GNU/Linux is Hot in Brazil, Again at Robert Pogson

There is news of a 356000 seat installation in Brazil in the works. This is for schools and uses Userful’s shared-PC technology. There is a similar FLOSS technology from Groovix. I used Groovix in the school at Easterville. Groovix uses Multi-seat X. Good, old, X…

“Canada-based Userful and ThinNetworks of Brazil have been selected to supply 356,800 virtual desktops to schools across Brazil.

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see Linux virtual desktops sweeping Brazilian schools

There it is folks, the world’s largest virtual desktop deployment and the world’s largest rollout of GNU/Linux in the year of the GNU/Linux Desktop, 2009.

Way to go, world, double the number of computer seats in schools and

My Mission

My observations and opinions about IT are based on 40 years of use in science and technology and lately, in education. I like IT that is fast, cost-effective and reliable. I do not care whether my solution is the same as yours. I like to think for myself.

My first use of GNU/Linux in 2001 was so remarkably better than what I had been using, I feel it is important work to share GNU/Linux with the world. I have been blessed by working in schools where students and school systems have benefited by good, modular software easily installed in most systems.

I have shown GNU/Linux to thousands of students and hundreds of teachers over the years and will continue in some way doing that until I die in spite of the opposition.