now u calculate the cost, a server costs around 30K and a good client costs no more than 10K here in nepal.. n btw, ltsp project stands for linux terminal server project, n obviously the system is linux based. we (IOE FOSS Community) on collaboration with Help Nepal Network have been doing ltsp projects in different parts of Nepal. till now we've setup labs in dang and bhaktapur.. similarly, madan puraskar pustakalaya (mpp) is also workin on ltsp project, they've setup labs in phulchoki and dailekh. now since u're in usa n wanna help, can u manage to send us some old computers?? those old computers might be of no use for u but they can make a lab here.. n another thing u can is come back to nepal as soon as ur studies are over.. :) our country needs minds like u.. regards, jwalanta. On 8/10/07, Shankar Pokharel <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > Hi Shashi, > > On 8/9/07, Shashi Yadav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello Guys, > > I am associated with a remote school in nepal (Dhanusha, > > Janakpur). I have known about the OLPC for a while. I am interested in > > obtaining some PC's for our school in Janakpur, it's a small school > > (only taught upto 8 class) mostly attended by village students . i > > think computer can be the best thing to help students learn. I would > > really appreciate, if you could provide me information regarding this > > matter. > > > I think, the best way for now is to install an LTSP(Linux Terminal Server > Project) in the school. > http://ltsp.org/ > http://www.k12ltsp.org/ > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Terminal_Server_Project > > I have cc'ed this mail to Jwalanta and Shishir, who are working with > LTSP's in different schools. They have more idea about it. > > Jwalanta and Shishir, what do you suggest? > > Regards, > Shankar > OLPC Nepal > > > I am currently an engineering student at Louisiana Tech University > > here in America. And if there is anything that i can do from my part > > for your project, i would be more than happy to do so. > > > > Hoping for a prompt reply, > > Shashi > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
