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WHY LINUX IS USED IN SCHOOLS?Linux is available free of charge

includes a large body of free/open source software.

EXAMPLES OF LARGE SCALE ADOPTION OF LINUX IN EDUCATION :

The OLPC XO-1 , is an inexpensive laptop running Linux, which will be distributed to millions of children as part of the One Laptop Per Child project.

• 560,000 students in 33 schools will migrate to Linux.

EUROPE

Schools   with a student population of 16,000, switched to a custom distribution of Linux.

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

1.5 million Linux  PCs as part of its plans to support its domestic industry

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.

RUSSIA

• All its school computers will run on Linux.

• This is to avoid cost of licensing

currently unlicensed software.

• has deployed 13,000 desktops running on Fedora

• 10,000 desktops of Edubuntu and Kubuntu are planned.

Runs all its school computers and LTSP thin clients on Linux, mainly using Kubuntu, Ubuntu and stripped Fedora-based

distros.

WHY

LINUX IS

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OR SCHOOLS

1. Simple, secure web interface

2. No license fees! The system and all of its features are FREE.

3. No need for in depth knowledge of Linux server administration.

4. Continue using your current computers.

5. Windows and Linux compatibility.

6. Source-Code available.

REFERENCES

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_adopters

http://www.linuxschools.com/forum/index-main.php