Education & Open Source: working together.

http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/22950

The type of information I found, is related to software & education. This software is (a big) part of Open Sources projects in education: Edubuntu. Just like the webpage's description says "It provides a software platform that allows educators to spend more time teaching with computers and less time managing them". These kinds of projects are responses to the disaster Windows has provoked in Education, given that there is always a problem with that Operative System. Thus Windows is not for free, and people have to pay licenses and stay updated. Not even mention the part where viruses come into business. In addition, Edubuntu (just like openSUSE) work also with Moodle teaching.

Moreover, Ubuntu (which is the OS of Edubuntu) is one of the easiest platforms for is meant to be used by anyone (especially auto-considered enemies of technology). In fact, people who have never installed software were surprised when installing something in Ubuntu.

In my opinion, when it comes to education, we should consider the importance of technology in the classroom, as well as outside of it. What is more, if you think about it, many schools don’t have computers because they are too expensive. Well, Linux and OpenSource can work in the oldest computers with no problems at all! So, all those computers which are considered as garbage (since Windows don’t run on them given the low memory they have) could be used with Ubuntu. Therefore, the problem of poverty (technically speaking) would be solved. Sadly, everyone thinks that you need to pay for everything related to computers, and if is not Windows or Mac, there’s no chance.