i guess it could just be a remastersys (see the other thread) with all default settings pointing to uganda + the Luganda & soon coming Luo Firefox on it, as a good start.
No winblows or mac can compete with those translations. And AFAIK, there is Luo VLC & Koffice. > Maybe COSS... > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Tim Schofield <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Politically (rather than technically or financially) the thing to do > > is to produce a respin that has Ugandan/East African branding on it. > > > > Politicians don't care about the technical benefits of Free software > > and if its cheap then that just means their cut from any deal is > > reduced (oops I didn't really say that did I?), but if they can say > > they have done the patriotic thing by buying local then that is > > something they will be keen to get in the media. > > > > Maybe a centralised non-profit organisation can produce it so that > > then private companies can sell hardware with it on to the schools. > > Maybe? > > > > Tim > > > > > > On 20 September 2011 17:08, Reinier Battenberg > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I dont want to bid. I just want the kids to be free & use FLOSS. > > > > > > What if we did a petition? > > > > > >> > > >> Well in that case it would be ok. > > >> > > >> The question would therefore be to partner with a suitable hardware > > supplier > > > and produce a suitable build for users up country. Maybe even an > > experiment > > > where we install half with Windows have with Ubuntu and see which ares > > better. > > > It does require some thought for example what additional hardware is > > required > > > to work with the computers. Our box shifter friends tend to give up very > > > easily if they can not just install the Printer drivers. > > >> > > >> So the question might be to contact UCC. However they most likely will > > tell > > > you to tender along with everyone else. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Simon Vass > > >> Managing Director > > >> E-Tech Uganda Ltd > > >> > > >> http://www.etech.ug > > >> Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 > > >> email: [email protected] > > >> skype: e-techservicedesk > > >> > > >> > > >> ----- Original Message ----- > > >> From: "Reinier Battenberg" <[email protected]> > > >> To: "Uganda Linux User Group" <[email protected]> > > >> Sent: Tuesday, 20 September, 2011 5:02:41 PM > > >> Subject: Re: [LUG] Computers in Schools > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> its funded by the Rural xx xx Fund (the extra tax on your airtime that > > is to > > >> make sure there is connectivity in non-urban areas too) > > >> > > >> so, its a pure UCC thing, it seems. > > >> > > >> > The biggest problem we face is the current curriculum is Windows only. > > >> > We would need to change that in order for the students to be able to > > >> > learn using FLOSS. > > >> > > > >> > Is this a UCC not a MoE deal? > > >> > > > >> > Simon > > >> > > > >> > On 20 September 2011 15:40, Reinier Battenberg > > >> > <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > Hi, > > >> > > > > >> > > Today there is a Bid Notice in the Monitor to supply 130 schools in > > > Uganda > > >> > > with computers. There is not much more information in the > > advertisement. > > >> > > > > >> > > For the interest of the students, I think it would be very > > benifitial if > > >> the > > >> > > computers would run FLOSS. There are a few arguments for that, which > > I > > >> think > > >> > > UCC should take into consideration when assigning the final bid. > > >> > > > > >> > > This being the LUG, i presume there are quite a number of people on > > this > > >> list > > >> > > that agree with me. > > >> > > > > >> > > What can we, as a community do, to get our point across to UCC and > > allow > > >> these > > >> > > 130 schools to run software that they can maintain, learn, translate > > and > > >> > > extend? > > >> > > > > >> > > -- > > >> > > rgds, > > >> > > > > >> > > Reinier Battenberg > > >> > > Director > > >> > > Mountbatten Ltd. > > >> > > +256 758 801 749 > > >> > > www.mountbatten.net > > >> > > http://twitter.com/batje > > >> > > http://twitter.com/mapuganda > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > >> > > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > >> > > > > >> > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > > >> [email protected] > > >> > > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > >> > > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > >> > > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > >> > > > > >> > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > > >> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > >> > > > > >> > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > > (including > > >> attachments if any). 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