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:Linux and Main: First LUG in Burkina Faso
Linux and Main: First LUG in Burkina Faso
Nov 27, 2002, 13 :00 UTC (1 Talkback[s]) (4256 reads)

(Other stories by Michael Lenczner)

"The reach of Linux grows more and more as time goes on. We receive word, now, of a new Linux user group in a country not normally associated with high-tech, at least in the minds of those who have never been there...

"This past weekend the West African country Burkina Faso created its first LUG. After a week of training approximately 50 (mainly new) Linux users met Saturday morning and gave birth to ABULL (Association Burkinabe Utilisateurs des Logiciels Libres). The training was done by local Linux gurus, paid for by Francophonie, and held at the University of Ougadougou..."

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