How Linux thin-clients benefit schools

Steve Hargadon, who helped create the volunteer public Web kiosk project for Gulf Coast hurricane victims, also has a day job -- setting up Linux thin client systems based on the Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP) in schools.

Schools can save up to 75 percent of their technology expenses by using thin-client Linux technology with open source software for basic productivity computers. The savings may actually be greater when the costs associated with maintenance, licensing, and technical support are considered as well,

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