Hi, On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Debayan Banerjee <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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.
I was based at Trichy till a fortnight back when I moved to Bangalore. I can try referring some persons who can get the job done or in the worse case I can try helping when I visit my home at Trichy during weekends. Regards, Guruprasad _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
