Addison Community Schools Chooses Ubuntu

[Chris Christensen]

I wanted to release this on the Ubuntu Education list first.  I am proud to
announce that Addison Community Schools in Addison, MI, USA has chosen
Ubuntu Linux for our Mobile Computer Lab.  The hardware is Samsung NC10
Netbooks and with the excellent help provided by the following sources I was
able to provide a compelling argument for Ubuntu:

http://nc10linux.wordpress.com - The #1 source for helping Ubuntu the
obvious choice over Windows on the NC10.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NC10 - The mouse can be a bit wild.  The
instructions here brought it under control.

I tested WIndows XP Pro and Windows 7 Beta (Windows Vista wasn't even a
possibility) and both did well.  However neither could provide any reason to
spend the money for the licenses.  I put the finished product in front of
students and they were very happy with it.  This brought me to the
conclusion that the operating system is irrelevant.  The students need a web
browser and an office suite to get their work done.  With our use of Google
Apps even the office suite is becoming irrelevant.

Thanks for the great work that all developers have done on Ubuntu and other
Open Source projects.  You are enabling small rural school districts like
ours to focus what little money we have on getting better hardware and not
on license after license.  Microsoft can "donate" as many licenses as they
want to TechSoup and the like, it doesn't change the fact that the Open
Source Community is producing excellent software.

-- 
Chris Christensen
MCSA, MCITP, MCTS, MCDST
Network and Systems Administrator
Addison Community Schools
Phone | 517-547-6123 x510
Fax | 517-547-3838
Email | christensenc at addison.k12.mi.us
http://addison.k12.mi.us
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