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Getting Open Source to the Dialup Masses

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the those-laurels-are-getting-downright-restless dept.

WillSmith writes "South Africa's Mark Shuttleworth Foundation has a solution to getting open source out to places with low broadband : the "freedom toaster". The idea is simple : a bring-and-burn software kiosk."

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  1. What they don't tell you is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  2. Re:more info by theamazingflyingshee · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Another site that will get slashdotted.