Guys, below is the site for the Digital Solutions FOSS project. Wire ------- http://www.mbuni.org/
J. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 7:46 AM To: Linux Users Group Uganda Subject: Re: [LUG] Ugandan Easy Linux Guide to be used in SA Congs Victor & Group It shows how far we have come. Way to go guys. Any other good news out there? Bagyenda, how far with the MMS Open SOurce project? Maybe you can let us know more about it, I forgot its url. Wire > Last year the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems from > Uganda Martyrs University produced the EASY LINUX guide. The EASY LINUX > guide > is the first fully illustrated guide for Beginners on the Linux platform. > It > provides the students with an introduction to X-Windows and Open Office. > The > guide can be downloaded free of charge on: > http://www.eacoss.org/dmdocuments/Guide_to_computer_literacy_V3.2.pdf. > > The guide has attracted a lot of attention and has been used throughout > Uganda. Recently, a teacher's guide has been added and sample exams were > issued for adopters. > > Last week the remaining people in the project team (Mulo and Victor) have > signed an agreement with Bridges.org to develop a South African version of > the guide. The new guide will be based on Open Office v2, include localized > examples and will appear in three languages: English, Xhosa and Afrikaans. > The new guide will be made available to all schools in South Africa that > use > or want to use Linux. > > We expect the guide to be published by the end of the year. > > It is great to realize that the Uganda OSS community is noticed and is able to > play a role on the continent. > > -- > Prof. Dr. Victor van Reijswoud > Head - Department of Computer Science and Information Systems > Uganda Martyrs University - Nkozi > P.O. Box 5498 - Kampala - Uganda > [P] +256 (0)77 908490 > [W] www.umu.ac.ug - www.eacoss.org > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
