Linuxtag 2007
05/31/2007
Linuxtag 2007 has begun. Some FreiOSS.net members (Dominik Zunftmeister, Andreas Gimbel, Franz Epple, Bernhard Rein, Michael Schmelzer, Tobias Erlemann, Hans-Peter, Gilla und Jenny Merkel ) came to Berlin to promote our project Linux4Afrika.
Our field reporter Tux was in the hub and caught first impressions for those who had to stay at home. From the set-up unto the last Eprom burnt - Tux reports the latest news.
Tuesday
At 9 o`clock sharp we stood at our booth at the Fair site with all our utensils. Unfortunately nobody was there except us... the responsible people either.
So we decided to have a fine breakfast first and then catch Franz Epple at the airport. ... At the second attempt we could at least begin to decorate our booth.
You`ll find some snapshots below.
Wednesday
Linux Day has officially started. Media interest in our project was enormous :-)
3Sat (Broadcast Sunday 16:30) and Radiotux visited our booth. The evening ended in the Fire Bar ...
Thursday
We burnt all Eproms and have already got some donations :-) Morals are super - I´ll go on providing you with the latest news.
Ready 4 Linuxtag
The following FreiOSS Members attend Linux4Afrika stand and are looking forward to your visit:
- Andreas Gimbel
- Dominik Zunftmeister
- Franz Epple
- Gilla Merkel
- Hans-Peter Merkel
From press: Bernhard Rein
Unfortunately our partner from Tanzania Paul Koyi will not be present. The German Embassy in Dar es Salaam issued the visa too late. Therfore he missed his flight.
4freaks: We burn EPROMs with rom-o-matic. If you bring own NICs you may burn your own EPROM and test it!
Another Server Donation from datadirect
05/25/2007
Mr. Nieberle, CEO from 
datadirect
Dominik installed Kiwix Wikipedia
05/22/2007
The schools which will receive our Terminalservers might not have online access in the early stage. Therefore Domik Zunftmeister suggested to install an offline Wikipedia. He has chosen Kiwik. It is small enough to fit on the harddrive and still provides enough valuable information. Installation and upgrade procedures will be published in the E-learning part soon.
Thanks for that great job.
A new Partner: Amicale des DOM-TOM
05/21/2007
Linux4Afrika has a new partner: Amicale des DOM-TOM. Their main intension is to bring culture and folklore of the french DOM-TOM to the public. Thank you Francois and all the members for donating a server and monitors.
Second Testing-Session
05/18/2007
Some FreiOSS members met again this week for preparing the sponsored PCs for Linux4Afrika. Thank you to all the helping hands.
- Cleaning up the monitors
05/16/2007
Testing phase at St. Ursula Highschool Freiburg fully in progress
- Students with their IT teacher Mrs. Bleile, principal Mr. Hummel and HPM.
Some highly motivated girls from St. Ursula Highschool are currently in the testing phase for our master solution of Edubuntu Terminal Server. The testing equipment contains one Server and three Thin Clients. Conclusion: "Easy to use and working without problems".
Regio: Ubuntu-Linux4Afrika-Projekt stellt sich vor
02.05.2007
Unser Linux4Afrika Projekt ist im St. Ursula Gymnasium Freiburg entstanden. Damals standen den Schülerinnen NT4 Workstations zur Verfügung. In der unterrichtsfreien Zeit konnten die Schülerinnen diese Computer nutzen um im Internet zu surfen. Anwendungssoftware wie Office war aufgrund von Lizenzkosten nicht installiert. Das größte Problem war die kurze "Lebensdauer" der zur Verfügung gestellten PCs. Ständig war der PC "zerschossen". Ein Terminalserver musste also her. Seither gibt es kaum mehr Probleme, was die Instandhaltung der Arbeitsplätze anbelangt (In der IT Fachsprache nennt man das: Reduzierung der Total Cost of Ownership). Open Office und schulspezifische Software ist inzwischen ebenfalls installiert. Die Thin Clients unterstützen lokale Memory Sticks, Sound und Drucker.
Das Projekt läuft extrem stabil, der Nutzungsgrad ist sehr hoch. Die Schülerinnen nutzen die Computer während der Pausen und in der Freizeit. Eine rundum geniale Lösung, die auch an anderen Schulen eingesetzt werden könnte. Wenn Sie sich dafür interessieren, besuchen Sie einfach eine unserer beiden Informationsveranstaltung. Die Volkshochschule March stellt dafür den EDV Raum zur Verfügung. Details finden Sie unter: http://www.security-trainings.de
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