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At the ministerial level, China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) has outlined plans to boost support for the development of China's semiconductor industry and allocate additional funding for development of the Linux operating system and applications.

Lousiana State University adds an SGI Visualization System to its 1,024-processor Linux cluster which was installed August, 2005.

With the 2006 Hurricane Season less than three months away and already expected to be about as active as 2005, the Silicon Graphics Prism visualization system is expected to improve the way data is provided to EOCs.

"Our Katrina efforts provide both a compelling stereo fly-through, as well as a collaboratively-manipulable, fully interactive visualization of Katrina," said Brygg Ullmer, assistant professor, LSU CS + CCT, and leader of VIDA's visualization group. "Several of these datasets are large-scale simulations, seeded by actual measurements of the storm; others include data from sensors and satellites. We've transformed these into two compelling kinds of visuals. One of these is a visual flythrough, viewable in stereo with inexpensive glasses. The second is a fully interactive visualization, which allows multiple participants to collaboratively steer time and other parameters through new 'tangible' interaction devices. We're now trying to leverage that interactivity, hosting it on the Prism system so that people all over campus -- or throughout the state -- can inspect, manipulate, and dissect the anatomy and physiology of Katrina. [...]"

"We looked at best-of-breed open source solutions like Smoothwall, Freeradius, and OpenSSL; we have our own kernel based on Red Hat Linux and did a lot of development."

[Ed. Impressive numbers: 540,000 students, 42,000 teachers, 1700 sites. --grouch]

Update: The government agency has been accused of excluding open source software from its educational software databases, despite highlighting the money that could be saved

THE Cebu Animators Society for Talent (Cast) is inviting computer science students who are interested in three-dimensional (3D) animation to join its “challenging” project this year.

[Ed: University students using GNU/Linux and “Art of Illusion” to create 3D animations of city in Philipines.]

[Ed.: New Zealand's State Services Commission responds positively to feedback from Open Source advocates regarding the commissioned document "Guide to Legal Issues in Using Open Source Software".]