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Linux in High School Labs

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the beehive-state dept.

lexbaby writes "The Salt Lake Tribune has a story about how Logan High School (Logan, Utah) is using Linux in their student programming lab. The main use is for robotics. There is the old discussion about if Linux is truly cheaper to operate in the long run. Is Linux a legitimate solution to school districts facing a financial crunch?" I hope some of the students involved post pictures of the robots they're building in class.

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  1. linux on shitty web sites too by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    like slashdot! .test r00ls, /. drools

  2. FP by KGB+Kenny · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First Post

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    Eric... You suck...
  3. 4th post!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    YASE!!

  4. 17th post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    yup ;-)

  5. Pics by The+Bungi · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I hope some of the students involved post pictures of the robots they're building in class.

    Aaaannnd... cue the AC posting a goatse.cx link... action!

  6. French pussies fellate Saddam Hussein by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Q: What do you call a Frenchman advancing on Baghdad?

    A: A salesman.

    Q: What is the difference between a road accident involving a hedgehog and a Frenchman?

    A: There are skid marks before the hedgehog.

    Q: What do you call 20 French politicans face down in the English Channel?

    A: A good start.

  7. Re:Is Linux Cost Effective ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You tell em'! Whenever I see or hear the word "boxen", I know some lunix-using slashdot faggots are in the vicinity >_

  8. Re:YES!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    snack-a-lot is a cum-gobbling clown boat. He likes boys! You fagghorx snack-a-lot I would like to drag you behind my truck!

  9. Re:YES!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Bite your own nipples off, you shit-eating bukkake target. If I ever meet your truck I'll rape its ass, bitch!

  10. Re:Is Linux Cost Effective ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Or some of those wankers from alt.sysadmin.recovery ..

  11. Notice high user ID #... by siskbc · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I've noticed that a lot of the people speaking out pro-M$ tend to have high user ID's, like Mr. Politburo here. Now, this could be indicative of /.'s increasing demographic. Or it could be indicative of some serious, and it would seem, pointless astroturfing going on.

    Or am I just paranoid as hell? And if so, is that relevant?

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    -Looking for a job as a materials chemist or multivariat

  12. Re:Its about time by ecchi_0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I go to a rich white private highschool. I am a freshman in the first class ever of my school's laptop program - every student in my class has their own ibook with OS X. I am literally stunned at the cluelessness of some fellow classmates - for instance, one user, when confronted with long load times on a web page, believes her computer has crashed and takes the battery out and reinserts it to "fix the slowness". This wouldnt be so bad if we were just handed the computers - no way, we were all given "extensive" training (extensive enough to learn how to use Word, back up to the fileserver, fix from crashes, etc). Maybe the leaders of tomorrow know how to use computers, but the idiots of tomorrow sure don't.