Tectonic: tuXlab to Install 100th School Linux-lab, Plans for Next 100 | Linux Today

Tectonic: tuXlab to Install 100th School Linux-lab, Plans for Next 100

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 6, 2005

“Volunteers of the Schools Linux User Group (SLUG will this
weekend roll out the 100th Linux-based school laboratory at the
Hidayatul Islam Primary School in the Western Cape. Slug, backed by
The Shuttleworth Foundation installs low-cost refurbished PC
networks in schools around the Western Cape using Linux thin-client
technology.

“The programme–called tuXlabs–to install computers in schools
in the Western Cape was started by the Foundation in 2003. In 2005
and 2006 the foundation intends to extend the programme to two
other provinces: Limpopo and the Eastern Cape.

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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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