Portrait: Jeff Elkner, Free Software Activist and Teacher | Linux Today

Portrait: Jeff Elkner, Free Software Activist and Teacher

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 11, 2008

“For Elkner, it’s all about the students, and it’s all about
giving. He’s worked with the SchoolTool project to create a common
global school administration infrastructure, and worked with
students to set up Linux Terminal Server Project labs in low-income
apartment complexes in the area. He promotes Free Software use with
the One Laptop per Child project, and teaches Python to his
beginning and advanced computer science students.”

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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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