Linux To Be Installed In Every Russian School

J_Omega writes "According to an article from last week at the Russian IT site CNews, Linux is slated to be installed in every Russian school by 2009. The article makes it appear that it will be going by the (unimaginative) name 'Russian OS.' As stated in the article: 'The main aim of the given work is to reduce dependence on foreign commercial software and provide education institutions with the possibility to choose whether to pay for commercial items or to use the software, provided by the government.' Initial testing installations are supposed to begin next year in select districts. Is 2008/09 the year of Linux on the (Russian) desktop?"

Comments

Re:Great, the penguin goes red!

[eobanb]

In Soviet Russia, Linux hacks you!

Cue "Bill and Melinda Gates..."

[Penguinisto]

I wonder how long it'll take before Mssr. Gates and his little charity swoops in and donates a universal XP license to all russian schools?

/P

Huh?

[Anonymous Coward]

Wait, how does Linux teach you how to hack? Is there a hacking man page that I've been missing? Maybe it is in /usr/share/hack or /usr/share/doc/hack? Never checked those directories my self. Or maybe with the latest wireless drivers the wireless car shoots needles into your brain, upload hacking knowledge directly.

Your theories are fascinating indeed.

Re:Huh?

[maxwell demon]

Wait, how does Linux teach you how to hack? Is there a hacking man page that I've been missing? Maybe it is in /usr/share/hack or /usr/share/doc/hack? Never checked those directories my self.

/usr/share/doc/howto/en/html/BackspaceDelete/morehack.html
/usr/share/doc/howto/en/html/LVM-HOWTO/hackingcode.html
/usr/share/doc/kernel/kernel-hacking.pdf
/usr/share/doc/packages/fftw/README.hacks
/usr/share/doc/packages/gnokii/gnokii-hackers-howto
/usr/share/doc/packages/gnucash/guile-hackers.txt
/usr/share/doc/packages/libquicktime-devel/hackersguide.txt
/usr/share/doc/packages/ncurses/hackguide.doc
/usr/share/doc/packages/ncurses/hackguide.html

SCNR :-)

Re:Huh?

[moderatorrater]

Linux ships with 4 high level computer languages useable out of the box in the base install - perl, python, C and C++. Let's not forget PHP. No, seriously, guys, where are you going? Guys, come back!

Re:Huh?

[kaizokuace]

psshaw! Tux annoyingly pops up a-la Clippy and asks what you would like to hack depending on what you are doing.
Tux: Are you trying to DDOS this page?
Me: No Tux go away!
Tux: Here are your options -
1. DDOS attack
2. ???!!?
3. Profit!

This anti-piracy move shoud make Microsft happy.

[Technician]

It should make Microsoft very happy as Russia is a hotbed of pirated copies of Microsoft products. It is nice to see Russia taking a proactive step to combat international piracy.

(*($%^%#%^-crash%%&(

What is that sound from Redmond?

Re:Great, the penguin goes red!

[tverbeek]

In Post-Soviet Russia, the students program the computers! What a country!

Re:Great, the penguin goes red!

[boaworm]

Well atleast we know that, In Soviet Russia, Linux is desktop ready ;-)

Jokes

[BitwizeGHC]

Congratulations, Slashdot trolls -- the "In Soviet Russia" jokes now write themselves.

"Lenix"

[Aokubidaikon]

Would get my vote! How about a poll on this, Slashdot!