Having used this book right from its early stages to the latest version, I must say alot of effort has been put in. I wish more hard copies could be available.
Thanks to Mulo Emmanuel, Mbaziira Alex, and Victor van Reijswoud the Authors of Easy Linux Guide. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 07:45:30 +0300 (EAT) > Subject: Re: [LUG] Ugandan Easy Linux Guide to be > used in SA > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: "Linux Users Group Uganda" <[email protected]> > > > Congs Victor & Group > > It shows how far we have come. Way to go guys. Any > other good news out > there? Bagyenda, how far with the MMS Open SOurce > project? Maybe you can > let us know more about it, I forgot its url. > > Wire > > > Last year the Department of Computer Science and > Information Systems from > > Uganda Martyrs University produced the EASY LINUX > guide. The EASY LINUX > > guide > > is the first fully illustrated guide for Beginners > on the Linux platform. > > It > > provides the students with an introduction to > X-Windows and Open Office. > > The > > guide can be downloaded free of charge on: > > > http://www.eacoss.org/dmdocuments/Guide_to_computer_literacy_V3.2.pdf. > > > > The guide has attracted a lot of attention and has > been used throughout > > Uganda. Recently, a teacher's guide has been added > and sample exams were > > issued for adopters. > > > > Last week the remaining people in the project team > (Mulo and Victor) have > > signed an agreement with Bridges.org to develop a > South African version of > > the guide. The new guide will be based on Open > Office v2, include > > localized > > examples and will appear in three languages: > English, Xhosa and Afrikaans. > > The new guide will be made available to all > schools in South Africa that > > use > > or want to use Linux. > > > > We expect the guide to be published by the end of > the year. > > > > It is great to realize that the Uganda OSS > community is noticed and is > > able to > > play a role on the continent. > > > > -- > > Prof. Dr. Victor van Reijswoud > > Head - Department of Computer Science and > Information Systems > > Uganda Martyrs University - Nkozi > > P.O. Box 5498 - Kampala - Uganda > > [P] +256 (0)77 908490 > > [W] www.umu.ac.ug - www.eacoss.org > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > From: Danny 7 Nuwamanya. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
