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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Ban Windows at schools (piefed.world)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by anonymouspl@piefed.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Hi,
I will be writing petition to my government (Poland) to try to get them to ban Windows at schools. I believe it should be illegal to force children to use systems that are paid and use children’s data for AI and advertising.
Maybe you will do it as well? Let’s end this insane practice.

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[–] mrnngglry@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Just go back to establishing a computer lab with shared resources. We don’t need a laptop in every kid’s backpack. Fewer screens and more books is the answer.

[–] yxc999@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Jup, in an ideal world there would be one or more computer rooms with desktop PCs running whatever fucking immutable Linux distro.

However I'm also kind of torn about books since I DO think they are important, but in practice they were always just super outdated, super politically one-sided, unreasonably heavy and so on. Some kind of middle-ground would be great with a mix of some classes using books and paper and some classes using a cheap laptop with Linux on it. But whatever's the case, tablets are absolute fucking bullshit.

Edit: hell or just no laptops but WAY more than one computer room so you could literally have some classes exclusively in "regular" rooms and some in computer rooms, idk. JUST NOT FUCKING TABLETS.