FWIW, we've been in discussion about Sugar as part of the offering. -walter
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Christoph Derndorfer <[email protected]> wrote: > Am 02.03.2011 06:34, schrieb John Watlington: >> >> On Mar 1, 2011, at 7:41 AM, Christoph Derndorfer wrote: >> >>> Am 01.03.2011 13:36, schrieb Christoph Derndorfer: >>>> Am 28.02.2011 22:59, schrieb John Watlington: >>>>> >>>>> On Feb 23, 2011, at 10:27 AM, Christoph Derndorfer wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I'm still absolutely clueless about the total figures but what I do know >>>>>> is that Argentina's Conectar Igualdad program >>>>>> (http://www.conectarigualdad.gob.ar/) will distribute 3 million >>>>>> Classmate PCs in part of its public secondary school system by the end >>>>>> of 2012. By late December approximately half a million of them had >>>>>> supposedly been distributed. >>>>> >>>>> According to the web site at the URL provided above, none have >>>>> been delivered to children as of Feb. 28. >>>> >>>> When I was in Buenos Aires in mid-December for a 3-day workshop >>>> organized by the Argentinian MoE I also met my former Argentinian host >>>> brother and his cousin who had received their Classmate PCs in late >>>> November. >>>> >>>> So I know that at least two of them have actually been distributed (and >>>> no, this time not based on dubious information from Kigali;-) >>>> >>>>> We continue to hear that Classmates are being deployed, but nobody >>>>> can provide concrete information about where and how many. >>>> >>>> I'll get in touch with some people in Buenos Aires to try and figure out >>>> what the current figure there is. >>> >>> Okay, just found >>> http://www.conectarigualdad.gob.ar/sobre-el-programa/evaluacion-y-seguimiento/informe-de-avance-de-entregas/ >>> which supposedly provides the number of distributed netbooks and is >>> updated on a weekly basis. >>> >>> The count as of today is 358,227. >> >> Impressive number. What software are they running ? > > It's dual-boot with Windows and Linux. > > According to a manual > (www.conectarigualdad.gob.ar/wp-content/themes/conectar_igualdad/pdf/Manual_alumnos.pdf) > on the Conectar Igualdad Web site for Linux they're using the > Debian-based (IIRC) OS from http://www.pixartargentina.com.ar/ however > one of the project leads just told me that it's Ubuntu so they might > have changed their mind since the manual was written. > > On the Windows side there's also slightly confusing information with > again the manual making a reference to Windows XP whereas > http://www.conectarigualdad.gob.ar/la-netbook/descripcion-de-los-equipos/tecnologia/tecnologia/ > talks about Windows 7 Professional. But again I've asked that project > lead for a clarification and will report back once I know more. > > Hope that helps. > > Christoph > > -- > Christoph Derndorfer > co-editor, www.olpcnews.com > e-mail: [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
