earthpigg
October 16th, 2011, 06:12 AM
At least local to me, Tux seems to have a strong presence - strongly preferred over Windows.
Article about the IT infrastructure at the San Francisco occupation (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/13/occupysf_bofh_protest_pedal_power/page2.html) is absolutely fascinating:
OccupySF BOFH runs protest network on pedal power
Protest IT staff running ultimate bare-bones system
The encampment has a rolling population of second-hand netbooks, laptops, and tablets, strung together with ad hoc networking, and carefully power managed.
“We’d love to get an Apple, because a lot of the software we’re used to is on the Mac,” one said. “Linux machines are always nice, given Linux is having the same revolutionary effect on the industry as we are on society, but even Windows machines would be a help.”
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It should be possible to rig up some kind of basic Wi-Fi connection if there were a friendly hotspot owner nearby – but given that the protestors are in the heart of the Financial District, that seems unlikely.
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The team is using off-the-shelf LTE hotspots running WPA2, donated to the cause early on, for access. However one clever coder has managed to jailbreak an EVO handset to turn it into an eight node hub, although in effect only about four people can use it at any one time without bringing the device’s speeds below a usable threshold.
And, more local to me (http://occupymarin.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=55):
Occupy Marin Needs:
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As we build our communications team we could use some used "older laptops" PCs preferred (for linux open source conversion)
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Keep the politics out of the thread, folks, stick to the IT side of things.
This type of scenario with unreliable power, unreliable internet connections, etc etc, seems to be an area where the flexibility of our good penguin friend can shine.
Article about the IT infrastructure at the San Francisco occupation (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/13/occupysf_bofh_protest_pedal_power/page2.html) is absolutely fascinating:
OccupySF BOFH runs protest network on pedal power
Protest IT staff running ultimate bare-bones system
The encampment has a rolling population of second-hand netbooks, laptops, and tablets, strung together with ad hoc networking, and carefully power managed.
“We’d love to get an Apple, because a lot of the software we’re used to is on the Mac,” one said. “Linux machines are always nice, given Linux is having the same revolutionary effect on the industry as we are on society, but even Windows machines would be a help.”
(...)
It should be possible to rig up some kind of basic Wi-Fi connection if there were a friendly hotspot owner nearby – but given that the protestors are in the heart of the Financial District, that seems unlikely.
(...)
The team is using off-the-shelf LTE hotspots running WPA2, donated to the cause early on, for access. However one clever coder has managed to jailbreak an EVO handset to turn it into an eight node hub, although in effect only about four people can use it at any one time without bringing the device’s speeds below a usable threshold.
And, more local to me (http://occupymarin.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=55):
Occupy Marin Needs:
(...)
As we build our communications team we could use some used "older laptops" PCs preferred (for linux open source conversion)
(...)
Keep the politics out of the thread, folks, stick to the IT side of things.
This type of scenario with unreliable power, unreliable internet connections, etc etc, seems to be an area where the flexibility of our good penguin friend can shine.