Nigerian education selects Intel-powered Classmate PC with Mandriva Linux
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| Mandriva today announced that the Nigerian government has selected
| Intel-powered classmate PCs running on Mandriva Linux for educational use in
| nationwide pilot in Nigeria. Mandriva is working with Intel Corporation and
| Technology Support Center Ltd. to provide 17,000 Intel-powered classmate PC.
| The aim of this project is to improve the quality of technology delivered to
| students, and to help teachers and parents.
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http://www.mandriva.com/enterprise/en/company/press/nigerian-education-selects-intel-powered-classmate-pc-with-mandriva-linux
http://tinyurl.com/36avrs
A friend of mine from Nigeria has just asked me to print him a copy. He was
quite excited although he never used Linux.
Very recent:
Ministry of Education from Brazil is buying 90,000 Debian GNU Linux computers
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| All computers will be installed at 9000 brazilian schools.
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http://www.techforce.com.br/index.php/news/linux_blog/mec_buying_90000_debian_computers
Uruguay buys first $100 laptops
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| The first official order for the so-called "$100 laptop" has been placed by
| the government of Uruguay.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7068084.stm
Intel's OLPC-killer heads for Vietnamese retailers
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| The "Hacao Classmate PC" is based on Intel's Classmate PC design, and will
| come pre-installed with Hacao Linux, a Vietnamese-language Linux distribution
| based on Puppy Linux.
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http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7384572891.html
Related:
Schools across Japan may switch to Linux
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| Japan's public broadcaster NHK reported late last week that the
| Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry plans to introduce
| the open-source operating system Linux for use within classrooms
| across the country in the near future.
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http://gyaku.jp/en/index.php?cmd=contentview&pid=000112
Russian Linux (ALTLinux) to be installed in every school in Russia
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| Russian OS is to be installed on every school computer in Russia by 2009.
| Furthermore, every pupil will get the opportunity to operate the applied
| software produced in Russia, Leonid Reiman, acting Minister of Communication
| stated at a press conference. According to Mr. Reiman, that might
| significantly reduce Russian dependence on foreign software.
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http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2007%2F09%2F14%2F266177
Kubuntu Takes Over the Canary Islands
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| The Canary Islands have two derivatives of Kubuntu, one which is being
| installed in all their schools and one used by the largest university.
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http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/1142
All Macedonian students to use Linux desktops
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| NComputing announced this week that its multi-user virtual desktop software
| and low-cost virtual PC terminals will be used to equip every school child in
| the Republic of Macedonia, formerly part of Yugoslavia, with a Linux desktop.
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http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7546509093.html
CICT to computerize 320 public high schools
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| The PCs are loaded with several open-source tools including EdUbuntu (a
| version of Ubuntu designed for schools), OpenOffice, Apache, MySQL and
| Mozilla Firefox, among others.
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http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view_article.php?article_id=95414
Kerala On Linux Express Highway
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| The Linux slip-road that the state took is slowly becoming an
| express highway.
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| If we twist Napoleon's quote on China a bit, we can safely say, "Linux is a
| sleeping giant, let it sleep, because when Linux moves the world moves!"
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http://www.efytimes.com/efytimes/fullnews.asp?edid=16139&magid=11
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