In case this escaped your attention, I think that this post by Thep deserves some highlights in Debian News. ----- Forwarded message from Theppitak Karoonboonyanan <thep@debian.org> ----- Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:32:21 +0700 From: Theppitak Karoonboonyanan <thep@debian.org> To: Debian i18n <debian-i18n@lists.debian.org> Cc: Ngwe Tun <ngwestar@gmail.com>, Thura Hlaing <trhura@gmail.com>, Geoffrey Kyaw Thet Lwin <kyawthetlwin@gmail.com> Subject: Debian in Myanmar X-Mailing-List: <debian-i18n@lists.debian.org> archive/latest/16969 X-CRM114-Status: Good ( pR: 999.99 ) Hi, I have visited Yangon and have given some talks and tutorials on Debian packaging & mirroring. And I'd like to share some information with community. - Initiation. Ngwe Tun and other Myanmar L10N team have initiated an effort to provide facilities for GNU/Linux users in Myanmar, starting from mirroring of Debian and other distros. The hardware, hosting and bandwidth have been sponsored by organizations, and I'm invited to set it up and to train local people to maintain it. - Debian mirroring has been started. With the international bandwidth we have (~ 2Mbps), we start with partial mirror only, and the initial sync should take about 2 weeks to finish. - Due to Myanmar internet policy, SSH between domestic and international sites are prohibited. So, it will depend purely on local people to maintain it after I leave. - We have tried to start packaging resources for Myanmar languages supports. Thura Hlaing has expressed his interest in working with Debian. He and Ngwe Tun have started Myanmar translation process in Debian and GNOME. And he will also do the packaging. - Although GNU/Linux is said to be not so popular in Myanmar, I can see the willing of the community to work it out. One major problem is the internet access. Currently, it is only available at internet cafe or in IT organizations. Home internet is rare. So, CD/DVD is still the main distribution medium. That means most Debian users will depend on stable releases, which makes it inferior to other distributions in terms of hardware supports. We hope that the local mirror we set will help alleviate this problem somehow. At least, it helps making local distributions more practical. Comments and suggestions are welcome. Regards, -- Theppitak Karoonboonyanan http://linux.thai.net/~thep/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-i18n-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CACvhRisOpdcmRtwfTwOqqES4a613eVjysAV4n=WFy019HJKqKQ@mail.gmail.com ** CRM114 Whitelisted by: From: Theppitak Karoonboonyanan <thep@debian.org> ** ----- End forwarded message ----- --
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