This is a brief overview of one school's foray into the OpenSource operating system Linux.
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... Not politically better, not feel good better, not any of that. Well, yes, that too. But for all areas where Open Source is developed, it it simply better technologically. Anybody telling you different is selling you a bill of goods.
The much anticipated Part Three of Jim Hall's exploration of OpenSource ... This is getting really interesting. This collection of posts will be the go-to source for anyone wanting to start an OpenSource project.
Are there really open source colleges?
Not really, but there are regular colleges that offer some degree of OpenSource learning.
Fox News has a very detailed review of the so-called $100 laptop, officially called the XO. The technology sounds quite impressive:
I'm trying to get my company to do the same thing - use Linux for test boxes for servers (especially if in production they'll be running on a Linux box) and for "demo laptops" which even if the program being shown is a windows program, we can run remote desktop on Linux to a windows desktop to show the program that way. thus, we can have demo laptops permanently stationed in each of the conference rooms and not have to scrounge for "who's got a laptop we can use this week" which is our current hassle.