Australian Digital Education Revolutionbeing a BIG blow for Linux.

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Sounds like a dual boot challenge :-)

On 5/26/10, Troy Scott <troyscott at live.fr> wrote:
> The netbooks issued to students in NSW are the same. Installation of
> additional software is prohibited. Access to the BIOS is locked
> preventing loading of bootable devices, and the NSW police have the
> ability to track and disable the unit.
>
>
>
> On Wed, 2010-05-26 at 02:31 +1000, David Fawcett wrote:
>> Have you got anything to back that up B?
>>
>> On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:25 PM, bwright <bwright.au at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>         I believe that you are not allowed to change the operating
>>         system in
>>         the contract with the DET until you leave school. I go to a
>>         public
>>         school ( I am a senior student ) and I don't think you are
>>         allowed to
>>         actually install another system. The system is also loaded
>>         with
>>         goodies like programs that act like trojans allowing the DET
>>         to
>>         remotely disable your computer ( pretty much a root kit ) and
>>         all
>>         manner of other things constantly pinging to random proxies.
>>         So the
>>         kids get a bag full of DRM in a box and if they try disable it
>>         they
>>         get punished by the school system. So it is a huge blow not
>>         having
>>         linux on it.
>>
>>         On May 25, 11:56 am, "Senectus ." <senec... at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>         > On 25 May 2010 07:35, ha... at ipunix.com <ha... at ipunix.com>
>>         wrote:
>>         >
>>         >
>>         >
>>         > > Ubuntu-AU'ers I see a lot of time being spent on the
>>         Australian Ubuntu LoCo
>>         > > structure and now the wiki.
>>         >
>>         > > But what is happening around us and in particular in my
>>         area (Strathpine
>>         > > Queensland). I now see year nine through 12 student
>>         running around with mini
>>         > > notebooks (also called netbook) supplied through their
>>         school under the
>>         > > Australian Federal Government's Digital Education
>>         Revolution (DER) program.
>>         > > From my early findings it looks like that notebooks will
>>         be distributed to
>>         > > eventually every year nine through 12 student. They are
>>         all to receive a
>>         > > mini notebook with windows 7 installed by the completion
>>         of the rollout in
>>         > > 2012.
>>         >
>>         > > This is a big blow to the Linux community as for example
>>         267,000 Windows 7
>>         > > based netbooks that the NSW Government alone has started
>>         rolling out to high
>>         > > schools will come pre-installed with open source software.
>>         From information
>>         > > gathered they were certainly looking seriously at Linux
>>         platforms, but
>>         > > vendors didn't provide the answers or comfort they were
>>         looking for.
>>         >
>>         > > I think part of the problem with the Linux tenders would
>>         have been that
>>         > > they were represented by hardware vendors pushing Linux to
>>         increase their
>>         > > profit on the units, rather than pushing Linux because
>>         they believed in it
>>         > > or had the right answers. If they had gone with a Linux
>>         based system they
>>         > > could have saved the country (tax payers) close to a $1
>>         billion in licensing
>>         > > fees.
>>         >
>>         > > All this points out that we the Linux (Ubuntu) users must
>>         be active not
>>         > > only within our own group(s) but engage direct with the
>>         community in
>>         > > general, visit schools, educate hardware vendors and lobby
>>         with the
>>         > > Australian Federal and State Governments.
>>         >
>>         > > Cheers,
>>         >
>>         > > Harry Degenaar
>>
>>         > > ha... at ipunix.com
>>         >
>>         > It's also a huge opportunity..
>>         > All those new machines going out to students that are
>>         naturally rebellious
>>         > and inquisitive.
>>         >
>>         > Time to really amp up a "Linux install Day" again...
>>         >
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