IBM has released an open source software stack to help manage Linux Supercomputers. The tools that have been tested and integrated by IBM include the Extreme Cluster Administration Toolkit (xCAT), Advance Toolchain for Power Systems 1.1, install scripts, a resource-management tool and a cluster-administration toolkit.
The three way hacking challenge at the CanSecWest conference, pitted the MacBook Air, a Fujitsu Laptop running Vista, and Ubuntu Linux on a Sony Vaio against each other. In the end only the Ubuntu Linux was left standing.
Ironically, it seems that Microsoft initiated the switchover to the Linux alternative by launching its anti-piracy policy in the Philippines. The government them responded by seeking out alternatives. In a sweeping move 13,000 Fedora Linux and 10,000 Ubuntu Linux computers have have been deployed within Philippine schools in the country replacing old Windows PCs. It was discovered that the old Windows PCs were not being used because nobody knew how to use them
A quote from and independent open source consultant Ricardo Gonzalez who worked on the project.
This should be an interesting case to follow, to discover if Linux can be a useful learning tool in the education ...