From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 27 23:51:17 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5009416A4CE for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 23:51:17 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web53902.mail.yahoo.com (web53902.mail.yahoo.com [206.190.36.212]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BB50443D3F for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 23:51:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stheg_olloydson@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20040827235116.1541.qmail@web53902.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [67.34.130.149] by web53902.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 16:51:16 PDT Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 16:51:16 -0700 (PDT) From: stheg olloydson To: questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: jasonkeeney420@yahoo.com Subject: Re: Development project in Africa X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 23:51:17 -0000 it was said: >I am an international volunteer at the Institute for International >Cooperation and Development (IICD - www.iicd-volunteer.org ). I am >interested in starting a project in sub-Saharan Africa teaching people >about Free and Open Source Software. I would also like to teach >people how to use a linux system. I am testing several distributions >for ease of use in a learning environment and would like to test >FreeBSD. I would like to know how I might be able to have a free copy >of the latest stable version of FreeBSD shipped to me or how I could >get a desktop or laptop computer preinstalled with FreeBSD donated to >me. Please contact me (jasonkeeney420@yahoo.com). If you have any >questions or would like more information on this project feel free to >ask. > >Thank you, >Jason Keeney Hello, You don't need to have any discs shipped to you. FreeBSD is available for free from a number of sites around the world. You can find a list of servers at: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html (URL may have wrapped) You don't say where in Africa you are, but one of the sites on the above list is in South Africa. You really need to d/l just the iso of disc 1 if you want the base system and ports skeleton. Of course, you could d/l just the floppy images and do an ftp install to minimize your online time even more. What exactly is the project you're working on and in which country? Perhaps we can be of service we if had more information. Regards, Stheg _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush