[Ryedale] Linux in schools

[Paul Teasdale]

Hi All,

Just read this on the BBC website:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4960586.stm

I'm no expert on the school curriculum but what I do know is that Linux can be 
used to 'extend' the shelf life of older equipment. I happily use Linux on an 
older Pentium III 733Mhz, 256Mb RAM, 30Gb HDD with the more 'bloated' KDE 
desktop (in comparison with other Linux desktop environments) and it's very 
useable for all the tasks that I want to achieve.

I'm sure that there is a large amount of politics involved in this issue and 
schools running Linux wouldn't solve all of the headaches for teachers and 
administrators but I'm sure it would help. Surely it would save council tax 
payers some money too on the likes of software licences. It also gives pupils 
a chance to see that there is more to computers than just Microsoft giving 
them a chance to form an opinion.

Regards,
Paul.

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