The Open Source Zambia Community Wiki

Welcome to the OpenSourceZambia community wiki. Please wander around, and try your hand at editing some of the pages (just click on the "Edit" link near the top) and go for it. Create a new page simply by making a connected word, like NewPage becomes NewPage, or look at the help section.

Some official stuff about the community and this wiki can be found on OpenSourceZambia, along with legal statements which are wholly uninteresting. OpenSourceZambia is a volunteer organisation administered by the CommitteeGroup.

OSZ Initiative Project - IICD Partnership. Check this space for more details.

Places of interest to open sourcerors:

• Open Source Community Monthly meeting (at Computer Village, find out more)

• RecentChanges to this website

• CodeZed: companion site to this with forums, blogs and polls - generally aimed at IT in Zambia, not just OSS

• CategoryOrganisation: feel free to add a page for your own business or NGO or other organisation operating in Zambia

• CategoryHomepage: Add your own personal page here, and tell us what flavour OSS you use

• CategoryProject: Projects the community is working on

• Open Source for Women: Issues of equality and empowerment

• MeetingsAndEvents: What's going on, calendar soon to be added

• ZambianProjects: Various projects to develop OSS use in Zambia and the region

• Resources: Need help or information about open source in Zambia? Found a good way to do something and want to write a howto?

• Mirroring: We're going to have mirrors of useful software on a local (Zambian) repository (not working yet)

• OSZ Mailing list: Have a question? Want some input on your project? Sign up and start emailing!

• LinksPage: full of interesting links to info about ICTs, open source, development, and perhaps we should also add a section for humour...

I would urge everyone to join the OSZ Mailing list, since mailing lists are where all the action happens.

Just visiting Zambia Open Source? Take a look at:

• AboutZambia

• Status of OSS in Zambia and Africa

• How you can help

• LeaveFeedback

Useful aspects of this wiki:

• WebsiteMembers: a listing of people who've signed up to the wiki

• RecentChanges: see where people are currently working

• WikiSandBox: feel free to change this page and experiment with editing

• FindPage: search or browse the database in various ways

• SyntaxReference: quick access to wiki syntax

• SiteNavigation: get an overview over this site and what it contains

How to use this site: You know you want to add something! There's even a basic course to show you how to contribute to the wiki.