The news has been full of headlines of happenings at this year’s LinuxCon, but one tiny little headline stands out today as different. Although it hasn’t made it into English speaking press yet, it seems the Argentine government has sponsored the development of a Linux distribution to be used on all state provided education computers.
According to Google translate, it seems the government wanted a secure and open system that meets the “needs of students and teachers and maintaining national identity.” The translated source in Spanish, says it’s purpose is to “join the more than 3 million netbooks released by the National Government to teachers and students around the country.” I’m sure the following quote from Abal Medina, of the Cabinet of Ministers, is a bad translation:
