Linux in SchoolsName: Latifa Al MarriGrade: 10BG

What is Linux?

• Linux is an operating system.

• It is the software on a computer that enables applications and the computer operator to access the devices on the computer to perform desired functions.

Linux VS Windows

Topic Linux Windows

Price Free Run between $50.00 - $150.00

US dollars per each license copy.

Reliability Reliable and can often run for

months and years without needing to be rebooted.

Cannot match the reliability of Linux.

Security Although it still can be attacked when compared to Windows, it

much more secure.

Most vulnerable to viruses and other attacks.

Source Open source Closed Source

Who won?

Why Linux?

Some governments turned to Linux and other Free Software as an affordable, legal alternative to both pirated software and expensive proprietary computer products from Microsoft, Apple and other commercial companies.

The cost factor is not the only one being considered though – many transition to Linux due to its superior stability and openness of the source code which in its turn leverages information security.

In addition the province of Jiangsu will install as many as 150,000 Linux PCs, using Loongson processors, in rural schools starting in 2009.

The Chinese government is buying 1.5 million Linux Loongson PCs as part of its plans to support its domestic industry.

China

India

The Indian state of Tamil Nadu plans to distribute 100,000 Linux laptops to its students.

The Indian government's tablet computer initiative for student use employs Linux as the operating system as part of its drive to produce a tablet PC for under 1,500 rupees (US$35).

Government officials of Kerala, India announced they will use only free software, running on the Linux platform, for computer

education, starting with the 2,650 government and government-aided high

schools.

Russia

Russia announced in October 2007 that all its school computers will run on Linux.This is to avoid cost of licensing currently unlicensed software.

GermanyGermany has announced that 560,000 students in 33 universities will migrate to Linux.

In 2012 the Leibniz-Rechenzentrum (Leibniz Supercomputing Centre) (LRZ) of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities unveiled the SuperMUC, the world’s fourth most powerful supercomputer.

The computer is x86-based and features 155,000 processor cores with a maximum speed of 3 petaflops of processing power and 324 terabytes of RAM. Its operating system is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.

BRAZIL

Brazil has around 20,000 Linux desktops running in elementary and secondary public schools.

Brazil has 35 million students in over 50,000 schools using 523,400 computer stations all running Linux.

Philippines

The Philippines has deployed 13,000 desktops running on Fedora, the first 10,000 were delivered in December

2007 by Advanced Solutions Inc. Another 10,000 desktops of Edubuntu and

Kubuntu are planned.

Italy

Schools in Bolzano, Italy, with a student population of 16,000, switched to a custom distribution of Linux, (FUSS Soledad GNU/Linux), in September 2005.

Africa

In South Africa, the technology tycoon Mr. Shuttleworth (www.shuttleworthfoundation.org) established a foundation that has successfully brought computer training labs to over 80 schools. The positive impact this has on children and their future development and ability to influence is incalculable.

CubaStudents from the

University of Information Science in Cuba launched its own distribution of Linux called Nova to promote the replacement of Microsoft Windows on civilian and government computers, a project that is now supported by the Cuban Government.

By early 2011 the Universidad de Ciencias Informáticas announced that they would migrate more than 8000 PCs to this new operating system.

GeorgiaIn 2004 Georgia

began running all its school computers and LTSP thin clients on Linux, mainly using Kubuntu, Ubuntu and stripped Fedora-based distros.

Venezuela

In 2009 Venezuela's Ministry of Education began a project called Canaima-educativo, to provide all students in public schools with "Canaimita" laptop computers

with the Canaima Debian-based Linux distribution pre-installed

As well as with open source educational content.

U.S.A

22,000 students in the US state of Indiana had access to Linux Workstations at their high schools in 2006.

REFRENCEShttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

List_of_Linux_adopters

http://www.slideshare.net/AhmadRb/iem2014-foss

http://www.reallylinux.com/docs/africa.shtml