.
I'm copying Martin
Walker into the thread, as he has done work on article selection for
offline.
Best,
Barry
On 10/01/2010 07:36 AM, Abbas Mahmoud wrote:
Hi Barry,
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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