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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. Re:Can someone explain to me the Relevance by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's a state sponsored switch (in a very conservative state at that).

    Indiana is quietly attempting to become a leader in the Tech Industry in small steps taken by the government (instead of the populace).

    Our telecommunications bill was a step in the right direction.
    Bayh actively supports Net Neutrality (with Dick Lugar seeming to favor it, as well).
    State-sponsored research into improving the conditions for tech companies here in Indiana (and taking necessary steps to accomplish this).
    Governer Daniels voicing his desire for Indiana to move from manufacturing to tech; and expressing his wish to stop the 'brain drain'
    This recent OSS adoption

    Not all of it will pan out, of course. But, I applaud my state knowing that it is trying to move toward these goals. Amazing, considering how 'red' we are.

  2. Maybe it would be great, if it were true by njdj · · Score: 4, Informative

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

    Of course they can see Flash animations. Personally, I find more than 95% of Flash animations on websites to be a waste of time and bandwidth, and currently disable Flash, but there are several Flash plugins for Linux, including one from Adobe.