[dot] Linux and KDE Provide Rugged Desktops in Uganda, Africa

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From: Bill Kendrick <bill at newbreedsoftware.com>
Dept: pedal-power
Date: Friday17/Jun/2005, @18:05

Linux and KDE Provide Rugged Desktops in Uganda, Africa
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   Inveneo [http://www.inveneo.org/], a San Francisco non-profit,
together with ActionAid [http://www.actionaid.org.uk/], an international
agency whose aim is to fight poverty worldwide, have installed their
first rugged Linux desktop systems [http://www.inveneo.org/?q=uganda] in
western Uganda [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda]. The systems run
Linux and KDE desktops
[http://www.inveneo.org/img/uganda/large/DSC_1434.jpg], and also include
the OpenOffice.org productivity suite.

     Mark Summer writes "the system is up and running since this past
Wednesday (June 8th). We have installed 5 units, 4 of which are in
villages with no access to power. The system provides Internet access
and phone capabilities to the users. Phone calls among the connected
villages are free of charge, with the ability to place and receive calls
to the Ugandan phone network. The systems are linked using 802.11 WiFi
links."