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The Ubuntu Bus!

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GNUrag
GNUrag Original post #1
Aug 14, 2005 at 1:42 AM
Ubuntu Linux being used into a Brazilian Community Project

*www.fag.edu.br/professores/daniel/onibus/_DSC00765.jpg

The project is a bus that have 12 pc, it will go over the city on quarters, offering courses about Internet and OpenOffice.org for poor people.
At first time the courses will be at morning and at night, on afternoon the bus will be open for community to use internet and OpenOffice.org.

The project will have more 3 buses like this, will take care of young workers and adults, will do qualification courses on IT and not only basic computation.

*www.fag.edu.br/professores/daniel/onibus/_DSC00767.jpg
More Pictures of the roaming adventure filled bus
vignesh
vignesh #2
Aug 14, 2005 at 10:38 AM
Cool.I read this on the ubuntu wensite 3 days back...
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sba #3
Aug 14, 2005 at 7:20 PM
Nice initiative. I hope something like this is started in India as well but in native languages of that region. This will bring more and more people closed to computers :)
vignesh
vignesh #4
Aug 15, 2005 at 8:53 AM
If this is started in india , we won`t cool comp`s like in the bus.We will have one public bus with old comp`s.
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FilledVoid #5
Aug 15, 2005 at 12:34 PM
We seriously need something like this in India . I dont think anyone would mind the age old computers as long as the software works on it. After all its the initiative that counts.
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whim_gen #6
Aug 15, 2005 at 2:25 PM
Heh heh heh..
Goin to Ibiza heh a la VengaBoyz?

Vive Linux
Vive OSS
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crashuniverse #7
Aug 20, 2005 at 11:34 AM
this was awesome. at least their wallpapers.
anyways any of u have installed it? it gives a stnkin' prob of resoultion when u try to set it to 1024 x 768. ubuntu is a community driven program (not a company) so it needs to work hard n we know how many linux(s) r there in da market these days.
vignesh
vignesh #8
Aug 20, 2005 at 6:35 PM
Thats the login screen not a wallpaper.I have installed both Ubuntu 4.10 and 5.04.I also installed Kubuntu Ubuntu with KDE.
tuxfan
tuxfan #9
Aug 21, 2005 at 8:38 PM
Too good!! When will something like this happen here in India? Our villages badly need some such thing
Satissh S
Satissh S #10
Aug 21, 2005 at 9:18 PM
Wow ! Great Initiative!
tuxfan said:
Too good!! When will something like this happen here in India? Our villages badly need some such thing
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For that to happen we need a responsive Govt. and Tech. literate politicians.
I guess today except Pramod mahajen , Maran and arjun singh, nobody knows abt tech :lol:
vignesh
vignesh #11
Aug 22, 2005 at 2:01 PM
Maran is doing a very good job !
tuxfan
tuxfan #12
Aug 23, 2005 at 12:36 PM
vignesh said:
Maran is doing a very good job !
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Yes, as of now it appears so. But I waiting for the day when number portability is implemented. As and when that happens, I expect quality of services to be far better ;)