In Pictures: Free Works in Africa | Linux Today

In Pictures: Free Works in Africa

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 12, 2007

[ Thanks to Carla
Schroder
for this link. ]

“ISolemamba school is in Durban, South Africa. Like every other
school on the planet, it needed a computer lab. Basic
infrastructure costs were covered, but there wasn’t much money left
over to buy computer equipment.

“Fortunately for the school, eTux was being formed by a group of
local Linux geeks. It provides networked computers to disadvantaged
schools and communities. As its name implies, eTux uses Linux and
open-source software…”

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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