FreeBSD as a Desktop
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| Aside from the four somewhat limited titles discussed, I can play and
| author CD's, DVD's, and movies using GNU and BSD licensed titles just
| as the Linux counterparts can. NVidia also offers native accelerated
| drivers for their cards, which deliver the same performance as the
| Linux platform has. KDE, Gnome, Fluxbox, WindowMaker, and virtually
| all software titles which have source available have been "ported"
| to the BSD platform. Many proprietary titles, such as Opera, which
| is binary based, and QT dependent also work via Linux emulation
| which no performance regrets.
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http://www.open-node.net/archive/2007/06/11/freebsd-as-a-desktop.aspx
The Amero Case and Computers for K-12
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| I think teachers should insist that any computers used for
| classroom demonstration be run from custom Linux or FreeBSD
| live CD or DVD technology. You can pack a lot of programs
| and data on a DVD.
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http://austringer.net/wp/?p=604
Related:
Stretching the Education Dollar With Linux
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| The fact that open source solutions offer a wider range of choices
| and options than their proprietary counterparts make them truly
| useful alternatives to closed solutions, Henson says, especially
| for administrative tasks. "[W]ith open source solutions,
| organizations can freely customize the software to their
| specific requirements. This is particularly important when
| organizations wish to integrate with their existing software
| -- such as student and employee management systems. Developing
| such APIs is often extremely costly and time-consuming to
| facilitate with proprietary software vendors."
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/56656.html
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