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KOCHI: Even as talks between the State Government and Microsoft are deadlocked
over the issue of using legal software, the hardware optimisation for schools
in Kannur parliamentary constituency is being implemented on a free software
platform &#8211; GNU/Linux.<br><br>The IT@School programme will be taught in Kannur schools utilising this facility.<br><br>
The usage of Etherboot on GNU/Linux has helped in reducing the hardware cost
of the project to less than 66 percent and will help schools to have more
computers. All this was possible because of the technical support rendered
by a bunch of students of Kannur varsity&#8217;s MSc Computer Science course and
the Social Entrepreneurship Promotion Society on Information Technology (SEPSIT),
the charitable society they floated recently for promoting use of software
under General Public Licence (GPL).<br><br>The money for the project comes
from the MP&#8217;s fund and the savings can be used to buy more than 50 additional
computers, says Manoj T R, a third semester student of the MSc Computer Science
course and director of SEPSIT.<br><br>The organisation, which has the backing
of the faculties of the Kannur University MSc Computer Science, aims at enhancing
social entrepreneurship among IT professionals and nurturing technology education
geared to creation of public intellectual property in IT. The society, which
has the active participation of nearly 70 software professionals, will operate
throughout the State from its office in Dinesh Software Park.<br><br>SEPSIT
had to work overtime to convince the officials of the National Informatics
Centre which is the nodal agency for approving computerisation projects under
the MP&#8217;s fund. The order for 140 computers worth Rs 26 lakh was given to
Keltron Controls, Aroor, only after it was convinced of the technology utilising
Etherboot on GNU/Linux platform. Keltron Controls is supplying 43 server
configurated PCs and 97 nodes for the project.<br><br>Each school will have
a server and four or five diskless nodes. The drastic cost reduction is possible
because devices like hard disks, floppy drives, CD drives and UPS can be
cut down in the client server mode. There is a saving of Rs 9000 per school
and the money can be used for purchasing more computers. Around 185 computers
in Linux platform can be purchased using the Rs 45 lakh pledged by Kannur
MP A P Abdullakkutty against the 130 that can be bought while using proprietary
software.<br><br>Keltron Controls has also bagged the order for computerisation
of schools in Alappuzha district from V M Sudheeran MP&#8217;s fund. The order
for over 700 computers (5 PCs for one school) using proprietary software
is pegged at Rs 2 crore.<br><br>SEPSIT has now formulated a strategy to train
the teachers of these schools in Linux Administration, usage of free software
tools like Open Office (and other free office tools), Xine (and other multi-media
applications), and BASIC programming on GNU/Linux platform. SEPSIT also has
the computerisation project of Kannur University using free software tools
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