Re: [IAEP] North American native languages (was Re: #Documentation SL Funding Committe)

2016-07-09 Thread Dave Crossland 
On Jul 9, 2016 1:30 PM, "Caryl Bigenho"  wrote:
>
> I have contacted people from the Crow here in MT and Objibway in another
state. You have to deal with the Tribal Councils and they are really to
busy to deal with things like this.
>
> As I said before, to be successful in the USA you have to work bottom up.
Start with the classroom teachers. Convince them that this will make their
jobs easier and that their students may score better on their Standardized
Tests and that it is totally free, easy to integrate into the curriculum,
and fun for the students and you will have a "winner."

Is constructionist education and thus Sugar inherently ill suited to
existing typical school curricula and boosting standardized testing scores,
because the learning outcomes are individualized?
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Re: [IAEP] [Systems] Maintenance downtime today for OS upgrades

2016-07-09 Thread Samuel Cantero 
Hi all,

We had some issues with the docker upgrade, mainly with the btrfs fs. I had
to remove all of the btrfs subvolumes. I had to recreate every container
again (which is not a problem).

bugs.sl.o and bundlebin.sl.o are running again, but I could not find the
container for socialhelp.sl.o. All the active containers should be in
/containers pointing the git repo in /srv/containers. I've checked the
nginx config file for socialhelp.sl.o and it says that it should be running
on port localhost:8002 (proxypass), but there isn't a container.yml file
with that port. Have we removed this service?

Best regards,

Samuel C.


On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 7:17 PM, Bernie Innocenti  wrote:

> On 09/07/16 19:15, Bernie Innocenti wrote:
> > Samuel is currently restoring docker images, and meanwhile I'm upgrading
> > freedom.
>
> Correction: I'm currently upgrading justice. Freedom was already done
> earlier today.
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Re: [IAEP] [Systems] Maintenance downtime today for OS upgrades

2016-07-09 Thread Bernie Innocenti 
On 09/07/16 19:15, Bernie Innocenti wrote:
> Samuel is currently restoring docker images, and meanwhile I'm upgrading
> freedom.

Correction: I'm currently upgrading justice. Freedom was already done
earlier today.

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Re: [IAEP] [Systems] Maintenance downtime today for OS upgrades

2016-07-09 Thread Bernie Innocenti 
On 09/07/16 14:31, Bernie Innocenti wrote:
>  Greetings,
> 
> today Sam and I are upgrading the SL infrastructure. Multiple servers
> and virtual machines will have to be rebooted and will suffer a few
> minutes downtime.
> 
> We'll send an update after everything is done.

We finished upgrading sunjammer and freedom to Ubuntu 16.04 and we're
currently working on restoring services and post-upgrade cleanups.

Most notably, activities.sugarlabs.org is still down. It probably
doesn't like PHP 7... The wiki is also very slow because I had to
disable APC until I understand how to make Mediawiki use the new APCu.

Samuel is currently restoring docker images, and meanwhile I'm upgrading
freedom.

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Re: [IAEP] Fwd: [OLPC-SF] Fwd: Please Help Support OLPC

2016-07-09 Thread Samuel Greenfeld 
The Knight Foundation also sponsored the XO laptop deployments in Miami FL
and Charlotte NC a few years ago.

There are some videos of them published online.
FWIW The Knight Foundation is a supporter of Public Radio in the US.

Caryl



Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 9, 2016, at 11:12 AM, Samuel Greenfeld  wrote:

Not that unusual; I've seen a few fundraising emails like this from time to
time.

More interesting (at least having worked for them) is that they moved from
a portion of the 11th floor of a building in Miami to a single room on the
3rd to a new building entirely.

Doubly interesting is that the building they moved into happens to be the
same as the Knight Foundation
http://www.knightfoundation.org/about/contact/

I do not know if there is a correlation.


On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 11:26 AM, Dave Crossland  wrote:

> Interesting :)
>
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: Aaron D Borden 
> Date: 9 July 2016 at 04:04
> Subject: [OLPC-SF] Fwd: Please Help Support OLPC
> To: olpc...@lists.laptop.org
>
>
> Some activity from OLPC. They're running a fundraiser!
>
> http://us12.campaign-archive2.com/?u=b4e697fcc915b7fe33b6f6273&id=61e9cdfc06
>
> >  Forwarded Message 
> > Subject:Please Help Support OLPC
> > Date:   Mon, 13 Jun 2016 18:24:54 +
> > From:   One Laptop per Child, Inc. 
> > Reply-To:   One Laptop per Child, Inc. 
> >
> >
> >
> > Please Help Support OLPC
> >
> > View this email in your browser
> > <
> http://us12.campaign-archive2.com/?u=b4e697fcc915b7fe33b6f6273&id=61e9cdfc06
> >
> >
> >
> > *Dear Friend of OLPC,*
> >
> > On behalf of One Laptop per Child, and the millions of children who need
> > your support, we invite you to join us as we work to fulfill our mission
> > of providing each child in the world with a rugged, low-cost computer
> > and related innovative educational program.
> >
> > *OLPC*, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 2005, continues to
> > work to fulfill its mission of providing a quality education to all
> > children. *OLPC* has joined forces with the Zamora Teran Foundation to
> > provide comprehensive support services to *OLPC* programs around the
> > world to ensure the success of each program and each child. The
> > *OLPC* program enhances a child's desire to learn, develop critical
> > thinking skills and fosters a love of lifelong learning. Through our
> > program, children become connected to each other, to the world and to a
> > brighter future.
> >
> > Today, we need your support in order to continue to bring the *OLPC
> > *educational program to children and communities around the world.
> > *OLPC* relies on the support of generous donors to continue its
> > important work. That is why, we invite you to support our work and
> > become a sponsor of the *OLPC *program. We have several sponsorship
> > levels available:
> > *Friend:*
> >
> > *$1.00 - $499.00*
> >
> > *Supporter:*
> >
> > *$500.00 - $4,999.00*
> >
> > *Bronze Sponsor:*
> >
> > *$5,000.00 – $24,999.00*
> >
> > *Silver Sponsor:*
> >
> > *$25,000.00 – $49,000.00*
> >
> > *Gold Sponsor:*
> >
> > *$50,000.00 – $99,999.00*
> >
> > *Platinum Sponsor:*
> >
> > *$100,000.00 – $499,999.00*
> >
> > *Diamond Sponsor:*
> >
> > *$500,000.00 +*
> >
> >
> > Your tax deductible donation allows us to continue to provide each child
> > with a brighter future.
> >
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> > *Donate:* http://one.laptop.org/content/donate-online
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> >
> >
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[IAEP] Maintenance downtime today for OS upgrades

2016-07-09 Thread Bernie Innocenti 
 Greetings,

today Sam and I are upgrading the SL infrastructure. Multiple servers
and virtual machines will have to be rebooted and will suffer a few
minutes downtime.

We'll send an update after everything is done.

-- 
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Sugar Labs Infrastructure Team
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Infrastructure_Team


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Re: [IAEP] Fwd: [OLPC-SF] Fwd: Please Help Support OLPC

2016-07-09 Thread Caryl Bigenho 
FWIW The Knight Foundation is a supporter of Public Radio in the US.

Caryl



Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 9, 2016, at 11:12 AM, Samuel Greenfeld  wrote:
> 
> Not that unusual; I've seen a few fundraising emails like this from time to 
> time.
> 
> More interesting (at least having worked for them) is that they moved from a 
> portion of the 11th floor of a building in Miami to a single room on the 3rd 
> to a new building entirely.
> 
> Doubly interesting is that the building they moved into happens to be the 
> same as the Knight Foundation 
> http://www.knightfoundation.org/about/contact/ 
> 
> I do not know if there is a correlation.
> 
> 
>> On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 11:26 AM, Dave Crossland  wrote:
>> Interesting :) 
>> 
>> -- Forwarded message --
>> From: Aaron D Borden 
>> Date: 9 July 2016 at 04:04
>> Subject: [OLPC-SF] Fwd: Please Help Support OLPC
>> To: olpc...@lists.laptop.org
>> 
>> 
>> Some activity from OLPC. They're running a fundraiser!
>> http://us12.campaign-archive2.com/?u=b4e697fcc915b7fe33b6f6273&id=61e9cdfc06
>> 
>> >  Forwarded Message 
>> > Subject:Please Help Support OLPC
>> > Date:   Mon, 13 Jun 2016 18:24:54 +
>> > From:   One Laptop per Child, Inc. 
>> > Reply-To:   One Laptop per Child, Inc. 
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Please Help Support OLPC
>> >
>> > View this email in your browser
>> > 
>> >
>> >
>> > *Dear Friend of OLPC,*
>> >
>> > On behalf of One Laptop per Child, and the millions of children who need
>> > your support, we invite you to join us as we work to fulfill our mission
>> > of providing each child in the world with a rugged, low-cost computer
>> > and related innovative educational program.
>> >
>> > *OLPC*, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 2005, continues to
>> > work to fulfill its mission of providing a quality education to all
>> > children. *OLPC* has joined forces with the Zamora Teran Foundation to
>> > provide comprehensive support services to *OLPC* programs around the
>> > world to ensure the success of each program and each child. The
>> > *OLPC* program enhances a child's desire to learn, develop critical
>> > thinking skills and fosters a love of lifelong learning. Through our
>> > program, children become connected to each other, to the world and to a
>> > brighter future.
>> >
>> > Today, we need your support in order to continue to bring the *OLPC
>> > *educational program to children and communities around the world.
>> > *OLPC* relies on the support of generous donors to continue its
>> > important work. That is why, we invite you to support our work and
>> > become a sponsor of the *OLPC *program. We have several sponsorship
>> > levels available:
>> > *Friend:*
>> >
>> > *$1.00 - $499.00*
>> >
>> > *Supporter:*
>> >
>> > *$500.00 - $4,999.00*
>> >
>> > *Bronze Sponsor:*
>> >
>> > *$5,000.00 – $24,999.00*
>> >
>> > *Silver Sponsor:*
>> >
>> > *$25,000.00 – $49,000.00*
>> >
>> > *Gold Sponsor:*
>> >
>> > *$50,000.00 – $99,999.00*
>> >
>> > *Platinum Sponsor:*
>> >
>> > *$100,000.00 – $499,999.00*
>> >
>> > *Diamond Sponsor:*
>> >
>> > *$500,000.00 +*
>> >
>> >
>> > Your tax deductible donation allows us to continue to provide each child
>> > with a brighter future.
>> >
>> > *Visit our website:* www.laptop.org
>> > *Donate:* http://one.laptop.org/content/donate-online
>> >
>> > *Follow us on Facebook:* https://www.facebook.com/one.laptop.per.child/
>> >
>> >
>> > /Copyright © 2016 OLPC, Inc., All rights reserved./
>> > .
>> >
>> > *Our mailing address is:*
>> > OLPC, Inc.
>> > 200 South Biscayne Blvd
>> > Suite 3550
>> > Miami, FL 33131
>> 
>> --
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>> 
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>> 
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Re: [IAEP] North American native languages (was Re: #Documentation SL Funding Committe)

2016-07-09 Thread Caryl Bigenho 
I have contacted people from the Crow here in MT and Objibway in another state. 
You have to deal with the Tribal Councils and they are really to busy to deal 
with things like this. 

As I said before, to be successful in the USA you have to work bottom up. Start 
with the classroom teachers. Convince them that this will make their jobs 
easier and that their students may score better on their Standardized Tests and 
that it is totally free, easy to integrate into the curriculum, and fun for the 
students and you will have a "winner." 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 9, 2016, at 9:59 AM, Sebastian Silva  wrote:
> 
>> El 09/07/16 a las 10:10, Caryl Bigenho escribió:
>> We may be able to get an easy entry point by executing the translation of 
>> Sugar to Cherokee and/or Navajo. [3] 
>> 
>> [3] http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140606-why-we-must-save-dying-languages
> 
> While Laura proposed to prioritize these in the context of promoting Sugar on 
> the broader US community, I offer that the experience of localizing Sugar for 
> these groups is a goal in itself, as a learning experience for further work. 
> As the article explains, there is wisdom embedded in the words of the 
> languages of peoples who have lived in these territories for thousands of 
> years. This is part of humanity's legacy and should not be lost.
> 
> I do believe the mere possibility fluency in technology and properly 
> appropriable informatics has the power to empower native cultures to better 
> cope with modernity and even assume leadership in it.
> 
> Perhaps we can learn from them how to exist under a dominant culture 
> (proprietary software).
> The dominant culture has everyone engulfed in a dreamspell that makes it hard 
> to see what is important.
> 
> That said, for sure, Sugarizer should be part of what gets translated when we 
> discuss translating Sugar.
> 
> Does anyone in these lists have contact with native north-american people? 
> Have we heard from the Mexican language efforts? I would ping some contacts 
> for US based natives if there could be support for achieving this.
> 
> Regards,
> Sebastian
> 
> PS: do read, if you can, the linked article it is quite enlightening
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Re: [IAEP] Fwd: [OLPC-SF] Fwd: Please Help Support OLPC

2016-07-09 Thread Samuel Greenfeld 
Not that unusual; I've seen a few fundraising emails like this from time to
time.

More interesting (at least having worked for them) is that they moved from
a portion of the 11th floor of a building in Miami to a single room on the
3rd to a new building entirely.

Doubly interesting is that the building they moved into happens to be the
same as the Knight Foundation
http://www.knightfoundation.org/about/contact/

I do not know if there is a correlation.


On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 11:26 AM, Dave Crossland  wrote:

> Interesting :)
>
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: Aaron D Borden 
> Date: 9 July 2016 at 04:04
> Subject: [OLPC-SF] Fwd: Please Help Support OLPC
> To: olpc...@lists.laptop.org
>
>
> Some activity from OLPC. They're running a fundraiser!
>
> http://us12.campaign-archive2.com/?u=b4e697fcc915b7fe33b6f6273&id=61e9cdfc06
>
> >  Forwarded Message 
> > Subject:Please Help Support OLPC
> > Date:   Mon, 13 Jun 2016 18:24:54 +
> > From:   One Laptop per Child, Inc. 
> > Reply-To:   One Laptop per Child, Inc. 
> >
> >
> >
> > Please Help Support OLPC
> >
> > View this email in your browser
> > <
> http://us12.campaign-archive2.com/?u=b4e697fcc915b7fe33b6f6273&id=61e9cdfc06
> >
> >
> >
> > *Dear Friend of OLPC,*
> >
> > On behalf of One Laptop per Child, and the millions of children who need
> > your support, we invite you to join us as we work to fulfill our mission
> > of providing each child in the world with a rugged, low-cost computer
> > and related innovative educational program.
> >
> > *OLPC*, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 2005, continues to
> > work to fulfill its mission of providing a quality education to all
> > children. *OLPC* has joined forces with the Zamora Teran Foundation to
> > provide comprehensive support services to *OLPC* programs around the
> > world to ensure the success of each program and each child. The
> > *OLPC* program enhances a child's desire to learn, develop critical
> > thinking skills and fosters a love of lifelong learning. Through our
> > program, children become connected to each other, to the world and to a
> > brighter future.
> >
> > Today, we need your support in order to continue to bring the *OLPC
> > *educational program to children and communities around the world.
> > *OLPC* relies on the support of generous donors to continue its
> > important work. That is why, we invite you to support our work and
> > become a sponsor of the *OLPC *program. We have several sponsorship
> > levels available:
> > *Friend:*
> >
> > *$1.00 - $499.00*
> >
> > *Supporter:*
> >
> > *$500.00 - $4,999.00*
> >
> > *Bronze Sponsor:*
> >
> > *$5,000.00 – $24,999.00*
> >
> > *Silver Sponsor:*
> >
> > *$25,000.00 – $49,000.00*
> >
> > *Gold Sponsor:*
> >
> > *$50,000.00 – $99,999.00*
> >
> > *Platinum Sponsor:*
> >
> > *$100,000.00 – $499,999.00*
> >
> > *Diamond Sponsor:*
> >
> > *$500,000.00 +*
> >
> >
> > Your tax deductible donation allows us to continue to provide each child
> > with a brighter future.
> >
> > *Visit our website:* www.laptop.org
> > *Donate:* http://one.laptop.org/content/donate-online
> >
> > *Follow us on Facebook:* https://www.facebook.com/one.laptop.per.child/
> >
> >
> > /Copyright © 2016 OLPC, Inc., All rights reserved./
> > .
> >
> > *Our mailing address is:*
> > OLPC, Inc.
> > 200 South Biscayne Blvd
> > Suite 3550
> > Miami, FL 33131
>
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Re: [IAEP] Priority languages to translate Sugar

2016-07-09 Thread Sebastian Silva 
El 09/07/16 a las 01:48, Laura Vargas escribió:

> Recalling Claudia's proposal to make a priority languages list for
> Sugar translations, here in Perú I did an informal survery with the
> team of the Dirección de Lenguas Indígenas del Ministerio de Cultura,
> and noticing we already have Quechua, Aymara and Awajún, they
> suggested (in no specific order):
>
> - Ashaninka http://bdpi.cultura.gob.pe/pueblo/ashaninka
> - Wampis http://bdpi.cultura.gob.pe/pueblo/wampis
> - Shipibo http://bdpi.cultura.gob.pe/pueblo/shipibo-konibo

Let's add Cherokee, possibly Navajo and Lakota?

To better word a phrase I wrote in another thread:
I do believe the mere possibility of attaining fluency in technology and
properly appropriable informatics holds the promise to empower native
cultures to better cope with modernity and even assume leadership in it.
>
> Is someone managing such list already?
>
> -- 
> Laura V.
> I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org
> IRC kaametza
>
> Happy Learning!
>
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[IAEP] North American native languages (was Re: #Documentation SL Funding Committe)

2016-07-09 Thread Sebastian Silva 
El 09/07/16 a las 10:10, Caryl Bigenho escribió:

> We may be able to get an easy entry point by executing the translation
> of Sugar to Cherokee and/or Navajo. [3]
>
> [3]
> http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140606-why-we-must-save-dying-languages

While Laura proposed to prioritize these in the context of promoting
Sugar on the broader US community, I offer that the experience of
localizing Sugar for these groups is a goal in itself, as a learning
experience for further work. As the article explains, there is /wisdom/
/embedded /in the words of the languages //of peoples who have lived in
these territories for thousands of years. This is part of humanity's
legacy and should not be lost.

I do believe the mere possibility fluency in technology and properly
appropriable informatics has the power to empower native cultures to
better cope with modernity and even assume leadership in it.

Perhaps we can learn from them how to exist under a dominant culture
(proprietary software).
The dominant culture has everyone engulfed in a /dreamspell/ that makes
it hard to see what is important.

That said, for sure, Sugarizer should be part of what gets translated
when we discuss translating Sugar.

Does anyone in these lists have contact with native north-american
people? Have we heard from the Mexican language efforts? I would ping
some contacts for US based natives if there could be support for
achieving this.

Regards,
Sebastian

PS: do read, if you can, the linked article it is quite enlightening
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Motion to adopt the 2016 vision for Sugar Labs

2016-07-09 Thread Dave Crossland 
On 9 July 2016 at 01:57, Laura Vargas  wrote:

> In the meanwhile, I'm working on the 100&Challenge grant and will be
> needing a mission definition, so I guess what is published at the
> Conservancy Web as SL's mission is what we currently have.


I am under the impression that https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Mission is the
mission statement, but Sean suggested this may not in fact be the mission
statement - so I think at this point you should use whatever text you want
:)
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[IAEP] Fwd: [OLPC-SF] Fwd: Please Help Support OLPC

2016-07-09 Thread Dave Crossland 
Interesting :)

-- Forwarded message --
From: Aaron D Borden 
Date: 9 July 2016 at 04:04
Subject: [OLPC-SF] Fwd: Please Help Support OLPC
To: olpc...@lists.laptop.org


Some activity from OLPC. They're running a fundraiser!
http://us12.campaign-archive2.com/?u=b4e697fcc915b7fe33b6f6273&id=61e9cdfc06

>  Forwarded Message 
> Subject:Please Help Support OLPC
> Date:   Mon, 13 Jun 2016 18:24:54 +
> From:   One Laptop per Child, Inc. 
> Reply-To:   One Laptop per Child, Inc. 
>
>
>
> Please Help Support OLPC
>
> View this email in your browser
> <
http://us12.campaign-archive2.com/?u=b4e697fcc915b7fe33b6f6273&id=61e9cdfc06
>
>
>
> *Dear Friend of OLPC,*
>
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Re: [IAEP] #Documentation SL Funding Committe

2016-07-09 Thread Caryl Bigenho 
Sugarizer is the best way to get Sugar into classrooms in the USA. No cost for 
the devices... The kids already have them. Start small with a mini "Sugarizer 
For Schools." Have great documentation and easy to use, fail-safe, lesson plans 
available free online. Present and demo at teachers conferences.  Lots of 
teachers conferences. Do the same at Linux Fests all over the country. 

I could (and probably should) expand on this... Such as... Maybe start with one 
subject area (eg Math). Use Master teachers like Rosamel in Uruguay to help...

Caryl

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> On Jul 9, 2016, at 12:29 AM, Laura Vargas  wrote:
> 
> 
> El 7 de julio de 2016, 7:52, Dave Crossland  escribió:
>> 
>> On 7 July 2016 at 08:49, José Miguel García  wrote:
>>> Sin embargo, a través de la experiencia de Argentina en Conectar Igualdad, 
>>> donde se daba la posibilidad de que cada centro instalara su sistema.
>> 
>> Wow, that's amazing!! :D 
>> 
>> I guess in the USA it is common to create bad lawsuits if things go wrong, 
>> preventing schools from offering this possibility. 
> 
> Thank you all for reading. It is a shame we don't have hundreds of teachers 
> from the US in the member's list!
> 
> Huayra (witch BTW means Wind in Quechua) from Conectar Igualdad Argentina is 
> probably the most inspiring distro we have in Latam. [1]
> 
> I hope one day other countries like México, Perú and Colombia start using it, 
> forking it or somehow making their own "Huayra type" libre OS. Unfortunatly, 
> the program may losse gobernment support as Microsoft is offering no cost 
> licenses to President Macri [2].
> 
> Getting back to the subject of this thread, I think we should facilitate the 
> use of Sugar in the US asap. We may be able to get an easy entry point by 
> executing the translation of Sugar to Cherokee and/or Navajo. [3] 
> 
> Hope to get the SL goals defined soon :D
> 
> [1] 
> http://wiki.huayra.conectarigualdad.gob.ar/index.php/%C2%A1Bienvenidos_a_Huayra_GNU/Linux!
> [2] 
> http://www.ieco.clarin.com/economia/Microsoft-ofrecio-Macri-software-estudiantes_0_1508849461.html
> [3] http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140606-why-we-must-save-dying-languages
> 
> -- 
> Laura V.
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> IRC kaametza
> 
> Happy Learning!
> 
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Re: [IAEP] [OLPC-SF] OLPC-SF July meeting this Saturday

2016-07-09 Thread Dave Crossland 
On 6 July 2016 at 11:31, Dave Crossland  wrote:

>
> Will it be possible to join remotely?
>

I offer the suggestion that if someone is there with a laptop and wifi or
an Android phone, they can open a Google Hangout on Air and post the link
on the list :)
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