Philippine Schools take the open road to Free Software for classroom computers

TAKING advantage of free and open source software, a government program has been bringing computers and the skills to use them to public high schools nationwide in an effort to narrow the digital divide.

 all running Edubuntu, a variant of Ubuntu Linux designed for classroom use. “There are significant savings because we chose free and open source software,”

“If you’re a first time user, there is no difference between Ubuntu or Windows. Even among the teachers, first time users are not a problem,”  Click this link to read the complete article 
 

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