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22,000 Indiana Students Using Linux Desktops

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the open-school dept.

Anonymous writes "Indiana's Department of Education has moved 22,000 students onto Linux desktops, and it's looking like that's only going to accelerate with SLED 10, Linspire, and other distributions getting better."

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  1. But think of the Children !! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    But think of the Children !! They aren't going to a bottom-tier school (close, but not quite) so how does this help them? They go out in the job-market in some 4 (to 10+ years) and what experience do they have? How to boot Linux? Nothing useful. Too bad. While this school does "take students from Iran and Syria" (better to know where they are), using Linux only damages its reputation.

  2. Great? by ChTh · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    And in a flash 22000 Indiana students can't use websites using Flash.

  3. This quote should strike fear in Redmond by HangingChad · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    To me the most interesting angle wasn't mixing distros or the cost savings, it was this quote:

    In surveying one classroom last year, he asked a student what he thought of using a Linux desktop vs. a Windows desktop, and the student responded, "Who cares?"

    MSFT cares and that answer should shake them to the core of their bloated, over-priced, insecure, EULA hell, license holdup, employee moral dampening corporate soul. That quote speaks volumes about the OS brand loyalty most PC users have. Who does care? If the alternative works and costs less, people will use it.

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  4. Re:One or two Linux "flavors" are not enough? by operagost · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Figures a Slashdotter would think surfing pr0n==sex. Well, I guess it's the closest most of you will get.

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