:Linux Journal: Linux from Kindergarten to High School
Linux Journal: Linux from Kindergarten to High School Jan 13, 2003, 13 :00 UTC (8 Talkback[s]) (7156 reads) (Other stories by Michael Surran)
"As the bell rings to begin class at Greater Houlton Christian Academy, enthusiastic students sit down at their shiny, new computer workstations. In one corner, the red cabinet housing the server hums quietly as two stuffed penguins look on fondly from their perch. Other penguins keep watch from different locations as the students enter their user names and passwords to access their accounts. Ask a student who 'Tux' is, and he or she will point to the large penguin painted on the front wall of the computer lab and say, 'He's the Linux penguin!' About this time KDE has loaded, and young boys and girls are opening the application they need for class as easily as kicking a ball.
"Now for a little history. Greater Houlton Christian Academy (GHCA) is a private school and nonprofit organization in Maine. As such, it does not have the same access to funding as the public school system. As the computer science teacher and system administrator, this means I have to be creative about providing our students with computer technology while working with a tight budget. In the past I relied on area businesses and generous individuals to donate their used computers. While these donations were a great blessing to us, they were a temporary solution at best..."
