I believe that you are not allowed to change the operating system in the contract with the DET until you leave school. I go to a public school ( I am a senior student ) and I don't think you are allowed to actually install another system. The system is also loaded with goodies like programs that act like trojans allowing the DET to remotely disable your computer ( pretty much a root kit ) and all manner of other things constantly pinging to random proxies. So the kids get a bag full of DRM in a box and if they try disable it they get punished by the school system. So it is a huge blow not having linux on it.
On May 25, 11:56 am, "Senectus ." <[email protected]> wrote: > On 25 May 2010 07:35, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Ubuntu-AU'ers I see a lot of time being spent on the Australian Ubuntu LoCo > > structure and now the wiki. > > > But what is happening around us and in particular in my area (Strathpine > > Queensland). I now see year nine through 12 student running around with mini > > notebooks (also called netbook) supplied through their school under the > > Australian Federal Government's Digital Education Revolution (DER) program. > > From my early findings it looks like that notebooks will be distributed to > > eventually every year nine through 12 student. They are all to receive a > > mini notebook with windows 7 installed by the completion of the rollout in > > 2012. > > > This is a big blow to the Linux community as for example 267,000 Windows 7 > > based netbooks that the NSW Government alone has started rolling out to high > > schools will come pre-installed with open source software. From information > > gathered they were certainly looking seriously at Linux platforms, but > > vendors didn't provide the answers or comfort they were looking for. > > > I think part of the problem with the Linux tenders would have been that > > they were represented by hardware vendors pushing Linux to increase their > > profit on the units, rather than pushing Linux because they believed in it > > or had the right answers. If they had gone with a Linux based system they > > could have saved the country (tax payers) close to a $1 billion in licensing > > fees. > > > All this points out that we the Linux (Ubuntu) users must be active not > > only within our own group(s) but engage direct with the community in > > general, visit schools, educate hardware vendors and lobby with the > > Australian Federal and State Governments. > > > Cheers, > > > Harry Degenaar > > [email protected] > > It's also a huge opportunity.. > All those new machines going out to students that are naturally rebellious > and inquisitive. > > Time to really amp up a "Linux install Day" again... > > -- > It's just a 2000 year old book of desert tribal myths. > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > [email protected]https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ubuntu-Au" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/ubuntu-au?hl=en-GB. -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
