Landslides and floodings in chesongoch at october 31th
A letter reached us from Missionary Benedictine Sisters Nairobi Priory (in german). There was a natural desaster in chesongoch and the sisters are asking for help. read in german
» Read moreAn era has finished
An era has finished. We dissolved our club „Freiburger Open Source Netzwerk e. V.“, short Freioss e.V.. Through that, our project „Linux4Afrika“ ends, too. This was recently our only activity. On a private basis, we – four left overs – will support the project for some time and as far as necessary.
» Read moreIt is finished
After many exchanges with the supplier and tests, we decided on a Dell monitor. All the hardware (monitor, keyboards and mice) was delivered and installed in the meantime. This was done quite quickly with the help of the 10-hands team – as was the installation and backup. The BIOS of some computers had been changed and no longer booted from […]
» Read moreThings are moving fast
After checking the network and installing the new server disks, we were able to start installing the software on the clients. However, we discovered that the BIOS of some of the computers had been changed and the device could no longer be booted from the network. So that had to be fixed. But then, with a few exceptions, the installation […]
» Read moreMission ’24 – New hardware and software for Ruaraka
Over the last few months, the three IT specialists Ecki, Michael Jr (Schmelzer) and Werner have been working on an update to the server software, also to make it easier to use the clients and to switch to English keyboards. Once the tests were completed to our satisfaction, we were able to start planning our trip for April 17-29. The […]
» Read moreVisit and training of Sr. Rita in Teningen/Germany
We invited Sr. Rita, IT-student, from Kenia to learn about Linux, our client-server-system and computers in general. She run through our course for 14 days from 5th December to 19th December 2023. First we checked, what was still present at Sr. Rita form the last training.
» Read moreVisit of the Sisters in Freiburg – following Days
The following days, Michael and the sisters visited Konstanz, Beuron, the island of flowers Mainau and made a tracking tour to Ebenalb.
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