Linux Desktop Education Deployments Planned in 29 States | Linux Today

Linux Desktop Education Deployments Planned in 29 States

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 8, 2008

“Originally launched in September, “Free the Penguins” provides
customers with a low-cost, high-performance alternative to
stand-alone Windows desktops and thin clients for computer labs,
classrooms and libraries.

“Omni, Userful and Novell have agreed to extend this initiative
until the end of 2008 in response to extremely strong uptake from
schools in the U.S., Canada, Australia, South America, Europe and
Africa. Tough economic conditions have led more universities,
colleges and K-12 school districts to consider the hardware,
maintenance, space and electricity savings of Multi-station SUSE
Linux Enterprise Desktops.”

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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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