El programa Google’s Open Source Program Office ha realizado una donación a través del proyecto Imara Project del MIT.
We chose laptops for the project, both for shipping concerns (shipping PCs to developing nations tends to be prohibitively expensive) and because electrical power isn’t available at all the school locations. We used Lenovo Thinkpad R52s due to their large screens, low cost, and Linux-friendly components. Three members of the CSAIL community took the 10 laptops as carry-on luggage, and held training sessions for the teachers once they arrived in Fiji.
Las máquinas llevan configurado EdUbuntu, una versión de Linux adaptada perfectamente a chicos en edad de estudio, y con una configuración única para profesores y estudiantes, que haga todo lo más simple posible.