| How Linux thin-clients benefit schools |
Oct. 07, 2005
Steve Hargadon, who helped create the volunteer public Web kiosk project for Gulf Coast hurricane victims, also has a day job -- setting up Linux thin client systems based on the Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP) in schools. He's written about it in an article here on DesktopLinux.com.
Hargadon's article starts out with a brief explanation of what a thin client is, and what that has to do with the LTSP. Then he gets to the meat of his message, which is the growing interest in using Linux-based thin client systems in schools.
"There is some real excitement about what this technology can do for schools," Hargadon writes. "This is largely the result of two emerging trends in the computer world: advances in computing power that make high-powered servers available at reasonable prices; and the open source movement."
The bottom line? "Schools can save up to 75 percent of their technology expenses by using thin-client Linux technology with open source software for basic productivity computers. The savings may actually be greater when the costs associated with maintenance, licensing, and technical support are considered as well," he continues.
The article concludes with a short case study of a school in Utah where Hargadon installed a Linux thin client setup, resulting in an estimated savings to the school of $29,000 per year.
Read the article here.
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