22,000 Indiana Students Using Linux Desktops

Anonymous writes "Indiana's Department of Education has moved 22,000 students onto Linux desktops, and it's looking like that's only going to accelerate with SLED 10, Linspire, and other distributions getting better."

In indiana...

[Anonymous Coward]

Now there is truly more than corn in Indiana!

Terrorist targets?

[Pete Brubaker]

Hey, wait a second, isnt that the number of "terrorist targets" they claim to have?

thats nice

[rhesuspieces00]

but does it run...

oh wait, i guess it does.

Re:One or two Linux "flavors" are not enough?

[Anonymous Coward]

It must be this new abstinence-only doctrine in action: install linux to deny students access to P2P pr0n.

I am fine with that, but how are they going to be able to download viruses and gamez?

Yay, more to choose from...

[crazyjeremy]

Fortunately, each of these students will now get to conceive their own linux distro as part of the curriculum.

Re:In indiana...

[Peyna]

Soybeans?

Common Installer?

[NcF]

"I think within five years, we'll see a huge market shift," Huffman said. "But the Linux community really has to come together. They do have to have a common API; they've got to have a common installer. If those things don't exist, it will not be a competitive market again. If they do exist, I think it will."

./configure && make && make install

Re:gotta get my eyes checked.

[MillionthMonkey]

Yeah I didn't see it right on first glance either. I saw "India" and "laptops". I thought for a second this was going to be about those $100 WiFi laptops where you turn the crank, actually. But I'm sure those of you from Indiana are familiar with your state getting confused with India, and vice versa.

Looks great but

[BeoCluster]

Can I make a Beowulf cluster of these students ?

Re:In indiana...

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, there are kernels! Sorry, but the pun had to be made.

And remember...

[shani]

...there are no kangaroos in Austria.

Re:In indiana...

[Durrok]

As a hoosier I can tell you that although there may be more then corn in Indiana it is the most exciting thing around.

Re:Terrorist targets?

[Brandybuck]

Students tend to be free-thinkers

First of all, student tend not to think at all. Second, neither do free thinkers (hence the extraordinary uniformity of their opinions).

Re:fitter, happier, more productive

[junglee_iitk]

I don't know of you, but Linux is very "Counter" productive to me. When I am in Windows I play Quake or CS, get a headache soon and then try to do my work; unlike when I am in Linux, I try to do my work and end-up reading Slashdot and editing Wikipedia.

Re:In indiana...

[Intron]

What's wrong with:

more README
more INSTALL
more INSTALL-LINUX
more INSTALL-LINUX-FEDORA
./configure
<crap>
./configure DIR=/usr/local
make
<crap>
yum install Xaw3d-devel
make
make test
make install
<crap>
su -
make install
<crap>
cd ~Intron/Newapp-3.01.02.11/src
make install
exit

piece of cake