Kamloops school district gets an education in free software
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| The Kamloops/Thompson School District in British Columbia, Canada, is a
| free software success story. Gregg Ferrie, manager of information
| technology for the district, believes its infrastructure may be "the
| largest Linux on-the-desktop implementation in Western Canada" in
| public education.
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http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/05/25/1536219
Linux is clearly winning while Microsoft clings on to straws and drives more
of its customers away (due to its blatant aggression). It nice to watch how
the news get flooded by migration (to Linux) stories.
Spice up Windows: replace it with Linux; part 1
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| In my previous post I've stated that I'd like to help people to spice
| up their system by moving from Windows to Linux.
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http://blog-of-gentoo.blogspot.com/2007/06/spice-up-windows-replace-it-with-linux_05.html
Related:
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
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