Hi all, just wanted to give you a heads up regarding progress towards FLOSS in public high schools.
I can confirm that the government agency that's giving FLOSS a boost right now is the DTI. A partnership composed of ASI, ASTI, and Leonovo won the bid to be the supplier of DTI's 3rd rollout of the PCPS (PC's for Public schools) program. They're using Fedora core 4 as the OS. ASTI's providing the training, and Lenovo's providing the hardware. They'll be shipping computers, 10 to a school, loaded with Fedora Core 4, a local version of Wikipedia, and strangely, a HTML version of Encarta, and all the usual apps that's default to Fedora, including OpenOffice, to at least 2000 schools around the Philippines starting next month. I wasn't able to tell people about it before, because it was a long time before the winning bid was officially approved. They won the bid as long as February but the sign off was delayed due to pressure from various groups. Anyway, after some intervention from some people in the private sector, the bid was approved and so now the Philippines is actually in the process of a major move to FLOSS. Great fun! - JJ Ferro > On 6/18/06, Daniel Escasa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Sabi ni Jan noong Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 8:18 AM: > > > i hope there is a very vocal advocacy group to > push the use of open > > source > > > in government, maybe CICT is not doing its job > well enough. in case of > > our > > > department we're the only bureau that uses open > source at least on our > > > servers. > > > > You may be thinking that's it's easier than it > really is. Having had > > the chance to talk with one of the commissioners, > I'd cut them some > > slack. For one thing, there are things beyond > their control since > > they're part of a large government machinery. I > don't even know if > > there's a CICT budget, or if the commission's > using the individual > > budgets of the component agencies -- the National > Computer Center, the > > Telecommunications Office (TelOf), and one or two > other agencies. > > Furthermore, a government-wide FLOSS deployment > would take more > > manpower than the CICT has. It's not just the > physical distribution of > > the software (that's trivial), there's also the > necessary training and > > initial hand-holding. Remember Commissioner > Emmanuel "Boying" > > Lallana's message to PLUG at the inauguration of > officers? He hinted > > -- or maybe even outright said -- that government, > and the CICT in > > particular, needs help from the private sector for > FLOSS deployment. I > > took that as an informal request to PLUG. > > > > i wonder what happened to the cict's project of > promoting the use of open > > source to public high schools, myself together > with some volunteers > > conducted the training for trainors (linux + > openoffice) who will in turn be > > teaching what they've learned. i wonder what > happened to that noble project, > > i guess it did not push thru or for whatever > reason there maybe, and all > > boils down to one, ---> "will" as the saying goes > if there's a will there's > > a way, an the government has none of it. > > > > just my two cents worth > > > > > -- > V irus > I nstability > S pyware > T rojans > A dware > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > https://lists.hosting.qsr.com.ph/mailman/private/plug/attachments/20060618/310d8746/attachment.htm > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 18:55:09 +0800 > From: "Zak B. Elep" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [plug] Module.symvers in kubuntu > To: "Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical > Discussion List" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; > format=flowed > > On 6/18/06, Allister Levi Sanchez > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > By the way, I've just added edgy into my list of > repositories in order > > to get gcc 4.1 (I need it). Is there anything I > should worry about or > > be careful with, considering this is not > production release? I > > actually just needed gcc 4.1 (with g++ and > gfortran). > > Probably a couple of warnings: one is related to > pointer > dereferencing,to which an easy workaround would be > to do > `-fnostrict-aliasing'; the other is related to > compilation differences > between 32- and 64-bit archs when dealing with casts > to different > sizes. See Martin Michlmayr's post,[0] especially > that wonderful list > of errors (now treated as such by gcc-4.1) by Ben > Hutchings[1]. > > [0] http://www.cyrius.com/journal/2006/03/25 > [1] > http://womble.decadentplace.org.uk/c++/syntax-errors.html > > Cheers, > > Zakame > > -- > Zak B. Elep || http://zakame.spunge.org > [EMAIL PROTECTED] || [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 1486 7957 454D E529 E4F1 F75E 5787 B1FD FA53 851D > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 05:32:44 -0700 (PDT) > From: Jeff Gutierrez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [plug] Apache + Tomcat + mod_jk2.so > To: "Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical > Discussion List" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Hi Geruel, > > You don't really need mod_jk or mod_jk2 these days > to > make Apache delegate requests to web applications on > Tomcat. You can use the standard Apache module > mod_proxy instead. > > http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/proxy-howto.html > > Regards, > > jeff -- > > --- "Geruel M. Casibu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I need help in Integrating Tomcat and Apache on > > CentOS 4.3. I have been able to make tomcat works > > but I cant integrate it with apache since I cant > > figure out why I cant make the modules mod_jk.so > and > > mod_jk2.so build. > > > > I have tried so many guides and here are some of > > those I really find so helpful. > > > > http://www.linuxmine.com/23.html > > > http://www.ozibug.com/doc/howto/apache-integration-howto.html#compile > > > http://penguincares.no-ip.org:9090/mylinuxtips/?p=241 > > http://bbs.chinaunix.net/archiver/?tid-505142.html > > http://edu.51cto.com/html/2005/0901/2285.htm > > > http://www.pixelfreak.net/howto/apache2_jk2_tomcat/socket.html > > > > > > Even then, after issuing this commands, > > tar zxvf > > jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk2-2.0.4-src.tar.gz > > cd jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk2-2.0.4-src/ > > cd jk/native2 > > #make clean > > ./configure > --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs > > make > > cd ../build/jk2/apache2/ > > cp mod_jk2.so /usr/local/apache2/modules/ --> > (This > > is not possible anymore) > > > > Since all my ../build/jk2/apache2/ folder contents > > are > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 752 Jun 18 08:35 > > mod_jk2.la > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 326 Jun 18 08:35 > > mod_jk2.lo > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 52812 Jun 18 08:35 > mod_jk2.o > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > What am I going to do with it? > > > > How do I make the mod_jk2.so? > > > > > > TIA, > > > > > > Geruel > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ---------------------------------------- > > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for > > private users. > > It has removed 6135 spam emails to date. > > Paying users do not have this message in their > > emails. > > Get the free SPAMfighter here: > > http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > > > _________________________________________________ > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 23:20:49 +0800 > From: "Daniel Escasa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [plug] Re: Bayanihan Linux OS: Now Based on > Debian > To: "Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical > Discussion List" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; > format=flowed > > Sabi ni Jan noong Sun, Jun 18, 2006 at 2:23 PM: > > > i wonder what happened to the cict's project of > promoting the use of open > > > source to public high schools, myself together > with some volunteers > > > conducted the training for trainors (linux + > openoffice) who will in turn > > be > > > teaching what they've learned. i wonder what > happened to that noble > > project, > > Good question. Was this the same project where > Rommel Feria asked for > volunteers on this list? Next time I see one of the > commissioners, I > hope to remember to ask about this. > > > i guess it did not push thru or for whatever > reason there maybe, and all > > > boils down to one, ---> "will" as the saying > goes if there's a will > > there's > > > a way, an the government has none of it. > > > > > > > > just my two cents worth > > For whatever it may be worth, FLOSS is on the CICT's > roadmap. There's > a plan to distribute FLOSS CDs, I think to gov't > offices. I was just > looking at the message about it a while ago, will > forward it to this > list, or better yet, point to the INQ7.net story > which I think was > referenced in the message. > > -- > Daniel O. Escasa > independent IT consultant and writer > contributor, Free Software Magazine > (http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com) > personal blog at http://descasa.i.ph > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 08:21:44 +0800 > From: "jan gestre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [plug] Re: Bayanihan Linux OS: Now > Based on Debian > To: "Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical > Discussion List" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > On 6/18/06, Daniel Escasa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Sabi ni Jan noong Sun, Jun 18, 2006 at 2:23 PM: > > > > i wonder what happened to the cict's project > of promoting the use of > > open > > > > source to public high schools, myself together > with some volunteers > > > > conducted the training for trainors (linux + > openoffice) who will in > > turn > > > be > > > > teaching what they've learned. i wonder what > happened to that noble > > > project, > > > > Good question. Was this the same project where > Rommel Feria asked for > > volunteers on this list? Next time I see one of > the commissioners, I > > hope to remember to ask about this. > > > i don't know mr. rommel feria, maybe he's on the 2nd > batch, coz' we're the > first batch of volunteers, if there's a 2nd batch > maybe the project did push > through at all. > > > > i guess it did not push thru or for whatever > reason there maybe, and all > > > > boils down to one, ---> "will" as the saying > goes if there's a will > > > there's > > > > a way, an the government has none of it. > > > > > > > > > > > > just my two cents worth > > > > For whatever it may be worth, FLOSS is on the > CICT's roadmap. There's > > a plan to distribute FLOSS CDs, I think to gov't > offices. I was just > > looking at the message about it a while ago, will > forward it to this > > list, or better yet, point to the INQ7.net story > which I think was > > referenced in the message. > > > > -- > > Daniel O. Escasa > > independent IT consultant and writer > > contributor, Free Software Magazine > (http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com) > > personal blog at http://descasa.i.ph > > _________________________________________________ > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > > > -- > V irus > I nstability > S pyware > T rojans > A dware > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > https://lists.hosting.qsr.com.ph/mailman/private/plug/attachments/20060619/e9639748/attachment.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 11:48:07 +0800 > From: "Daniel Escasa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [plug] Re: Bayanihan Linux OS: Now Based on > Debian > To: "Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical > Discussion List" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; > format=flowed > > Sabi ni jan noong Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 8:21 AM: > > i don't know mr. rommel feria, maybe he's on the > 2nd batch, coz' we're the > > first batch of volunteers, if there's a 2nd batch > maybe the project did push > > through at all. > > Rommel's on this list, and in fact posted the call > for volunteers > here. And no, it didn't push through as far as I > know, because I > volunteered as well. And, come to think of it, it > might not have been > CICT, but DECS. > > -- > Daniel O. Escasa > independent IT consultant and writer > contributor, Free Software Magazine > (http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com) > personal blog at http://descasa.i.ph > > > ------------------------------ > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > End of PLUG Digest, Vol 15, Issue 55 > ************************************ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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