Of course, my dream is to have enough wireless router density throughout a city for them to be interconnected, so that one person connected to one router could communicate with a person connected to another router. An Internet alternative, for free high-bandwidth local communication. But let's keep it real for now ;)
In Sweden you'd find a half-dozen working wireless routers in every dumpster. Something tells me the situation in Uganda is somewhat different, so where would we find some routers? Actually, not even routers would be necessary. If someone has a wireless network card which supports master mode, one could set up a linux box which acts like a wireless hotspot. And it could of course also host the repository, which means there is one thing to be hosted and powered instead of two. On 30 April 2012 12:42, Jake Markhus <[email protected]> wrote: > NOW YOU ARE TALKING!!**** > > Which network do we piggyback on? I would say whoever wants can donate a > router and premises for power source. > If we had a network sponsoring this I would setup a free wireless hotspot > for Jumbo Plaza TODAY!!**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Benjamin Tayehanpour > *Sent:* 30 April 2012 12:31 > > *To:* Uganda Linux User Group > *Subject:* Re: [LUG] New Mirror**** > > ** ** > > Yes, why not? :) Which service provider would you think would be easier to > convince? Do we have any influential ISP people on the list? > > Barring that: How about creating one (or several) Wi-Fi hotspots which > have uncapped local-network access to a local repository? I have been > toying with the idea for quite some time, and it should be doable.**** > > On 30 April 2012 12:24, Jake Markhus <[email protected]> wrote:**** > > Let us try to convince the service provider to bill ONLY for last mile but > host the mirror free. That way it is always > up to date and will incite us to pay (less hopefully) to download the > stuff they have.**** > > **** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Benjamin Tayehanpour**** > > > *Sent:* 30 April 2012 11:55**** > > *To:* Uganda Linux User Group > *Subject:* Re: [LUG] New Mirror**** > > **** > > Actually, several mirrors is not a bad idea. Or at least making sure the > one mirror has several means of being connected to the Internet. > > I wonder if we could convice one of the ISPs that it would be a great > sales pitch to offer free traffic for its customers to an in-house mirror? > **** > > On 30 April 2012 08:58, Reinier Battenberg < > [email protected]> wrote:**** > > > 1 mirror is plenty for Uganda. Rather make sure this mirror works well, > than > have 5 half-baked ones. > > (And this is a good time for me to delete some isos from our server. happy > someone is taking over. great job!) > > reinier**** > > > On Monday 30 April 2012 08:29:05 Jake Markhus wrote: > > This mirror is FABULOUS!! I agree MUK should come on board! Can we > convince > > ISPs to provide hosted mirrors as well? > > Or can we have one mirror at the ixp? > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of > > Wilson > > Sent: 30 April 2012 08:24 > > To: Uganda Linux User Group > > Subject: Re: [LUG] New Mirror > > > > > > > > Great news!! Only wish MUK also could follow suit and publish its mirror > on > > the internet. > > > > On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 11:31 PM, Hari Kurup <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Great news but can't help notice that you are missing the most popular > > linux distro on the planet - aka Linux Mint! (at least according to > > http://distrowatch.com ) > > > > -- > > Hari > > > > On Sun, April 29, 2012 11:01 pm, [email protected] wrote: > > > Hello Members, > > > > > > Just to let you know, our (UCU) local mirror is beginning to take > shape. > > > for access visit http://mirror.ucu.ac.ug. > > > Most of the distributions are done syncing with the exception of > > > FreeBSD, > > > Debian, OpenSUSE. > > > > > > Send any feedback to [email protected] > > > > > > thanks > > > Alex > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > > This email has been sent with the following Disclaimer. > > > http://www.ucu.ac.ug/disclaimer.txt. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > > > > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > > > [email protected] > > > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > > > > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > > > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > > > attachments if any). 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