Onam Gift for Kerala Schools

Published on: 2006-9-1

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Onam Gift for Kerala Schools

2006-09-01T09:02:00

COCHIN, India — A southern Indian state plans to switch all school computers from Microsoft Windows to the free Linux operating system, an official said Thursday. The changeover on computers used in some 12,500 high schools in the state of Kerala is set for Friday, and teachers are being trained on the new software, said the state's education minister, M.A. Baby. Read More... Finally, the Kerala government seems to be dumping the "MS OR GNU/Linux" policy in favour of the "GNU/Linux only" policy. A very sensible decision.