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→June: Participation at LinuxTag, 1st Wikipedia DVD
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By this opportunity we created nice graphs to show how the ZIM file format is used and how it works internally. These were printed as A2 posters and showed at LinuxTag. | By this opportunity we created nice graphs to show how the ZIM file format is used and how it works internally. These were printed as A2 posters and showed at LinuxTag. | ||
Sponsored by Wikimedia CH with 1000 CHF we published a set of 500 DVDs holding the German Wikipedia and the zimreader application as binary and source code. | Sponsored by Wikimedia CH with 1000 CHF we published a set of 500 DVDs holding the German Wikipedia and the zimreader application as binary and source code. This brought us coverage in the major german IT news portal, Heise. They published an article about the new Wikipedia DVD and the openZIM project which brought our server's capabilities to the limits for several weeks because of the high web traffic. | ||
On a lightning talk Manuel presented the idea of openZIM and gave away many DVDs to the interested audience. On discussions with Linux4Africa and Skolelinux we found new adopters for the ZIM format and software for the usage in schools. | On a lightning talk Manuel presented the idea of openZIM and gave away many DVDs to the interested audience. On discussions with Linux4Africa and Skolelinux we found new adopters for the ZIM format and software for the usage in schools. | ||