Re: Wikipedia on CD/DVD?

Gaikokujin Kyofushso wrote:

> Hi, I am sorry if this is the wrong group to be posting to (seemed to
> be more relevant than money of the other groups that wikipedia posts
> were on).
>
> My question is simple, does anyone know of a project to put Wikipedia
> on CD/DVD to be used offline? Any help or a point in the right
> direcction would be greatly appriciated.
>
> Cheers
>
> -Gaiko
>
> PS I realize that the point of Wikipedia is to have an
> online/updatable encyclopedia but I was thinking about giving it to
> schools in developing countries that have computers but no internet
> access (and there are a ton of them).

Assuming that the content is free-as-in-freedom and that you are clear to copy and distribute it, try wget on any Linux system. Make sure you've got a lot of empty space.

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