Other than the Eee PCs and most of our servers, we're Windows only. But the Eee PC is so intuitive, it hasn't been a problem. Our experience with the Eee PC has prompted us to look at using something like Linpus on our older desktop hardware too," he said.
Schinker said one positive outcome from Linux is that it forces the district to limit the scope of the Eee PCs.
"By not running Windows, we can put some limits on the expectations of the little laptops. They're not going to run Accelerated Reader, or Successmaker or Adobe CS. We can focus the expectations on the things that it does well rather than trying to make all of these other applications work, and that is really nice from a tech perspective."
What the Linux Eee PC will do for the district is allow kids to access the Web, write essays and stories, collect and graph data, and prepare and deliver presentations.
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