Ubuntu Reaches 220,000 PCs in Schools in Spain

Canonical’s recent efforts to promote desktop Ubuntu on the workstations of large organizations have focused primarily on the business world. But perhaps the company’s greatest prospects lie in the education channel. That’s where 220,000 Ubuntu-based PCs are now running in Andalusia, Spain. Here are the details, and what they say about desktop Linux’s viability in the education market.

Complete Story

Related Stories:

• Linux desktop neglect(Apr 08, 2009)
• Wohl: Counting Linux Desktops(Jun 08, 2004)
• Hardening the Linux Desktop(Nov 26, 2008)
• Lightweight Linux Desktop Alternative: Xfce(Aug 21, 2010)
• SAM Linux Desktop Shows Promise(Feb 13, 2008)
• The Overestimated Death of the Linux Desktop(Sep 20, 2007)
• The Day of the Linux Desktop(Nov 12, 2007)
• The State Of Linux Desktop Functionality(Sep 16, 2009)
• 2010: The Year of the Linux Desktop(Aug 29, 2007)