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Flying to Nairobi from Stuttgart and via Zurich is a far more economical solution than flying directly from Zurich. So we decided to start this year‘s Kenya mission from Stuttgart instead, especially given that there‘s a good bus connection directly to the airport from Konstanz. Michael was concerned whether the baggage would be loaded up in time during the stop-over […]
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Thanks a lot to all supporters of Linux4Afrika! We wish you a healthy and happy new year. Your Linux4Afrika Team
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For practising the installation of the new master solution for Linux4Afrika, which had been compiled by Hans-Peter Merkel (HPM), the Volkshochschule March generously offered its training rooms for free again to the Freiburger Open Source Netzwerk e. V.
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For many years Linux4Afrika has supported St. Scholastica Catholic School of the Benedictine Missionary Sisters of Tutzing in Ruaraka, Nairobi. Invited by Linux4Afrika Sr. Emily, principal of the school, was our guest for some days at the end of March. A considerable and multicoloured program had been planned for Sr. Emily by the host families Scholtz and Merkel: trips with […]
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The last two days of our work (Sunday and Monday) consisted of HP finalizing a few server settings and cloning a few hard drives, while Stefan and Michael started freeing up space in the classroom by removing the unnecessary hardware and stowing all the spare items in the closet at the back of the room, inside somewhat neatly labeled cartons. […]
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After managing to overcome the last few technical difficulties thanks to Hans-Peter and having Stefan further initiate the sisters into the “secrets” of Libreoffice, Firefox etc. over in Karen, we were ready to set off on our way back to Ruaraka on Thursday afternoon. Sr. Christiane decided to join our travel group, and this time round we were taken right […]
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The priory of the Benedictine Missionary Sisters is located in Karen, a fairly upscale suburb just west of Nairobi. It’s the central administrative center for all of their organizations in Kenya and also the place where their novices are sent for training. We were here to set up computers in the computer room in the main building, as well as […]
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