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GNU/Linux Works in Education

Published by Robert Pogson July 3rd, 2008 in Linux in Education and Teaching. 0 Comments

That’s reality. GNU/Linux can help students and teachers find, create and present information in an educational setting very efficiently. That’s what a school that went 1:1 in students per PC found.

“A study conducted by the school since the inception of its PC computing program in 2005 indicates by the end of the first school year, students using ThinkPads spent 50 percent of their time on the PC in the Linux environment. This increased to 75 percent in the 2006-2007 school year, and 86 percent the 2007-2008 school year ending in June 2008..”

We do not need M$ to educate our children. We can get more bang for the money with free software and have more fun doing it, too.

- Robert Pogson

My Mission

My observations and opinions about IT are based on 40 years of use in science and technology and lately, in education. I like IT that is fast, cost-effective and reliable. I do not care whether my solution is the same as yours. I like to think for myself.

My first use of GNU/Linux in 2001 was so remarkably better than what I had been using, I feel it is important work to share GNU/Linux with the world. I have been blessed by working in schools where students and school systems have benefited by good, modular software easily installed in most systems.

I have shown GNU/Linux to thousands of students and hundreds of teachers over the years and will continue in some way doing that until I die in spite of the opposition.