desktop linux usage in kenya

I told a friend of mine about this the Kenyan Forums on Ubuntu Forums..

He's curious about how many guys on this forum are in Kenya...

BTW There's a mailing list - kenyalinux@yahoogroups.com that has been around for about maybe 5 years or more..

Ronald - how many installations have u done ? Just very curious - i've been recommending guys use Ubuntu for Desktop Setups and even servers.. now that M$ are clamping down on organisations that don't have licensed software - another friend working at a small bank told me that they got visited (yes in Nairobi) by M$ guys who found that they had > 80% unlicensed M$ software

A bank I know of may also be moving to linux desktops in the near future - they calculated the cost of licensing MS Office for 400 users - 40 000 KES (about ~USD 590) comes to quite a bit of cash for (just) MS Office

Iam in Kenya, and iam in the capital. :)
Proof:I know Village Market and Sarit Center

40k shillings?WOAH! thats a lot of cash just to spend on M$ office.
They should get OpenOffice instead :P

Kisumu...

Not many Ubuntu users here in Nyanza yet - not much private computer usage at all really...

All the commercial internet places use XP.

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Originally Posted by davehat

Kisumu...

Not many Ubuntu users here in Nyanza yet - not much private computer usage at all really...

All the commercial internet places use XP.

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As time passes by more people would be able to afford computers.
Especially since most people still only get around 10k shillings a month. :(

Hi everyone i am in Nairobi Mtaa

Am glad that we are many using ubuntu. Hope u keep this forum up.

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The usage is low,but i was impressed to walk into a cyber with Suse!

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Originally Posted by Gwaro

The usage is low,but i was impressed to walk into a cyber with Suse!

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Quite cool! I'm not in Kenya, but happy to see that folks are using Linux there. Not surprised, though.

(Hope this thread doesn't get locked because of the necromancy thing.)