[olug] tonight! - Computers 4 Africa, 4:30pm

[Brian Wiese]

Hey guys and gals,

I just heard on public radio today (91.5fm) that this organization
Computers 4 Africa is having a organization meeting tonight!!  Sounds like
fun!  They are preping computers to ship off to east Africa and help get
their communities developed and into the information age.  If somebody
can, please make it tonight and advocate GNU/LINUX!!!!!
 
     [ Tonight! ]
Crieghton Prep Campus - 4:45pm - Thursday, Nov 7th
7400 Western (north of dodge on 72nd street)
Omaha, NE (sorry Lincolnites!)

Use WEST main entrance of school.

Website for info:
http://www.computers4africa.org/index.htm

They need more help though, technical help getting computers tested and
rebuilt, and software loaded, and possibly even GNU/Linux??  They are
currently shipping with licenses for Windows 95 (ugh!) that can, but I
think the open source movement could really help this project out.  I'm
going to try and influence them of that, but I need you're help as well! 
They do need to be able to use the computers and perhaps email back here
to the U.S. for tech support?  These barriers have been encountered
before, and I think it's our turn to face them, and help out those in
need!  (and help curb the tide on the M$ monopoly, undercut M$ and give
people the Freedom they deserve!)

If you would like to help out, please email:
	Tim at computers4africa.org
and let him know what talents and skills you can contribute.  I think this
could be a great co-project for the OLUG and ACM chapters here in the
area.  What do you think?

GNU/Linux and Free Software/Open Source software can provide everything,
from the infrastructure, to the servers and desktops, everything... I
think you know this though. 

some more links of info:

http://k12os.org/

Radio E-mail in West Africa: The Complete Version 
http://linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6299

Ghost 4 Unix
http://rfhs8012.fh-regensburg.de/~feyrer/g4u/

Indian Government Chooses Linux for Academia 
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/14/2213222&mode=thread&tid=146
 
Mexican Schools Embrace Linux
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,16107,00.html

Mexico City Says Hola to Linux
http://wired.com/news/linux/0,1411,42456,00.html

it is crucial though - we need to provide 'support'!

What Happened to the Mexican Scholar Project? 
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/01/13/2314227&mode=thread&tid=146

Open-Source Software Opens New Windows to Third-World 
http://linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6049

The Penguin Continues Its March
http://wired.com/news/linux/0,1411,52863,00.html

Ximian project - ease of use, and built for Mexico
http://www.ximian.com/about_us/open/

Focus: Internationalization and Emerging Markets 
http://linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=4264


I know theres more than this... anyone have more links?!
GNU/Linux, Openoffice, Wireless networking...

peace

  Brian Wiese | bwiese at cotse.com | aim: unolinuxguru
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