Dear list, I got this mail from a friend. He needs some volunteers for setting up a few Ubuntu systems at a place near Trichy.
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 11:18 PM, Roopesh Chander <[email protected]> wrote: > > Debayan, > > There's this NGO called Payir (www.payir.org) in a village called Thenur, > near Trichy in Tamil Nadu. They have a small computer center going there > (about 10 PCs) - people do data entry jobs, kida learn over video-conf, and > get doctors to see them over video-conf. > > They're moving to Ubuntu now (cheaper :)), and have some computers already > running Ubuntu (on dual boot with Windows, if I'm not wrong). > They dont have the LAN up in Ubuntu and they dont have the software > infrastructure up for whatever they're using the computer center for (like > Skype or Wine-based TypingMaster, maybe). They're looking for help from > someone who's worked with Linux. > > Now, the qn. is: Do you happen to know some enthu chap in some LUG in Trichy > who might be interested in helping these chaps out? (There seems to be some > LUG in NIT, but I think we need to find the right guys, if there are any.) > > If you need any more information, I can find out more or put you in touch > with the founder of Payir. I know him pretty well. > > roop. -- Debayan Banerjee Software Engineer _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
