Doug Stewart on 27 Apr 2016 11:26:16 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] ‘Schools’ Linux 4.4 Released


Charlie keynoted WordCamp Lancaster last year and spoke at WordCamp US as well. He's a great guy and the things Penn Manor are doing with student-driven tech support are pretty incredible.

On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 2:21 PM, JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org> wrote:
Interesting and related: http://fossforce.com/2016/04/charlie-reisinger-using-foss-empower-students/
...     'If you’re an open source believer, you must see the tremendously inspiring and informative TEDx talk by Charlie Reisinger, IT Director of the Penn Manor School District, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Viewing this video makes me want to jump out of my chair several times to cheer. One of the most powerful lines is: “Together these problems create a costly chain of vendor software lock-in and student learning lock-out. How do we break free?”'
...

That sounds like it'll be a good read when published.

Disclaimer: I didn't watch the video yet...


On 04/25/2016 10:54 AM, Keith C. Perry wrote:
Thanks for that JP.  Good story behind the genesis of the distro too.

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From: "JP Vossen" <jp@jpsdomain.org>
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Subject: [PLUG] ‘Schools’ Linux 4.4 Released

This may be on interest to those on the list involved in provisioning
schools, librarys, etc.

http://fossforce.com/2016/04/escuelas-school-linux-4-4-released/

Later,
JP
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