[Six Weeks in Rwanda] A Linux Distro for Rwanda? Part II

A while back, I made the case for a custom Linux distribution designed specifically for Rwanda. As it turns out, this is much easier than you might expect. When I have some time, I'd really like to take a shot at doing it. Lifehacker recently linked to this Information Week article , and this prompted me to look into the prospect of rolling a distro all by myself. I could make a number of different flavors of the operating system, tailoring specific packages and applications for the governments, the schools, or the telecenters. A more generalized version could even be targeted for Swahili-speaking countries or even Africa as a whole. The first step will be to choose an initial target audience and select a suite of applications appropriate for their needs. Stay tuned.