I’ve just gotten the green light to replace equipment at El Centro with hardware running an assortment of open source software including SuSE Linux and OpenOffice. I’ve been subtly pushing for open source in our computer distribution and community computer labs as both a way to move away from Windows 95, which we currently use, and a way to avoid the licensing fees of Windows 2000 when we need a more powerful or flexible operating system. I will be the first to admit that Linux is not the best answer to every situation, but it is in many situations.

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