A Year of the Linux Desktop (KDE.News)
KDE.News has an interview with Malcom Moore, who is the network manager for Westcliff High School for Girls Academy (WHSG) in the southeast of England. WHSG switched the students to Linux desktops (openSUSE 12.2 and KDE Plasma 4.10) a year ago, and Moore talks about the motivations for the switch, the transition, the reactions to Linux and Plasma, hurdles that were overcome, and so on. By the sounds, the conversion from Windows has been quite successful, though not without its challenges. "The Senior Leadership Team grilled me in two long meetings which was fun! Once you actually take a step back from the misconception that computers = Windows and actually seriously think about it, the pros clearly outweigh the cons. The world is changing very quickly. There is a survey that reports in 2000, 97% of computing devices had Windows installed, but now with tablets and phones, etc., Windows is only on 20% of computing devices, and in the world of big iron, Linux reigns supreme. We specialize in science and engineering and want our students to go on to do great things like start the next Google or collapse the universe at CERN. In those environments, they will certainly need to know Linux."