KDE Desktops For 52 Million Students In Brazil

Courtesy Slashdot: Linux  Fri, 04/25/2008 - 09:28

An anonymous reader writes "Mauricio Piacentini writes about a deployment of systems running Linux and KDE in Brazil's schools; some 52 million students are to be served by this initiative.

'What is interesting about this project is that it not only provides infrastructure (computers and net connectivity) but also open content to students in public schools.

The software installed on these systems is "Linux Educacional 2.0," a very clean Debian-based distribution, with KDE 3.5, KDE-Edu, KDE-Games, and some tools developed...

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