School districts serve up lessons in Linux
Windows may boast the lion's share of the desktop education market, but the economic and technical benefits of open source software has seen many schools and education institutions implement various flavours of Linux across their desktops and server back-ends.
In a two-part series, Computerworld investigates the role of Linux and open source software in education institutions in Australia and North America. In this, Part 1, Computerworld spoke with the technology co-ordinator and network support technician from two large school districts in Canada and the US for whom Linux and other open source software is the plat du jour on the education menu.
British Columbia's School District #73 opts for Debian Linux
Kamloops Thompson School District #73 is comprised of 55 elementary and secondary schools in British Columbia, Canada. The district opted for a majority of open source software as it is easier to maintain and in their experience offers better access to support.
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