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Classmate PC gets a boost with million-unit Venezuelan order

arstechnica.com — The government of Venezuela has ordered one million low-cost Classmate PC laptops to be shipped to students with Linux preinstalled.

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  • madwaxer, on 09/29/2008, -0/+2i wonder if all these will come with encrypted partitions by default?
    better et will they be loaded with some anti government files in hidden folder that student will accidentally discover as the explore their machine?
    jk, glad to hear more govn'ts are getting linux pre-installed on their machine and saving costs that can go into buying more PCs.
  • schestowitz, on 09/30/2008, -4/+1FTA: "The Classmate PC units that will be distributed to schools in Venezuela and Portugal will ship preinstalled with a custom flavor of the Linux operating system."

    Mandriva derivative? Caixa Magica maybe?

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