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LinuxWorld: LinuxWorld Paris, Educating Linux

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 7, 2000

“On the Linux front in Europe, we are experiencing what most
analysts and industry insiders are calling an explosion of interest
in, and an explosion in the use of, the Linux OS. If there’s any
one thing necessary to keep explosion from imploding, it’s
training. That this reality was not lost on the exhibitors at
LinuxWorld in Paris was obvious from the sheer volume of training
companies and products at the Paris Expo this week….”

“Another interesting teaching idea that I came across at the
Expo — and there were two variations on it exhibited — were
single-CD implementations of Linux.”

One is called DemoLinux, and was created by the folks at
the French National Education Department. This CD was made to
demonstrate Linux to people who wanted to see it before trying or
buying it.

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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