[LUAU] HOSEF goes to Western Samoa

[R. Scott Belford]

HOSEF will be working with Shawn Barnes of ACES to send OSS powered 
computers to Western Samoa

Shawn Barnes, former Peace Corps volunteer from W. Samoa, was a teacher 
there for several years and had great experiences introducing computers 
to his school.  With the intent of donating 60 computers to 5 different 
schools, he founded ACES, Aloha Computers for Education in Samoa.  UH 
provides him some storage space that is his until Dec. 31.  He came to 
HOSEF because he had heard about Linux and OSS, and he wanted some more 
information.

We have been discussing the pros, cons, strengths, and weaknesses. 
After consulting with the Peace Corps recipients, they made the decision 
to use Linux on these computers.  HOSEF arranged delivery of the 
computers needed to bring his total to 60.  We are working towards a 
November 3 shipment date so that the schools can be set up and ready for 
January.

We will be holding Workshops at his facility by the Coliseum to test and 
prepare the machines.  Installation of either the k12ltsp distro or 
Skolelinux is still being determined, but the testing of the clients and 
configuring of the servers is needed.

If you are interested in helping and in coming by the workshops, keep an 
eye on the HOSEF calendar where times will soon be announced.  Should 
you find it convenient to visit us, we would appreciate your help and 
encourage you to contact us ahead so that detailed directions can be 
provided.

--scott


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R. Scott Belford
Founder/Director
The Hawaii Open Source Education Foundation
PO Box 392
Kailua, HI 96734
808.689.6518 phone/fax
scott at hosef.org