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The Freedom Toaster Project

Supporting organization:
Shuttleworth Foundation
URL:
freedomtoaster.org/
Location:
South Africa
Project Description:

The Freedom Toaster is a free vending machine/kiosk that dispenses open source software burned to CD or DVD in locations throughout South Africa.

Points of interest:

The project helps spread Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) while overcoming limitations imposed by lack of internet connectivity. A full interview with the project's founder, Jason Hudson, is available in the Net Squared interview series.

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Submitted by marshallkirkpatrick on April 10, 2006 - 10:46am

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