Hi, 2008/7/9 Behdad Esfahbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Umm, where's GNOME.Africa? >
There's quite an active free software community in South Africa, particularly in the cities of Cape Town and Johannesburg. There are many user group activities on the social calendar. However, in my observation, there isn't really a big concentration of GNOME users. KDE is quite popular in Cape Town as well. It would be best to have generic free desktop summit where all stakeholders can participate. Some salient points: Africa is a developing region, and it would be good to discuss developmental/educational issues, rather than focusing only on the latest APIs or bling. Only a small percentage of us have access to a desktop PC. GNOME Mobile is extremely relevant. Africa has the fastest growing cellphone market in the world. Our growth rate is 64% compared to Asia's 38%. Practically everyone has a cellphone, regardless of social position, and you will struggle to participate in society unless you have one. (Standard disclaimers about broad assumptions apply). For the drivers of GNOME Mobile, there is a nice slide deck below on some issues. The author (my HCI lecturer) has also produced a good book on mobile interaction design, particularly in relation to developing countries. http://people.cs.uct.ac.za/~gaz/teach/hons/Lectures/(10)Culture.pdf http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mobile-Interaction-Design-Matt-Jones/dp/0470090898 Cheers, Vincent _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list