Linux in Peru

OK, so I'm a Linux zealot. (I prefer the term "enlightened", others
use the term "bigot".) I've been in the Linux community since 1991,
and really don't know what all the other 17 million, (depending on
who's doing the counting, of course,) developers in the community are
doing. I didn't know that Linux has quite a following in Peru until
the trip-where I seen a Linux sign on one of the technical colleges
from the bus.

A little work on http://www.google.com/ yielded some interesting web
pages about the Linux activity in Peru.

For example:

    http://www.flyinglinux.net/cnglobal2000/html/

is about using Linux to provide wireless connectivity to/from a
hospital/clinic in the Peruvian Amazonia to/from the Internet. (It was
a Linux community project out of Sweden.)

    http://www.linuxperu.org/

which has a machine generated English translation at:

    http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.linuxperu.org/&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dlinux%2Bperu%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff

is the home page of the Linux User's Group in Peru.

    http://www.conectiva.com.pe/

which has a machine generated English translation at:

    http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.conectiva.com.pe/&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dlinux%2Bperu%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff

is about the Peruvian Linux distribution, (based on the Conectiva
distribution, which is an IBM commercial distribution of Linux with
all the international stuff-ligatures in the base alphabet, etc.)

    http://perulinux.org/

which has a machine generated English translation at:

    http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://perulinux.org/&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dlinux%2Bperu%26start%3D20%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN

contains a list of other Linux groups in Peru.

    http://www.newhorizons.com.pe/courses/tech_train/linux/

which has a machine generated English translation at:

    http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.newhorizons.com.pe/courses/tech_train/linux/&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dlinux%2Bperu%26start%3D80%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN

is about Linux certification, and courses offered to get a Linux
"ticket" in Peru. Its based on the the Linux Professional Institute
certification, which is compatible with the SAIR certification, (which
most Linux system administrator/engineers have.)

    http://linuxdirectorio.com/cgi-bin/cgiGetDirectoryRecord?Record=182

which has a machine generated English translation at:

    http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://linuxdirectorio.com/cgi-bin/cgiGetDirectoryRecord%3FRecord%3D182&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dlinux%2Bperu%26start%3D110%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN

is the web page of a Linux consultant that does database and web site
development-I just wanted to contact him.

    http://www.hamtech.com.pe/prom_ibm.php

which has a machine generated English translation at:

    http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.hamtech.com.pe/prom_ibm.php&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dlinux%2Bperu%26start%3D370%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN

is yet another distribution for Peru based on the Conectiva
distribution from IBM.

        John

BTW, the machine generated English translations are courtesy of
http://www.google.com/. Computer translation is kind of like the
elephant that danced-its lousy, but its remarkable it could do it at
all.

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John Conover, john@email.johncon.com, http://www.johncon.com/