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Why should schools use open source software?
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| Awareness of open source software amongst teachers, technical staff and
| students is certainly far greater now than even a few years ago, thanks to
| projects like Moodle, Firefox and Audacity leading their respective fields.
| For schools, the appeal of open source is that it's free. But 'free' is about
| freedom at least as much as it's about price: Liberté rather than gratuite as
| the French would have it. The free software movement have identified the four
| freedoms underpinning open source software, and these offer compelling
| reasons for educators to look seriously at this software.
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http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/openlab/openblog/2009/04/why-should-schools-use-open-source-software.php
Recent:
ALT Linux 4.1.1 Desktop Released
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| Alexey Rusakov announced on January 14th the immediate availability of the
| desktop edition of ALT Linux 4.1.1 DVD, a general purpose GNU/Linux
| distribution designed to be used on workstations, laptops and netbooks.
| Besides the usual bug fixes and improvements, ALT Linux 4.1.1's most
| important feature is the inclusion of an installation DVD ISO image with
| English as the default language. "ALT Linux proudly presents a new release of
| our desktop distribution, ALT Linux 4.1.1 Desktop. [...] We also released a
| separate DVD with English as the default language so that you don't need to
| crawl through cryptic Russian letters on early steps. Happy using!" -
| Alexey Rusakov said in the official release announcement.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/ALT-Linux-4-1-1-Desktop-Released-102103.shtml
Russia to create "National OS" Based on GNU/Linux?
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| Although the proposal is still in its early stages, the attractiveness of the
| proprosal to a government keen to assert its independence at all levels is
| obvious. It will be interesting to see how this develops.
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/01/russia-to-create-national-os-based-on.html
The Russian schools Linux pilot goes nationwide
http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/06/30/the-russian-schools-linux-pilot-goes-nationwide/
Open source tour of Europe: Russia
http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/06/11/open-source-tour-of-europe-russia/
Moscow regional government to migrate to Open Source desktop
http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7635/469
Russians Say Nyet To Windows, But Da To Linux
http://www.bloggernews.net/115636
Open Source Government: Several notes on the Russian Free Software
Development Concept
http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/04/24/open-source-government-several-notes-on-the-russian-free-software-development-concept/
Linux Ubuntu PCs set for sale in Russia
http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2008/04/23/298333
Linux being launched at schools
http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2007/10/25/272200
Russian Postal Service Wears Red Hat
http://www.hellmail.co.uk/postalnews/templates/postal_global_news.asp?articleid=402&zoneid=11
IBM to offer Linux machines
http://www.pcretailmag.com/news/29500/IBM-to-offer-Linux-machines
OpenReferent - a New Open Source Challenge to Microsoft Desktop
Software
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/04/prweb823104.htm
Open Source Market: FOSS getting hot in Russia
http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/03/12/open-source-market-foss-getting-hot-in-russia/
Related:
2010: Russia's open software market to grow 4-fold
http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2007/05/15/249978
Mandriva Linux selected as "Product of the Year 2007" at the Russian
Softool event
http://www.linuxlookup.com/2007/nov/19/mandriva_linux_selected_as_product_of_the_year_2007_at_the_russian_softool_event
Russian public agencies choose Mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/company/press/pr/russian_public_agencies_choose_mandriva
Russian Government Will Migrate to OpenSource
http://danays.blogspot.com/2006/12/russian-government-will-migrate-to.html
Russian schools abandon Windows after piracy scare
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37460
Linux Education in America: Inspiration from Russia?
http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/93171/index.html
Russia is latest country to move towards OpenDocument format and open
standards
http://www.itrportal.com/absolutenm/templates/article-docsoft.aspx?articleid=4410&zoneid=57
Russian Linux (ALTLinux) to be installed in every school in Russia
http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2007%2F09%2F14%2F266177
Linux being launched at schools
http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2007/10/25/272200
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