Superuser

Winners in the Top 10 Tools for Learning 2009

As usual I was reading planet TALO aka superuser network and read the post “Top Tools for Learning 2009” by Kerrie Smith. It’s interesting to see that “educators” on the web are doing most of their computing using “Linux” and an…

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Microsoft’s deal with New Zealand comes to an end

Microsoft’s nine-year software licencing deal with the New Zealand government has apparently collapsed according to the Inquirer today. In a statement, the State Services Commission (SSC) said that negotiations for another three-year extension of the agreement failed when it “became apparent during…

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Warrington School opts for free software

I was just about to jump into bed and thought I’d read the network news aka planet talo and saw Leighs post “More progressive action from New Zealand’s South Island“. Just go read his post and leave a comment. Otago Daily Times article:…

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Links for 10-5-08

Can we rescue OLPC from Windows? Laptop Liberation RobotCub, RobotCub Consortium Ubuntu breathes new life into school’s abandoned hardware MSN Music to shut down, leaving DRM customers in the lurch Brazil migrates voting machines to GNU/Linux

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