Thanks for the positive response Anand.
You lost me on the technical stuff of course.
Me, I'm strictly non-technical - more about the idea, the possibility of
applications within a community and how young people could learn from the
projects.
That's why I'd turn to you all for the tech support.
Padmini
On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 6:14 PM, Anand.R.Kris <anandrkris at gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 7:46 AM, Padmini Sankaran <padsan04 at gmail.com>
wrote:
Bhaskar, Balu, all,to
Thank you for expressing an interest in a possible project.
In FOSS I am familiar only with the Ubuntu OS (and its variants edubuntu,
kubuntu etc.)
Am exploring the possibility of getting HS students involved in learning
format hard drives of older computers (that people want to get rid of),to
install the Ubuntu OS and make these available to those with less access
computers.applications
The students would then teach the recipients to use the OS and
that work with the OS. They would also help with regular upgrades eachyear
when the next version is released. It is an ongoing programme.<clipped>
There are details of course which would be modified depending on the
context. But that's it in a nutshell.
I need to meet with those who could help teach the HS students about
Ubuntu, how to install, upgrade, find applications and put together
tutorials for those they wish to help.
Hope this makes sense.
Great initiative. I suppose Ubuntu is a very reliable OS and stable
platform for new comers. One question here - Is Unity under
consideration? I thought, it could be bit daunting for new comers. I
could be wrong here.
Any considerations for other desktop flavors of Ubuntu, like, Kubuntu
or even Linux Mint with MATE or XFCE (older hardware) could be a
possible choice.
I think, latest Mint even supports offline driver installation for
certain hardware. (wifi)
--
Cheers,
Anand Radhakrishnan
When there is a drive, there is a path. [C:\>]
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