Dysart Unified School District saves more than $100,000 by switching computer operating systems

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 28, 2010

“In a little-known approach to saving money, the Dysart Unified
School District has switched about 3,000 of its computers from the
Microsoft Windows operating system to Linux.

“Never heard of Linux? It’s a free operating system widely used
for servers, which are the backbone of computer networks, housing
information for multiple computers. Linux lags in mainstream
popularity behind Windows and Mac OS.”


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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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