On Tuesday 13 March 2007 19:14, Rony wrote: > Hello All, > > I had a talk with Dr. Nagarjuna about the wireless gnu/linux > download idea and it was decided that it should not be restricted > to downloads of CD isos alone but it should be a wireless resource > hub that will allow anyone to freely access the knowledge base with > no internet restrictions. It should be installed in schools, > colleges and other public places in the villages and towns all over > India. It will act as a free knowledge and information hub. People > can simply access whatever information they are looking for and for > those who don't have laptops, they can simply walk into a knowledge > cafe and save their required data on a recording media. > > As a technology demonstrator, at the HBCSE, the plan is to setup a > local wireless mesh of multiple APs that will provide a wide access > range and then install the server that will provide the data to be > freely downloaded. The process will be documented so that it can be > emulated in other schools and colleges. > > The day for setup will be a Saturday and timing will be after 5.30 > pm, next week. So we need 2 to 3 people to help in setting it up. > Once it is setup, we can have a session where everyone bring their > laptops to do the downloads. Those who don't want to bring a laptop > can bring blank cds that can be recorded during the session. > > Those who are interested in contributing their time for this > workshop may contact me off-list.
Which saturday. Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
