Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Kenya Framework

Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 07:02:00 -0700 From: bnewstead(a)wikimedia.org To: wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Kenya Framework FYI - I have Kiwix's offline English Wikipedia running on my Ubuntu machine right now. It works perfectly. The main challenge is that it takes a lot of time to download (huge file) and then index. Once it is on the computer though, it works great! One interim solution is to put the files on some USBs and mail them out. The Foundation staff is starting to look into solutions that will allow us to provide computer vendors (such as Camara) to preload it. Cheers, Barry On 09/30/2010 11:37 PM, Wangai Mwangi wrote: > An offline wikipedia, thats so cool. Count > me in,am so excited. The framework is ok. > Another meeting wld be fine....... > > On 9/29/10, Alexander Wafula<xelawafs(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Hi guys, >> >> I've used Kiwix before, it's one of the various softwares around that

>> zim files. Linux os has become vital hence most opensource software

>> Kiwix are offered in for this platform so hopefuly, we won't have >> installation issues. >> >> As for visiting schools with computers, I beleive thd ICT board can

>> with this. They have records for such schools hence we can use them to >> narrow down on the school's we'll visit. They are really open towards

>> initiatives so hopefully, they'll share this info. >> >> So far, the framework sounds great. >> >> Cheers >> Alex >> >> On Tue Sep 28th, 2010 11:22 PM PDT Abbas Mahmoud wrote: >> >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Hi folks, >>> >>> Its quite unfortunate that last weeks meeting didn't happen. Anyway,

>>> wanted us to discuss was for us to propose a framework in the way

>>> approach whatever we want to do. >>> >>> For instance: >>> >>> We were to start by experimenting with the offline Wikipedia. So, my >>> suggestion is that each one of us be designated a region in Kenya

>>> which he/she shall concentrate on. An appropriate basis of will be >>> designating team members with the regions from which they come from.

>>> say, if I come from Coast or Mombasa, I'll basically go to Mombasa

>>> assess the schools that have computers there. After knowing how many >>> schools we'll approach, we will then prepare our framework: timeline, >>> budget, methodology, etc. >>> >>> Actually, most public schools in Kenya have bought computers from

>>> (and Irish non-profit organisation that distributes computers in

>>> schools at a subsidised cost). These computers use the Linux (or is

>>> Ubuntu??) operating system as opposed to many private schools whose >>> computers are Windows-installed. So ofcourse, they'll be some

>>> issues that may arise when we want to install the offline wiki into

>>> computers. I'm not the software geek and I have never used offline

>>> I really have no idea whether or not the offline wiki is compatible

>>> both types of operating systems. >>> >>> So, this is the draft framework that I had in mind. I hope to receive

>>> from you guys so that we can beef this framework up and come up with

-- Barry Newstead Chief Global Development Officer Wikimedia Foundation Tel: +1-415-839-6885 x. 634 Skype: barry.wikimedia Twitter: @bazanews _______________________________________________ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake