Linux Thin Clients - WIRED: Penguin Enrolls in U.S. Schools

[Warren Togami]

http://www.wired.com/news/school/0,1383,45862,00.html

This is another article related to my deployent of Linux within local high
schools.  This article about the Linux adoption at a K-12 charter school in
Colorado.  Their Linux systems are maintained remotely by volunteers at
Hewlett Packard, Norton Colorado University and Norton Colorado Linux User's
Group.  The article also talks about support sites and organizations that
supply support and useful software for schools adopting Linux.

"The first reason for Linux's low cost is the lack of an operating license.
Everybody can copy the system, modify it and download free software from the
Internet."
"According to Rheinlander, Linux is easier than Windows NT to keep in shape.
The school has no dedicated system maintenance, but Linux can be
administrated remotely. Volunteers from Hewlett Packard, Colorado State
University and the Northern Colorado Linux Users Group will do the work --
saving the school a lot of money."

"StarOffice and Mozilla meet 90 percent of the basic educational needs --
word processing, Web browsing and e-mail. Other useful applications include
GIMP, typing tutors, function plotters and the periodic table of the
elements."

Warren Togami
warren at togami.com