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Stephane Coillet-Matillon

1 Sep 1 Sep

6:53 a.m.

Hi Zejko, We have the Kiwix Hotspot[1], and it seems fit to what you have in mind. You can use the installer to pick and chose whatever content from the Kiwix library (there’s a couple thousand in 100+ languages, including Wikifundi for offline editing), and it will prepare a ready-to-use Raspbian image for you (depends whether you do it locally or online, but expect a few hours for a 128 Gb card). If you think any other content (Etherpad sounds like an idea), feel free to post a request[2] (or contribute!). Cheers, Stephane [1] https://www.kiwix.org/en/downloads/kiwix-hotspot/ <https://www.kiwix.org/en/downloads/kiwix-hotspot/> [2] https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-hotspot/issues <https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-hotspot/issues>

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Le 1 sept. 2020 à 05:01, Željko Blaće <zblace(a)mi2.hr> a écrit : hi folks - new here... Anyone experienced or interested in running self hosted apps (Wikis & co) offline on Raspberry Pi for open-air outdoor education/ collaborations? What else would you have on the device? Etherpad? Jitsi install? Links would be welcome, especially if with documentation of possible issues :-) Best Z _______________________________________________ Offline-l mailing list Offline-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/offline-l

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Adam Holt

1:59 p.m.

Hi Željko, Also take a look at http://internet-in-a-box.org used by schools and medical clinics in dozens of countries, which allows easy install of 4 kinds of content: 1. ZIM files <http://download.kiwix.org/zim/> 2. RACHEL modules <http://oer2go.org> 3. Kolibri Channels <https://learningequality.org/kolibri/> (e.g. Khan Academy with quizzes & tips for teachers, etc) 4. OpenStreetMap Map Packs <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-Maps> for any continent you choose <http://iiab.me/maps/maplist/> (with high-resolution satellite photos for any 1000x1000 km region of your choice, up to 14 levels of zoom) Internet-in-a-Box can also auto-install programs like MediaWiki, WordPress, Nextcloud, Moodle, the Minecraft-like gaming server Minetest, and Calibre-Web <https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web> for e-books. Depending on your needs, there are 30+ such services/apps you can choose from here: http://FAQ.IIAB.IO > "9. What services (IIAB apps) are suggested during installation?" Internet-in-a-Box's 1-line installer is here: http://download.iiab.io (for people familiar with Linux, this gets you the very latest). For people less familiar with Linux, pre-built images for the older Internet-in-a-Box 7.1 are here: https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/Raspberry-Pi-Images:-Summary Release Notes: https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-7.1-Release-Notes If you have any questions, don't hesitate to email and we can do a quick call, so you can talk to other people who've set up community "learning hotspots" in field situations much like yours! Adam On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 9:09 AM Željko Blaće <zblace(a)mi2.hr> wrote:

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Brilliant! Yes my preferences are with Etherpad and Jitsi servers as key tools for real-time collaboration in proximity, but with physical distance ;-) I am not able to code, but happy to help with content, docs and testing. Best Z On Tue, 1 Sep 2020 at 13:30, Stephane Coillet-Matillon <stephane(a)kiwix.org> wrote:

Hi Zejko, We have the Kiwix Hotspot[1], and it seems fit to what you have in mind. You can use the installer to pick and chose whatever content from the Kiwix library (there’s a couple thousand in 100+ languages, including Wikifundi for offline editing), and it will prepare a ready-to-use Raspbian image for you (depends whether you do it locally or online, but expect a few hours for a 128 Gb card). If you think any other content (Etherpad sounds like an idea), feel free to post a request[2] (or contribute!). Cheers, Stephane [1] https://www.kiwix.org/en/downloads/kiwix-hotspot/ [2] https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-hotspot/issues Le 1 sept. 2020 à 05:01, Željko Blaće <zblace(a)mi2.hr> a écrit : hi folks - new here... Anyone experienced or interested in running self hosted apps (Wikis & co) offline on Raspberry Pi for open-air outdoor education/ collaborations? What else would you have on the device? Etherpad? Jitsi install? Links would be welcome, especially if with documentation of possible issues :-) Best Z _______________________________________________ Offline-l mailing list Offline-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/offline-l _______________________________________________ Offline-l mailing list Offline-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/offline-l _______________________________________________

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Željko Blaće

9 Sep 9 Sep

6:42 a.m.

On Fri, 4 Sep 2020 at 14:48, Florence Devouard <anthere(a)anthere.org> wrote:

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Hi Zelijko Welcome here ! I am happy to promote WikiFundi, which is a tool working on raspberries, allowing to experience editing a wiki as if users were on Wikipedia. More info about it here : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiFundi/en As for I, I have been running writing contests in primary/secundary schools in 7-8 French Africa countries, using WikiFundi on a raspberry set-up, for the past 3 years. We should have expanded to Benin in 2020 with others partners, but it currently delayed to 2021 (only had the time to set-up one school before Covid hit). More info about it here : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiChallenge_Ecoles_d%27Afrique/en WikiFundi can be retrieved from Kiwix resources Also, over time, we have been curating documents that we found useful in an african context : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiFundi_Resources I have not updated that page for 2 years, but it was up to date 2 years ago (which is not too bad...) I intend to rework on it this fall, and to produce education content (teacher useguide, documents, and renewable assignements) related to copyright for offline-context before the end of 2020. Last, I'd love to chat with you (one to one conversation) about what you intend to do so as to see if collaboration with Wiki in Africa might not be useful ?

GREAT. Nice and important work! My interest is runing collaborative wiki-making workshops off the grid of both internet and electric power (using ideally solar or mechanically charged batteries). Setup that is relevant for field work and teaching on sustainability. My email: fdevouard (((a))) anthere.org or skype

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florence.devouard Best Florence Le 01/09/2020 à 05:01, Željko Blaće a écrit : hi folks - new here... Anyone experienced or interested in running self hosted apps (Wikis & co) offline on Raspberry Pi for open-air outdoor education/ collaborations? What else would you have on the device? Etherpad? Jitsi install? Links would be welcome, especially if with documentation of possible issues :-) Best Z _______________________________________________ Offline-l mailing list Offline-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/offline-l

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