Linux Resources for Education

What is linux? - Linux is a free, open-source operating system.

Linux in School Computer Labs - The experience of one system administrator who switched the computer labs in his school to Linux.

Open Source for Education - A step by step guide to implementing open source software in an educational setting.

Edutainment Project - Educational software for Linux desktops.

Linux is Less Expensive - Study shows that Linux has a much lower total cost of ownership than Microsoft or Sun

The Linux Uprising - Sun CEO Scott McNeally speaks about the impact Linux is having on the computer world.

Linux in Government - Many governments are supporting and using open source software.

The Big Guys Latch onto Linux - As the startups struggle or burn out, heavyweights such as IBM, Dell, Oracle, and HP are moving quickly to dominate this new market.

Red Hat Education Program - New channels to support schools that are embracing Linux.

Linux Servers Take Hold - Linux is making strong gains in niche markets.

Linux Industry News

Nouveau Open-Source NVIDIA Driver Achieves OpenCL Support An anonymous reader writes "The Nouveau driver project that's been writing an open-source NVIDIA graphics driver via reverse-engineering has moved forward in their support. The Nouveau driver now has OpenCL acceleration support to do GPGPU computing on the open-source community driver for several generations of GeForce GPUs." Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Red Hat Appoints Robyn Bergeron First Female Fedora Project Leader darthcamaro writes "Red Hat is changing the leadership at the Fedora Project. Jared Smith is out after having been the Fedora Project Leader since June of 2010. In is Robyn Bergeron — who will be the first female leader of the open source project's history. Bergeron is well known in the community as she has most recently been the Fedora Program Manager." Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Canonical Pulls Kubuntu Personnel Funding LinuxScribe writes "An announcement on the Kubuntu-devel mailing list tells the sad story: Canonical is pulling funding for in-house developers to work on the KDE-based Kubuntu flavor. Canonical now seems committed to its single vision of a GNOME-based Unity as a desktop and other Ubuntu flavors will now have to rely on community support and some infrastructure from Canonical." Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Details Emerge About Spark Linux-Based Tablet MojoKid writes "There's a new tablet in town called the Spark. The Linux-driven tablet, based on the Zenithink C71 and KDE was unveiled by developer Aaron Seigo recently. The tablet will be available for pre-order this week and will start shipping worldwide in May. In terms of specifications, the 7-inch (800x480) multi-touch slate will run a 1GHz AMLogic ARM processor and Mali-400 GPU, sport 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage (with a microSD slot for expandability), 802/11b/g WiFi, a pair of USB ports, a front-facing 1.3MP webcam, and an audio jack. The UI of choice is Plasma Active and there will apparently be a content store where developers can peddle their wares and users can snag software." Read more of this story at Slashdot.