Basics of a Linux-based School IT Infrastructure
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| I've had some correspondence with Gregg Ferrie and Dean Montgommery at BC
| SD73 in Canada. These guys have a remarkable program where all the schools in
| the district are clambering over one-another to be the next one converted to
| Linux. Quoting Gregg at around the time of writing:
|
| School District No. 73 has 54 schools and another 6 administration sites
| including Board Office, Maintenance and Transportation. Roughly 4500+
| computers or desktops for all staff and students. Each Elementary School has
| one teaching lab of 30 computers, at least one computer in each classroom,
| computers in libraries, Learning Assistance rooms and the offices. Secondary
| schools range in size but the smallest have at least 2 teaching labs of 30
| ranging up to 8 in the largest school.
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http://bbmaj7.livejournal.com/3542.html
Days ago:
Athens schools promote 'open source' computing
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| Athens was invited because it is one of few districts in Michigan teaching on
| Linux operating systems. Linux is a cost-free alternative to proprietary
| systems, such as Microsoft Windows or Apple's Mac O.S. While some open source
| software applications, such as e-mail programs, come at a cost, Linux is
| almost entirely free. Windows or Mac systems can cost up to $400 per machine.
|
| Open source means the source code for an operating system cannot be owned and
| is available for free.
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http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080305/NEWS01/803050312/1002/NEWS01
'Installfest' Brings Open Source Tools to Northern California Schools
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| The idea is to take advantage of the low overhead of open-source tools and
| operating systems, such as the Linux-based Ubuntu, so that computers that
| would otherwise have been discarded can be put to use for educational
| institutions and other groups, including low-income individuals and
| non-profits.
|
| [...]
|
| Some of the California schools participating in the March Installfest include
| Ascend School, Bella Vista Elementary, Casa Grande High School, KIPP San
| Francisco Bay Academy, Lockwood School, Mission High School, and Whittier
| Elementary School.
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http://www.thejournal.com/articles/22127
Related:
Linux will dominate UK schools within 5 years
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| Yes, it does seem unlikely doesn't it? Windows has been the only reality for
| several generations of computer users. But is the tide finally beginning to
| turn?
|
| At the Education Show held in February 2007, the talk was of 'sustainable'
| computing and how schools could use technology to reduce their 'carbon
| footprint'. Nobody had any idea of what was to come – a host of Linux-based,
| ultra-portable, incredibly cheap and very green personal laptops.
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http://www.siriusit.co.uk/myblog/linux-will-dominate-uk-schools-within-5-years.html
One Laptop Per New York City Middle School Student
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| One Laptop Per Child may have pilot projects in many schools worldwide, but
| the newest program has my rapt attention. Teaching Matters, an educational
| non-profit, is implementing a OLPC pilot in the Kappa IV school in New York
| City with a refreshing twist.
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http://www.olpcnews.com/countries/usa/new_york_city_middle_school_student.html
Kerala On Linux Express Highway
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| The Linux slip-road that the state took is slowly becoming an
| express highway.
|
| [...]
|
| 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
San Diego Students Learn on Linux Desktops From Novell
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| San Diego Unified School District is the second-largest school
| district in California, serving more than 130,000 students,
| 100,000 of whom are in grades three through 12 and are
| targeted by the Always-On Learning Initiative.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070521/aqm036.html?.v=13
Kubuntu Takes Over Georgia; Ubuntu Summit Video
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| Georgia is rolling out Kubuntu in all their schools. This is being
| done as part of a project to bring the internet to every school
| in Georgia.
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http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/2797
Students may get recycled computers
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| All of the hard drives have been reformatted so it contains no
| district information. Each computer will also include a free set
| of software which will include a word processing application,
| a photo manipulation application and a few games along with a
| Linux operating system.
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http://www.wcmessenger.com/news/news/EEZlAlVkEpEFmkSpXI.php
Vista sales could boost PC recycling
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| As customers line up to buy new PCs capable of running Microsoft
| Corp.'s new Windows Vista OS, vendors like Dell Inc. and
| Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) are preparing to process a surge
| of discarded, outmoded computers.
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http://www.itworld.com/Comp/1183/070131pcrecycle/index.html
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
Primary school goes Ubuntu
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| I prepared 5 CDs and installed 14 PCs in less than two hours,
| including account setup and Firefox preparation (start page to a
| kids friendly site, Adblock).
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http://www.gadgetguy.de/2007/03/12/primary-school-goes-ubuntu/
District to save money by switching computers to Linux
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| Hyland said the district hopes to get all of its computers
| running Linux exclusively by 2010. By that time, administrators
| should have identified new Linux programs for Bexley students,
| including kindergartners. Hyland said she wants to get
| kindergartners started with a program that teaches typing so
| that Bexley students are familiar with technology early on.
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http://www.thisweeknews.com/?sec=home&story=sites/thisweeknews/022207/Bexley/News/022207-News-310108.html
Microsoft Windows ousted at California school district
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| By this summer, all 5,000 students and 250 teachers will be working
| off of a Linux-based thin client running OpenOffice.org, and the
| majority of the district's servers will be running Novell SUSE
| Linux Enterprise Server.
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http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1245710,00.html
Reason Why Schools Should Adopt Linux
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| Can I Import My Previous Work Into Linux? Consider this: you have
| document after document tied up into formats, such as Outlook, MS
| Publisher and so on. Now, with Outlook, I "believe" the data can bee
| xported without too much trouble. But last time I checked, your
| Publisher files were stuck as is, period. So it's fair to say
| that challenges like this can indeed, seem like a deal breaker
| for some users. I mean come on, this is not a solution and the
| fact that Publisher is so commonly used in the Windows world is
| certainly not helping anyone. This issue would seem trivial to
| most of us, but to those who just installed Linux, it can prove
| to be frustrating.
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http://www.madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=7802
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
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
OLPC Linux laptop could succeed in U.S.
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| The laptop features a string pulley to charge its battery, a keyboard
| that switches between languages, a digital video camera, wireless
| connectivity, and an open-source Linux operating system tailored for
| remote regions.
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http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS4220342075.html
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