Thank you all for your commitment. I have personally never used Kiwix
before so I am not familiar with it. However, I have visited
http://schools-wikipedia.org/ and I am currently downloading the
website. I don't think it should have any problem running on windows.
Besides the size is manageable and can be loaded into a DVD for
distribution. As for the meeting that was to take place, I am really
sorry since I was so occupied that I never found time to be online for
updates. Should you decide that we should meet physically I will be
all ears. Thanks
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> Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 14:37:36 +0000
> From: Abbas Mahmoud <abbasjnr(a)hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Wikimedia Kenya Framework
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> Hi Barry,
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> Does the foundation have a school-edition offline Wikipedia? Or has any of
> the existing chapters ever come up with one that's exclusive for schools?
>
> ~Abbas.
>
>> 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
>> >> reads
>> >> zim files. Linux os has become vital hence most opensource software
>> >> such as
>> >> 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
>> >> assist
>> >> 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
>> >> such
>> >> 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,
>> >>> what I
>> >>> wanted us to discuss was for us to propose a framework in the way
>> >>> we'll
>> >>> 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
>> >>> within
>> >>> which he/she shall concentrate on. An appropriate basis of will be
>> >>> designating team members with the regions from which they come
from.
>> >>> Like,
>> >>> say, if I come from Coast or Mombasa, I'll basically go to
Mombasa and
>> >>> 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
>> >>> Camara
>> >>> (and Irish non-profit organisation that distributes computers in
>> >>> African
>> >>> schools at a subsidised cost). These computers use the Linux (or is
it
>> >>> Ubuntu??) operating system as opposed to many private schools whose
>> >>> computers are Windows-installed. So ofcourse, they'll be some
software
>> >>> issues that may arise when we want to install the offline wiki into
>> >>> these
>> >>> computers. I'm not the software geek and I have never used
offline
>> >>> wiki so
>> >>> I really have no idea whether or not the offline wiki is compatible
>> >>> with
>> >>> both types of operating systems.
>> >>>
>> >>> So, this is the draft framework that I had in mind. I hope to
receive
>> >>> input
>> >>> from you guys so that we can beef this framework up and come up
with
>> >>> an
>> >>> organised, clear-cut plan.
>> >>>
>> >>> Kind regards
>> >>> Abbas Mahmood.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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