Why Schools should be using Ubuntu not Windows in their ICT Labs?
Ubuntu is 100% Linux (based on Unix ) which is Open Source and is the product by thousands of world class programmers contributing their code sharing their expertise with the Linux project voluntarily as the part of community .
Ubuntu by far is most usable user friendly Linux variant ever . Ubuntu is based on Debian which powers most of the Corporate Servers . It contains over 20 000 Software Packages available for being installed .
Unix / Windows being proprietary hampers growth of programmers as they can never have complete control over the machine / can never know how things work deep inside the OS. Linux on other hand allows users to customize it the way they want being open source it allows users to look into the code modify the code and play with it .
Having made source code of an operating system available to 6th graders is like allowing them to do open heart surgery. The more they will experiment with it the better understanding they will have about “How & Whys” of functioning of either of them .
Linux is relevant everywhere be it Mobile devices ( Android is powered by Linux Kernel ) Computers in Homes Industries Government Offices .
Linux is powering thousands of Servers of Google Facebook Twitter and majority of Fortune 500 Companies . Companies like Oracle Google Facebook also openly supports and contributes to Linux Project .
Linux supports all major programming languages like Java C C++ PHP etc .
Windows usage is ever declining ( Domestic & Industrial ) because of its long list of Demerits : Security Flaws Bad performance over time less control over machine to name a few .
Linux is supported by million users strong community Corporations like Canonical which is behind Ubuntu Edubuntu Kbuntu RedHat which is behind Fedora Red Hat Linux which powers servers of majority Fortune 500 companies .
To be part of Open Source Community Linux happens to be prerequisite as it’s first step in the ladder. Linux being World’s largest Open Source project powering millions of machines ( Desktops / Servers ) worldwide.
Every year Google conducts its programming event called “ Google Code-Jam” for international school students in which 100% participating organizations are Open Source Based. Students work on project with any organization they like . Google rewards them after successful completion of project .
All Supercomputers in entire world are using Linux as their primary OS [6]
Beside that majority of Departments of US government switched to Linux Fortune 500 companies like Oracle are using Linux for its security stability & performance .
Linux / *nix is included in Engineering / Any Computer Science Courses in every University around the Globe .
We at Schools are building futuristic children who can explore the world and gets their hand on latest technologies available in IT domain . The sooner the children will start using linux the better they will get overtime .
As Schools is going Open Source Students will have access to knowledge about technologies working behind Servers / Mobile Phones / Any Computing Device or which they are using .
References :
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_adopters
[3] http://www.westhost.com/blog/2012/12/24/fortune-500-companies-drool-over...
[4] http://www.linuxfoundation.org/publications/linux-foundation/linux-adopt...
[5] http://www.slideshare.net/linuxmalaysia/linux-open-source-usage-in-the-f...
[6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercomputer_operating_systems
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The greatness within
Story of various frogs who wanted to climb a tree but failed. There were a few more and they didn’t gather the courage to climb because they heard others failing and how difficult it was to climb the tree. But there was this frog, who relentlessly tried over and over and eventually climbed the tree. The frog was deaf and didn’t hear any of the fellow frogs. Therefore, be a frog which doesn’t hear any distraction , doesn’t see any distraction. be blind and deaf to all your troubles. Keep on fighting. Never take a NO.
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