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 Aussies give open source golden crumbs from Microsoft table, Aug 28, 2009

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has begun fulfilling a promise to give every high school student a laptop, offering Lenovo machines with Windows 7 and some open source applications.

If you need a break from Windows land, then linux-for-education.org provides a wealth of learning tools, both for the open source community and educators in general.

In today's recession-troubled times, companies, small businesses in particular, and schools are looking to drive down overhead costs. Usually this is achieved by releasing employees (in businesses) or cutting educational programs (music and art - never sports). An overlooked aspect of overhead costs are the ones associated with Information and Communication Technology.

The proceedings of the Linux Symposium 2009 provide wide-ranging background information on Linux

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