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9000 PCs in Swiss schools going Linux only — by Khairil Yusof — last modified Apr 26, 2008 11:17 AM

9000 computers in Swiss schools have been dual-booting Windows and and Ubuntu for some time now in anticipation of guidelines from the Switzerland’s Department of Public Instruction, whose motto is “Long Live Free Software.”

KDE Linux reaches 52 million Brazilian kids — by Khairil Yusof — last modified Jun 03, 2008 11:36 PM

Brazil's Ministry of Education ("MEC") is installing Linux in labs used by 52 million schoolchildren, reports KDE developer Mauricio Piacentini. Piacentini's blog post describes MEC's "Linux Educacional 2.0" as "a very clean Debian-based distribution, with KDE 3.5, KDE-Edu, KDE-Games, and some tools developed by the project." Brazil is adopting UCA (One computer per student) project this year which is why there is the need for Linux and an easy to use desktop, KDE. More details can also be found from http://piacentini.livejournal.com/7871.html

Cambodian Education System Changes to Khmer Language Free and Open Source Software — by Khairil Yusof — last modified May 01, 2008 12:28 PM

At a massive ceremony that took place on 22 January 2008, the Cambodian Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport presented its new Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Textbook for all schools that have computers, all universities and all teacher training facilities.