Yes, lets definitely work together on this! Thanks, Caroline
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 3:52 PM, Edward Cherlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 9:54 AM, Caroline Meeks > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > This is a request for technical assistance for "Sugar on a Stick". > > > > It looks like we have a pilot school for our USB boot project, > > Earth Treasury is making arrangements for two more, in Ghana and > Uganda. Perhaps we can work together on this. > > Our use case is one donated desktop computer at school, and one at > home, per student, with transfer of work over a network or on USB > stick. Students should also be able to carry their work with them, and > plug in a USB stick to boot Linux+Sugar on any computer they are > allowed to use. > > We are told that the computers plus local network and other > peripherals are available in Africa for the cost of trucking them to > the site. OneVillage Foundation Ghana and Winneba Linux User Group > will join in to provide wireless networking, and Fantsuam Foundation > for microfinance. We will need to provide primary electricity > (probably solar) for one site, and backup power for both. We will work > with University of Education Winneba on teacher training, curriculum, > and teaching materials. > > Once we get through these pilots, we expect that we can expand this > program, at a very low cost per student, to whatever extent that > funding can be arranged, and that companies will donate their used > computers when they upgrade. > > > and a grant > > proposal in so I am trying to think through various use cases around > > creating ubiquitous access with a USB storage device. I've written up > some > > use cases here: > > > > > http://www.sugarlabs.org/go/DeploymentTeam/School_Key#Vision_of_different_ways_the_USB_might_work_in_the_students_environment > > > > I'd love thoughts on what is feasible, how hard, and how much benefit > would > > each scenario actually provide. > > > > I've done tests to show that "Home" and "Grandma's" are feasible. I'm > > curious as to whether putting some of the boot files on the hard drive > (Zoo) > > could reduce boot time or have any other advanatages as most of our > donated > > computers will likely have working disk drives. I wonder if combining > with > > a LTSP or other virtualization scheme is possible (YMCA/School). > > > > Note all scenarios are fictional. > > > > Write your ideas here or on the Wiki page as you see fit. > > > > Thanks! > > Caroline > > > > -- > > Caroline Meeks > > Solution Grove > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > 617-500-3488 - Office > > 505-213-3268 - Fax > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sugar mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar > > -- > Silent Thunder (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) is my name > And Children are my nation. > The Cosmos is my dwelling place, The Truth my destination. > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Mokurai > -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove [EMAIL PROTECTED] 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax
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