GNU/Linux in Italian schools

[John Sullivan]

Trentino-Alto Adige, a region in Italy, is switching to GNU/Linux in
its Italian-language schools.

http://lwn.net/Articles/150474/ (The article calls the system "Linux",
but the school system does not make that mistake.)

    The decision to use free software in the schools is indeed, beyond
    the economic and technical reasons, an ethical and political
    choice. It is the choice of remaking oneself, both in the use and
    teaching of computing, with the values of freedom and sharing, and
    not just in the use of software which is efficient, stable, and
    secure, which runs on older machines, and which is not subject to
    licensing costs.