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Educational Software To Donate With Laptop?

Posted by simoniker on from the doom-not-very-educational dept.

SlartibartfastJunior writes "I will be sending my four-year-old laptop to a school in Uganda this fall. I plan to load up an older version of Windows (or something free), and I need suggestions - what should I load on it? I need suggestions for educational games, educational software, etc. that won't drain my battery too much (since the computer will only be able to recharge at night), won't require a CD (since my drive doesn't work 80% of the time), and won't be too America-centered (most of these children have never been more than ten miles out of their own villages, and wouldn't understand "Oregon Trail"). Also, any great ideas on where I can acquire copies of this software?"

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  1. What to install... by Casualposter · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Linux

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  2. Software Piracy and Maste...... by shoemakc · · Score: 0, Flamebait


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  3. Re:Openoffice by tupambao · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Actually MS Office is the better package to donate in this situation. The kids are more likely to get a job by saying they know MS Office than Open Office. Microsoft products are the norm in most countries in Africa and everyone expects you to know them.

  4. Uganda is the suxx0rz. by rice_burners_suck · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Why in the world would you want to donate stuff to a hostile territory like Uganda? We have plenty of problems here in North America that could be solved by donating a laptop to a good cause. Heck, instead of sending that thing to Uganda, why not try to help a needy family here in the U.S., or send it to Mexico, where many people live in the trash (I'm from an area like that).

    And even if you want to support another country, don't go supporting a crappy, shitty, garbagey place like Uganda. Because Uganda is a crappy, shitty, garbagey place. We should send tanks over there to blow things up, not laptops to help them.

    Uganda. Where do you want to go today?