[IIAB] New Haiti work

[John Kim]

Hi Braddock,

You mean he’s been deploying thousands of refurbished laptops for 15 years?  I don’t think Linux Mint came before Ubuntu.

Anyway, I would like to do this. I’ve been using Ubuntu 12.04 these days.

John Kim
Student/FOSS Enthusiast
www.internet-in-a-box.org
thinkndev at gmail.com



On Dec 1, 2013, at 1:02 PM, Braddock <braddock at braddock.com> wrote:

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> Hi folks,
> 
> A few weeks ago I met with Denny Baumann from Virginia.  He is doing
> fantastic work in Haiti and the US deploying thousands of refurbished
> laptops running Linux Mint to schools over the past 15 years.
> 
> I wanted to forward this introduction to IIAB he wrote for his fellow
> volunteers so you can all understand what IIAB means to his work.
> 
> He is particularly interested in using IIAB as a Linux Mint software
> repository, since we already are hosting the Ubuntu 12.04 repos.  We
> have never tested or documented the use of IIAB as an Ubuntu repo -
> anyone want to work on this important piece?
> 
> - -braddock
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> Subject: INTERNET-IN-A-BOX DEMO
> Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 14:26:22 -0500
> From: Denny Baumann
> To: ...
> 
> Dear friends,
> 
> I hope each of you had a great Thanksgiving with your friends and
> family.  I certainly did, as it represented the many things which i am
> thankful for.  Your support of schools throughout Haiti is at the top of
> my list.  That is the reason for this email.  As many of you know, I
> flew out to L.A. a couple of weeks ago to meet with the people who have
> designed and are deploying Internet-in-a-box to Haiti and other 3rd
> world countries.  I was fortunate enough to have been loaned one of
> these devices to test out for myself and present it to each of you.
> Many of the schools in which we have installed computers have either
> limited, expensive or NO Internet connection. Internet-in-a-box ( IIAB )
> goes a long way toward filling the gap in those schools until the
> Internet becomes available or affordable. I intend to take my IIAB with
> me in January to test it at at lease 6 schools in Northern Haiti.  Let
> me say a few words about this device but first I want to encourage you
> to look at it yourself by going to Internet-in-a-box.org.  Watch
> Braddock's video and think about how it could be used in your schools.
> While IIAB could never contain ALL of the data which is available on the
> INTERNET, it goes a long way toward making some very useful material
> available to school children.  It contains 40,000 books in 40 different
> languages, a VERY detailed map of the world, more educational software
> than you could ever use and some OUTSTANDING educational videos from the
> Kahn Academy on Math, Science, Humanities etc.  It even has a 2 part
> video on the history of Haiti.    As you also know,  we plan to
> significantly expand the list of educational software which we will load
> onto our laptops in the future.  IIAB contains all of that educational
> software, which can either be downloaded from the Internet ( if you are
> on-line ) or from IIAB ( if you aren't on-line ).
> 
> 
> I would like to have as many of you as possible join us on Friday
> morning, Dec 6th at 10:00 A.M. to test, learn and maybe even BREAK this
> device.  You can bring your own laptop ( running Linux, Windows or Mac )
> or I will provide a Linux Mint laptop for you to use.   I hope to have
> an open discussion on the pros and cons of IIAB, solicit comments for
> improving it and take orders if you like it as it is. ( The current cost
> is $150.00 ea. )  Bob Peesel will be there to answer your Linux Mint
> questions and field questions which I am not equipped to handle.  I hope
> to have the Chamber of Commerce Conference room available for this
> meeting as it is located directly across the hall from our shop here in
> Warrenton and will easily access our router and IIAB from there.  Please
> let me know if YOU or SOMEONE ELSE in your organization will attend this
> meeting.  This is a VERY important issue as it affects way too many of
> our schools in Haiti.  We can talk about deploying, installing and even
> improving IIAB; but first we have to learn what it will and won't do for
> us. I look forward to hearing back from each of you.
> 
> God bless,
> 
> Denny Baumann
> 
> 
> 
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