Re: [ilugd] Need advice on setup of computers for a rural school

2012-10-07 Thread VIGNESH PRABHU
Hi, On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 11:38 PM, Gora Mohanty g...@mimirtech.com wrote: Have snipped much of your reply, but thank you very much. This is exactly the sort of feedback that I was looking for, and meshes in very well with my initial thoughts. Could you explain further what FSMK is, and

Re: [ilugd] Need advice on setup of computers for a rural school

2012-10-07 Thread Alok Sinha
Raspberry pi - can be purchased off Amazon.com However, while you do that - AND I KNOW THIS IS NOT ANDROID forums - you may want to try, Android PC - $50-$80 with Wifi, HDMI (or vga) output, usb port... this takes about 4W power. and has 1.5Ghz dual core CPU + MALI GPU. I have heard, people have

Re: [ilugd] Need advice on setup of computers for a rural school

2012-10-07 Thread satyaakam goswami
On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 1:23 AM, Alok Sinha asi...@g8.net wrote: Raspberry pi - can be purchased off Amazon.com they can be ordered here in India from two stores available below

Re: [ilugd] Need advice on setup of computers for a rural school

2012-10-05 Thread Gora Mohanty
On 5 October 2012 23:27, Vijay Kakkar vijaykakk...@gmail.com wrote: [...] I am also in favour of setting up Raspberry Pi when we have budget concerns.I have got one with me,it is working fine for basic jobs. Thank you, and Satyakaam, for your inputs. I would very much like to understand

Re: [ilugd] Need advice on setup of computers for a rural school

2012-10-05 Thread Gora Mohanty
On 5 October 2012 10:39, VIGNESH PRABHU stove311...@gmail.com wrote: [...] With respect to Infrastructure, at FSMK's community centre in Bangalore, we are using LTSP setup with 4 old P3 system with 128-256 MB RAM and one new CPU with i3 processor, 4 GB RAM. This CPU cost us Rs. 14,000 along

Re: [ilugd] Need advice on setup of computers for a rural school

2012-10-05 Thread Gora Mohanty
On 5 October 2012 09:11, Saurabh Jain saurabh.j...@gmail.com wrote: Shameless plug, but Thinvent has built solar computers just for this purpose. Google for thinvent solar. I can also get a low cost ferrocement structure done if space and security are issues. Thanks, Saurabh. Solar-powered

Re: [ilugd] Need advice on setup of computers for a rural school

2012-10-05 Thread satyaakam goswami
I am also in favour of setting up Raspberry Pi when we have budget concerns.I have got one with me,it is working fine for basic jobs. @vijaya can you bring it to the next meetup so that you can demo and Gora can take a look it . Thank you, and Satyakaam, for your inputs. I would very much

[ilugd] Need advice on setup of computers for a rural school

2012-10-04 Thread Gora Mohanty
Hi, I have been out of this area for a while, and would like to hear from people about who work with computer infrastructure for rural schools, including educational content. Here is some background: 1. A rural school in Orissa wants to provide 1-2 computers for the children there, ranging

Re: [ilugd] Need advice on setup of computers for a rural school

2012-10-04 Thread Saurabh Jain
Shameless plug, but Thinvent has built solar computers just for this purpose. Google for thinvent solar. I can also get a low cost ferrocement structure done if space and security are issues. On Oct 4, 2012 8:30 PM, Gora Mohanty g...@mimirtech.com wrote: Hi, I have been out of this area for a

Re: [ilugd] Need advice on setup of computers for a rural school

2012-10-04 Thread satyaakam goswami
On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Gora Mohanty g...@mimirtech.com wrote: Hi, I have been out of this area for a while, and would like to hear from people about who work with computer infrastructure for rural schools, including educational content. Here is some background: 1. A rural school in