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Linux Handhelds in African Schools

Posted by timothy on from the all-depends-on-execution dept.

blastard writes "Seems some students will be getting to use their Linux handhelds in school without getting into trouble. BBCNews has a story on fifth-graders in Kenya who will be using "E-slates" from EduVision. The EduVision site is available in German, English and Swahili."

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  1. Number of people, maybe? by fireboy1919 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    There are a lot more people in all the countries you named. Also, Germany is special. A lot of Engineering news comes out of Germany.

    Besides Germany, which earns special fame due to it's accomplishments, the other countries you mentioned are much bigger than Kenya. I might also add that this is a US site, and therefore slightly slanted towards US news. If something came from the US, we'd like to know more specifically than even that - we'd like to know where in the US.

    I have a feeling that if you had discoveries in Sri Lanka and Latvia you'd get "Scientists in Asia discover X," or "Scientists in Europe discover y."

    Not to worry. If one African country does something for long enough, and they get a name for themselves that sets them apart from the rest of Africa. Nigeria has proven that.

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  2. Where can you see Linux... by Wingie · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Where can you see Linux? Only in Kenya! Come to Kenya we've got Linux! Where can you see handhelds? Only in Kenya! Come to Kenya we've got handhelds! Forget Windows! Kenya! Kenya, Kenya, Kenya! Come to Kenya we've got Linux! Oh Linux Handhelds... (Sung to the tune of Kenya, from Weebl's Stuff.)

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