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Creating a School Computer Lab With Ubuntu For $0

Posted by Unknown on from the linux-isn't-that-a-virus dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Here is an interesting story of a school in Oakland that used old computers running Ubuntu and OpenOffice.org to provide a school computer lab for students."

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  1. Re:Mr Stallmann by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    He brings up a good point: in practice, free software matters to most people because of the low cost as in beer, not in speech.

  2. Re:Linux is free by captainpanic · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Not exactly newsworthy, but a good inspiration to other schools nonetheless. Let's hope some teachers read this, because education could use a little boost that costs nothing at all.

  3. Annoying by Murdoch5 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Here is why this is Annoying, in grade 8 back in 2000 I got in trouble for asking that Linux be installed on a school computer. Apparently asking for something the "board certified" computer tech didn't understand was against the rules. I'm glad Linux is finally making its way into the class room but it's about 12 years to late. If school funding is always a key topic for debate then why the hell are we spending money on bloated under featured operating systems and office suites when everything exists for the big cost of 0.

  4. Re:Free hardware? by crazyjj · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You could have done that just as easily with Windows computers. Hell, I know because I did it once myself. I once got a local company to agree to donate their old computers to my school for nothing. They already came with Windows licenses too (even had a nice sticker with the activation code right on them). Total cost $0.

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