Computerbank Victoria - computer recycling with open source software

Sections

Personal tools

Log in
Join

You are here: Home → Members → kylie's Home → Computerbank computers in Zapotillo, Ecuador

News: Computerbank Opening Hours 06 March, 2008; Computerbank at Linux Australia Conference! 26 January, 2008; Partnership delivers results in Shepparton 04 November, 2007; $20 19inch CRT Monitor Sale - November 2007 01 November, 2007; Software Freedom Day Wrap Up 01 October, 2007; More news…

Document Actions

Computerbank computers in Zapotillo, Ecuador

Thanks to the collaborative efforts of Computerbank and people involved in nabuur.com, thirty two computers have arrived in Zapotillo.

Computerbank's Work for the Dole team have been inspirational in their efforts to prepare computers for use by Zapotillo villagers.

The idea to help Zapotillo villagers, came from one of the villages on nabuur.com. Nabuur.com is an innovative global volunteer project assisting developing communities across the world.

More information about the Zapotillo project can be found on the Zapotillo nabuur.com project page.

The computers Computerbank provided have a customised lean Knoppix/Debian distribution with an extensive range of open source software including KDE, OpenOffice, The GIMP. Firefox Web Browser, Ktouch Typing Tutor, GNU Cash (among other things), and includes custom scripts for easy maintenance.

Bill, Rick, David and Kosmas, the Ecuador four, in front of the huge stack of boxed computers destined for Ecuador.

This site conforms to the following standards: