heh, I actually used the Freedom Toaster.
Keep in mind that the majority of South Africans still rely on dialup for their internet (due to our monopoly telecoms providor, Telkom, see http://www.hellkom.co.za/ for more info)
Not everybody can just go and download the ISO files, for obvious reasons. And it's not as easy as getting your friend-of-a-friend to burn you a copy, because as I mentioned, chances are they are also still on dialup. The only solution is this bring&burn toaster.
Ignoring the name, it actually works beautifully. While I was there I even had the enjoyment of meeting the majority of the IT campus pupils, all who seemed very interested in this whole "Open Source" business.
So even though it may sound weird, or is a weird idea, fact remains, it works.
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heh, I actually used the Freedom Toaster. Keep in mind that the majority of South Africans still rely on dialup for their internet (due to our monopoly telecoms providor, Telkom, see http://www.hellkom.co.za/ for more info) Not everybody can just go and download the ISO files, for obvious reasons. And it's not as easy as getting your friend-of-a-friend to burn you a copy, because as I mentioned, chances are they are also still on dialup. The only solution is this bring&burn toaster. Ignoring the name, it actually works beautifully. While I was there I even had the enjoyment of meeting the majority of the IT campus pupils, all who seemed very interested in this whole "Open Source" business. So even though it may sound weird, or is a weird idea, fact remains, it works.