Chilean Monks Need Linux Help?

Posted by Cliff on Monday December 17, 2001 @05:15AM from the starting-from-scratch dept.

Inexile2002 asks: "Ok, I'm going to Chile this Xmas season, and a distant second cousin of mine, a monk in a Dominican monastary emailed me requesting that I bring copies of and set up Linux on their machines and network. I've NEVER set up a Linux network before, won't have reliable internet access when I'm there (if I have it at all) and to top it all off, would really rather set this up in Spanish for the non bi-lingual monks. (My spanish, of course, is weak and useless when discussing computers) For someone who doesn't know Linux well and won't be able to check online help, what is the best hard copy Linux help out there? Is there a Spanish Linux? Will the monks, once they do have reliable net connections, be able to seek bilingual online help?" We've all been in this position before, but the multi-lingual angle is a new twist. Do any of you have any hints, or suggestions to pass along to Inexile2002?

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What do they need it for? by arrow · 2001-12-17 05:23 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I hope i'm not the only one that, after I read this, wondered what the heck monks need linux for?

Taking Microsoft bashing to a whole new level?

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Coincidence? by erpbridge · 2001-12-17 06:35 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I looked at the ad on top of the page, and saw a picture of a monk... for perlmonks.org

(OK, OK, so I saw that ad a couple days ago also, but I thought it was an odd coincidence that clicking into the story would also have that ad.)