17 Mar
2008
17 Mar
'08
1:56 p.m.
On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 9:36 PM, Nagarjuna nagarjun@gnowledge.org wrote:
The video said nothing about the use of free software. Is it because IT@School is not using free software exclusively, or it is reporter's bias?
the reporter deliberately avoided "Free Software" :(
From 2007-2008 educational year onwards, all schools that follows
Kerala State syllabus (around 2832 highschools) migrated to Free Software. They use a debian based distribution called IT@School GNU/Linux (http://support.space-kerala.org/wiki/index.php/Download_IT%40School_GNU/Linu...)
see these news clips also : http://www.education.kerala.gov.in/ITexam_help/images_itschool/ie_exam_feb_2... http://www.education.kerala.gov.in/ITexam_help/images_itschool/hin_exam_feb_...
~vimal