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Re: Linux saves when Windows fails ;)

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On 2016-10-30 8:09 AM, Melzzzzz wrote:
> "
> OpenSource.com reports on a Minnesota school's 1:1 program -- one device per
> child -- where "Lots of the Windows laptops were in very poor condition and
> needed to be replaced." An anonymous reader writes: An Indiegogo campaign
> triggered extra money and donations of laptops, allowing the school's Linux
> club to equip much of the school with Linux laptops.  "When you're using
> open source software you're free to use operating systems and application
> software without the hassle of license keys or license tracking inherent
> with proprietary software," says Stu Keroff, the school's technology
> coordinator.  "This allows a school to experiment [and] gives them the
> freedom to make mistakes...
> 
> But there's also another benefit.  "By empowering the students to be part of
> that process we were able to get more done, and to generate more excitement
> about the learning that the students were taking part in." There's now a
> waiting list for the school's Linux club, where they'd planned to cap
> membership at 35...until 62 students applied.  Instead, they found
> themselves creating two Linux clubs, one for the sixth graders, and one for
> the 7th and 8th graders.
> 
> And to answer the obvious question -- they're using Ubuntu, with the Unity
> desktop.
> "
> ;)
> 
> https://news.slashdot.org/story/16/10/29/2254220/how-linux-saved-a-schools-failing-windows-laptop-program

To be honest, that program is the kind that I would want for my own
school board. Using Linux would allow our schools to use their hardware
for about ten years rather than just 3 or 4 and only those desktops with
hardware malfunctions would be replaced rather than anything deemed "slow."


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Linux saves when Windows fails ;) Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2016-10-30 12:09 +0000
  Re: Linux saves when Windows fails ;) John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-10-30 06:17 -0700
  Re: Linux saves when Windows fails ;) Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-10-30 09:41 -0400
  Re: Linux saves when Windows fails ;) Silver Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-10-30 09:50 -0400
    Re: Linux saves when Windows fails ;) John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-10-30 06:59 -0700
    Re: Linux saves when Windows fails ;) Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-30 14:13 +0000
      Re: Linux saves when Windows fails ;) Silver Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-10-30 10:32 -0400

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