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Kiwix portable for Linux
by Wilfredo Rodríguez 14 Sep '19

14 Sep '19

Hi guys, I have received some messages from Cuba requesting help to install Kiwix and its wikipedia package in Spanish on Ubuntu. The main problem comes when the user can download and burn a CD on a public machine but he does not have Internet on his computer, that is, carrying the ZIM file does not represent any problem, however, installing kiwix on linux offline It represents another level of complexity especially in the installation process during the installation when dependencies are being resolved (this could be a nightmare down dependencies manually). This is a recurring problem and I have received several messages, so far I have not found any solution. I've been thinking about maybe a live cd version with kiwix. I would like to hear your suggestions. Thank you. *Wilfredo Rodríguez*

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Re: [Offline-l] Offline Wikimedians Report
by Florence Devouard 11 Sep '19

11 Sep '19

Hello everyone A reminder to please add to the UserGroup annual report. Bullet points totally welcome. Thanks Florence and Sj >> Le 26 août 2019 à 13:37, Florence Devouard <fdevouard(a)gmail.com> a écrit : >> >> Hello >> >> >> The first UG report is now due. >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_for_offline_wikis >> >> >> I have drafted the report page : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Reports >> >> >> Please join it to shortly summarize what you have been doing since Spring 2018, with relevant links and photos >> >> >> Thanks >> >> >> Florence and Sj >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Offline-l mailing list >> Offline-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/offline-l

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Prepare your small tasks to mentor a new contributor! (Google Code-in early heads-up)
by Andre Klapper 11 Sep '19

11 Sep '19

(Note: This is only an early heads-up, to be prepared. Google Code-in has NOT been announced yet, but last year, GCI mentors asked for more time in advance to identify tasks to mentor. Here you are. :) * You have small, self-contained bugs you'd like to see fixed? * Your documentation needs specific improvements? * Your user interface has some smaller design issues? * Your Outreachy/Summer of Code project welcomes small tweaks? * You'd enjoy helping someone port your template to Lua? * Your gadget code uses some deprecated API calls? * You have tasks in mind that welcome some research? Google Code-in (GCI) is an annual contest for 13-17 year old students. GCI 2019 has not yet been announced but usually takes place from late October to December. It is not only about coding: We also need tasks about design, docs, outreach/research, QA. Read https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Code-in/Mentors , add your name to the mentors table, and start tagging tasks in Wikimedia Phabricator by adding the #gci-2019 project tag. We will need MANY mentors and MANY tasks, otherwise we cannot make it. Last year, 199 students successfully worked on 765 tasks supported by 39 mentors. For some achievements from the last round, see https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2019/02/20/partnerships-make-it-possib… Note that "beginner tasks" (e.g. "Set up Vagrant") and generic tasks are very welcome (like "Choose and replace 2 uses of Linker::link() from the list in T223010" style). We also have more than 400 unassigned open #good-first-bug tasks: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/3YnDUWYJfXSo/#R Can and would you mentor some of these tasks in your area? Please take a moment to find / update [Phabricator etc.] tasks in your project(s) which would take an experienced contributor 2-3 hours. Read https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Code-in/Mentors , ask if you have any questions, and add your name to https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Code-in/2019#List_of_Wikimedia_mentors Thanks (as we will not be able to run this without your help), andre -- Andre Klapper (he/him) | Bugwrangler / Developer Advocate https://blogs.gnome.org/aklapper/

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