| Indiana high school students to get new Linux desktops |
Aug. 04, 2005
A number of Indiana high school students returning for the fall semester will find brand-new Linux desktops in their classrooms. Under the Indiana Access Program, which uses desktop Linux systems and standard hardware configurations to keep costs low, Wintergreen Systems Inc. and Linspire Inc. are providing computers for classrooms. The arrangement could result in as many as 300,000 Linux machines being deployed during coming years, the companies said in a statement.
Over the past three years, several thousand Linspire/Wintergreen machines have been deployed in dozens of classrooms across the state, according to the companies. For example, Randolph Southern Jr./Sr. High School, in the town of Lynn, Ind., is using 125 computers -- one for every student in each of three English Language Arts classrooms, and one biology and one social studies classroom. Annette Wilson, technical director for the school, estimates that approximately 90 to 95 percent of the 300 students at her school will use the new computers this year.
Here is a list of the key features of the computers to be supplied to the schools:- Intel or AMD 2.4 GHz equiv processor or better
- 3.5-inch floppy drive (standard for schools)
- Standard 52/32/52 CD-RW drive
- 40 GB hard drive
- Standard PC keyboard
- ECS motherboard
- 2 256 MB PC 2700 DD RAM (for 512 MB total RAM)
- Standard PC optical mouse with scroll
- ATX tower enclosure with 350-watt power supply and front-accessed USB ports
- 5.0 Linspire Linux OS
- Price: $292
Linspire, formerly known as Lindows, has been supplying the operating systems for Wintergreen computers since 2002.
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