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Kiwix install at Kwena Malapo school Johannesberg - Martin Walker

Martin Walker — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:18:38 +0200

@aragon
One problem with updates is choosing a version that is free of vandalism - not easy. The collection Wizzy uses needed manual checks, which took several months. However, the WikiTrust people are working on an automated solution, and I think within 6 months - 1 year we MAY have a good method. If the ZIM file can be created easily too, this will allow regular updates in the future, but as it stands you'd have to download the whole file.

Kiwix install at Kwena Malapo school Johannesberg - Kelson

Kelson — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:54:59 +0200

@Andy

I can already make easily debs (you too with "make deb") and also rpms

I'm working to provide asap a PPA and maybe other solutions for other distributions (have a look to the opensuse build service)

Source tgz will be published soon on sourceforge with the first 0.9 alpha. In the meantime I provide SVN tgz here: http://tmp.kiwix.org/src/nightly/

There is also an official FTP to mirror here ftp://download.kiwix.org/kiwix/ but this is only stable content (a bit outdated) and all ZIM files and 0.9 code are unstable so have to be kept on http://tmp.kiwix.org. An other issue is that the ZIM format not really stable is, we are working hard to improve it.

About the incremental update, ZIM is more complicated than a gzip file. But we want to make something analog: publish a "diff" zim file and provide a tool able to merge this "diff" zim file with the old zim file to update.

To answer you: a ZIM file is a collection of compressed collections + indexes by titles and urls + many other meta datas.

Kiwix install at Kwena Malapo school Johannesberg - Kelson

Kelson — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:17:51 +0200

@Aragon

There is currently no easy way to keep a ZIM update without downloading the whole new file. This is not an easy technical topic. We will try with openzim to propose a way in the future to do that.

People with a concrete project and unable to download a ZIM file may contact me.

Kelson, if you formalise things, perhaps with debs, tgzs, in a fixed download directory, I can arrange for it to be mirrored at mirror.ac.za. A useful rsync would still be very nice - http://svana.org/kleptog/rgzip.html might help ? is the zim a collection of compressed files, or a compressed collection ? Andy!

Kiwix install at Kwena Malapo school Johannesberg - Aragon

Aragon — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:13:25 +0200

Very cool project, Wizzy, well done. I wonder if there's a way to keep the offline data updated without consuming much bandwidth? I'm thinking along the lines of rsync and dialup. Would be nice to sync it once a month or so!

Aragon, the 2.4Gig is a burden even for me. Even I would like rsync, or some way to unpack the zim file to a directory, rsync that, and re-pack it. Andy!

Kiwix install at Kwena Malapo school Johannesberg - Bronson

Bronson — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:16:16 +0200

Hi Andy, that sounds like an awesome solution for creating an internet like environment for the kids, nice work.

Mzoli's Meat - Seed

Seed — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:52:56 +0200

Love Mzoli's meat and the chikitas that you get there are fly. the vibe is orleggggg

Jacob Zuma: president of South Africa - Sphamandla Junior

Sphamandla Junior — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:21:11 +0200

But when you compare his work performance as the President of the Republic - you can't honestly faulter him, can you? So the man is still sexually active and very much aware of his HVI status and I believe that of his latest parteners as well. So good compatriots let's leave Zuma's private life private - Plse!

Ukweshwama - Zulu bull-killing ritual - Trevor Wells

Trevor Wells — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:12:18 +0200

Having read your eye witness account I can see why the judge found them not guilty. The prosecution lied and exaggerated. Not the way to win cases. The judge must give the benefit of the doubt, no matter how slight, so long as it is reasonable. In this case it was blatant lies.

: The claim that the bull does not suffer was dodgy at best. A!

Climate change and personal responsibility - Trevor Wells

Trevor Wells — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:38:11 +0200

Wizzy,

I have posted this declaration which gives the African point of view.

Africa's stance on UNFCC Climate Change Negotiations at Copenhagen
Bole Declaration; 25th November, 2009; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
http://www.flag-sa.org/blog/2009_12...

Ukweshwama - Zulu bull-killing ritual - Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:26:38 +0200

I think the Afrikaans term you mean to use is "laaities" - I'm Afrikaans and have never heard of "laatijies". :)

: Fixed, thanks.

Climate change and personal responsibility - Trevor Wells

Trevor Wells — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:16:56 +0200

Do you know how much water it takes to make a pint of beer?

: I imagine it is mostly the water for growing the ingredients. I guess 100 litres ?

What is a racist? - Trevor Wells

Trevor Wells — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:34:48 +0200

John Scott in his satirical column in the Cape Times made the point that if Jeremy Cronin is labeled a racist when he says something Caesar does not agree with, then what chance do the rest of us whiteys have?

Ukweshwama - Zulu bull-killing ritual - Trevor Wells

Trevor Wells — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:16:13 +0200

Nice posting Andy,
You forgot to mention the secret grain storage area under the cattle kraal, the izizele, where heavy ammonia gas sinks down from the manure above and kills all fungi, bacteria, insects, etc. So now it is no longer a secret!
So the privately owned cattle are kraaled at night which provides manure for the privately owned arable land.
One cow provides sufficient manure for one acre.
During the day the cattle graze on the communal grazing area (commonage )and provide manure for the grazing area. Makes a lot of sense.

A Zulu Wedding - Letcia

Letcia — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:56:48 +0200

It looks like a magical experience for the bride and groom halala congratu gratu lations

Mzoli's Meat - namhla

namhla — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:21:38 +0200

da meat is gud and enjoyed mycelf thanx to mzolis and his chefs

Arithmetic Processing using Associative memory - H*

H* — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:27:51 +0200

Thanks for introducing me to associative memory. It is rather awesome. :)

Mzoli's Meat - Liam

Liam — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:26:13 +0200

Mzoli's is Wild! It was one of my best Cape Town experiences.

Dis mal cool!

Mzoli's Meat - suthu

suthu — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:08:00 +0200

kumnandi kwam Mzoli ke qha

Mzoli's Meat - Marvin

Marvin — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:00:59 +0200

Just came back from ctown last sunday met Tata Mzoli personally i'll have to tell you service wise it just gets better and better n'xele. The Dj's were rocking and amatombazane icwele phayana!!!!!!!!!!

Your's Trully

No.1 Fan from Namibia

Mzoli's Meat - nomfundo siyothula

nomfundo siyothula — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:37:51 +0200

mna intoyokuqala endinokuyithethe ngo taMzoli sisiphatho sake esihle xawupha kwa Mzoli uziva ukokwenu nangona abantu benomona mna ndithi kuwe ungabahoyi ngumona qaa abafuni ukubona omye untu omyama ephumelela uqubeke wena tata