Linux in Education

LinuxCertified,Inc. a leading provider of Linux training, will offer weekend Linux system administration bootcamp on December 1st - 2nd, 2007 in South Bay(CA). This workshop is designed for busy…

"The reason that the Russian announcement is funny boils down to the perception over the years that Russia equates to totalitarianism, whilst here in America we're all about Freedom and innovation…

Russian OS is to be installed on every school computer in Russia by 2009. Furthermore, every pupil will get the opportunity to operate the applied software produced in Russia, Leonid Reiman,…

Russian Ministry of Finance approved RUR 3 bln financing from state budget for software on school computers. 1,9 bln from that would be spent on patented software, like Microsoft's and Adobe's…

Ars Technica were at aKademy 2007, where they took a look at the Intel classmate PC running Mandriva Linux. Their impressions are here.

When I spoke to the KSA Task Force in Liberia a few weeks ago, a colleague asked the assembled group (a mixture of teachers, principals, ministry officials, academics and students) how many had…

The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the premier Linux certification organization worldwide, announced new LPI Approved Training Partners (LPI-ATP) in Africa, Europe and Latin America. This…

Nation’s eighth-largest district turns to open-source software to extend computers to every student. Looking for a cost-effective way to deliver portable computing to every student, the San Diego…

Sure you have been hearing about Sakai, the open source collaboration and learning environment, but you've probably also heard that campuses that have implemented Sakai have huge IT budget and…

Japan's public broadcaster NHK reported late last week that the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry plans to introduce the open-source operating system Linux for use within classrooms…