iSean

i have been a strong proponent of having schools switch to open source over using Macs or PCs. the money saved on operating systems for each computer in a building would be significant and then add the software like Open Office versus MS Office. switch the whole district and our tax dollars can start going towards other academic pursuits. i started writing a letter to the editor of our local newspaper about this very topic today when i realized that i’ve only fiddled with Ubuntu from time to time, but i’ve never really made it my working operating system. i thought i should be able to speak from experience. so tomorrow i am switching to Ubuntu and using it for a whole month on my Macbook (via Parallels). i am already exploring some extra apps to add to Ubuntu to make my experience more enjoyable. once i use it for a month then i’ll feel much more confident in making the recommendation to area schools . . . even though i know of schools that have done it successfully already.