Schools across Japan may switch to Linux :: gyaku

Schools across Japan may switch to Linux :: gyaku

Software on display included KNOPPIX, a version of Linux which can boot and run entirely from a CD, without the need to install anything on a hard disk, as such making minimal demands on computer architecture. A group of Japanese university researchers and teachers have developed a variant of this minimal system specifically designed for educational institutions, entitled Knoppix Edu. At the conference, a group from one school demonstrated the operation of a robot installed with a camera and wireless LAN, as well as a cross-platform suite of tools for 3D animation (Blender), entirely operated under the minimal KNOPPIX O/S [4,5]. Other open-source systems currently in use at schools in Japan include Turbolinux, Debian Linux, and the Java Desktop System R2 [6].

Under the title of the "Open School Platform (OSP) Portal", the CEC plans to follow-up the current phase of open-source educational integration, which completes its operations this month, with a new phase in which Linux software, documentation and packages will be made freely available at the group's website.