Something new under the Sun
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| But all that could now change. According to a computer teacher in a Tel Aviv
| high school, "even though the software world offers a multitude of
| alternatives, to date we have used Microsoft products almost exclusively.
| That is very frustrating, not least because in some cases the open source
| developments are better than those of the closed source."
|
| This teacher says that following the agreement with Sun, "schools will find
| it legitimate to use additional products and work environments. What this
| means is that if we expose students properly to the range of options, they
| may prefer non-Microsoft products in the future."
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http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/939224.html
Related:
Is Linux Worth the Effort?
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| I've spent the better part of the past 2 weeks banging away on 2 LTSP servers
| for our school district. I find myself lamenting to those around me, and
| being an otherwise cranky guy as well. This morning it dawned on me that
| people probably think I'm having such a hard time because I'm using Linux
| instead of the "norm" -- but that's just not the case.
|
| Tomorrow morning, about 1200 people are going to log into thin clients strewn
| around the school district here in northern Michigan. I am using K12LTSP as
| my distribution, because the support is incredible, and it's designed for
| schools. The problem for me, however, is that Linux is so darn powerful, my
| users are overwhelmed by it.
|
| [...]
|
| Is it all worth it? Oh, heck yeah. Instead of managing 250 workstations, I'll
| be managing 2. I like that kind of math. There are still a couple hundred
| Macintosh computers, and handfuls of Windows PCs -- but I'd like not to think
| about those for a bit, and bask in my thin client glory.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1005992
Free software in Polish schools
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| Thousands of Polish high school students now have a chance to learn about
| GNU/Linux and the benefits of using free software as Polish FLOSS foundation
| together with school headmasters, supported by local authorities organize a
| series of lectures on free software in education. PolishLinux.org has a
| report — summary of the first 3 months of the campaign.
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http://polishlinux.org/linux/free-software-in-polish-schools/
Students using PCLinuxOS in Vietnam
,----[ Quote ]
| Finally, I decided to test PCLinuxOS with my students. Wow, amazing. Finally
| a Linux distro that the majority of my students actually liked using. It ran
| faster than any of the other Linux distros they tried and easily connected to
| the internet from inside the school (they like to read Yahoo 360 blogs in
| class). They figured out how to use Konquerer to browse around the different
| directories in their laptops without me even telling them. As with Macbooks,
| the Desktop GUI was easy to learn. Thus, I decided to use PCLinuxOS.
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http://www.saigonnezumi.com/?p=516
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
Embracing PCLinuxOS and Open Source
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| As other countries embrace free, open source software (like Austrian schools
| learning how to use OpenOffice), especially GNU/Linux distributions on the
| desktop as alternatives to Windows/Mac, the burning question is, how long
| before the USA catches on?
|
| [...]
|
| Maybe another question to ask is, how fast can we honestly expect schools to
| change so that they can simply take advantage of this? And, as they drop all
| the extra software license agreements they've been carrying around, where
| will that money go and how will it be spent? How can educators get it focused
| on where it's needed most?
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http://www.edsupport.cc/mguhlin/archives/2007/12/entry_4061.htm
'Open Minds' want Linux and open source in American schools
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| Many other countries are turning to Linux and open-source for their
| school-house computer needs, and now there's a conference for those who want
| to bring it to schools in the U.S.
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http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS4224026697.html
Open source booming in K-12 education
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| An eSchools report (right) says open source spending is growing 70% per year,
| and will be up 800% in 2011 from last year’s level.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1376
U.S. schools may join inexpensive laptop project
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| A project that aims to deliver low-priced laptops with string pulleys
| to the world's poorest children may have a new market: U.S. schools.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN2642385520070426
Birmingham might buy thousands of XO Laptop computers for students in grades
one through eight
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| The machines don't run Microsoft Office, Photoshop or any other standard Mac
| or Windows programs, instead using a free, open-source version of GNU/Linux,
| with a simplified graphical interface designed for children called Sugar. The
| laptop has a 500-megahertz processor and 256 megabytes of DRAM (dynamic
| random access memory) with 1 gigabyte of flash memory. The laptops have Web
| browsers and their own Wi-Fi system, the ability to connect to the Internet
| wirelessly. Each is on a "mesh network," meaning all the laptops can see each
| other, without any setup, even if there is no wireless connection nearby.
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http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1195463987242670.xml&coll=2&thispage=1
Linux being launched at schools
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| Besides the operating system the package is to comprise some freely
| distributed programs, close to MS Office by their functionality, which are to
| be used on computers with the following characteristics: 233 MHz and 128MB
| DDR.
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http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2007/10/25/272200
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
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