125,000 Ubuntu PCs to land in Pakistani students'' laps

Posted by tracyanne on May 15, 2012 2:04 PM EDT
The Register; By Phil Muncaster
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As the One Laptop Per Child initiative goes from strength to strength around the world, there are signs that Pakistan may be getting the message too, after the Punjab government began handing out 125,000 free Ubuntu-based laptops to college and university freshers. Chairman of the Punjab Information Technology Board, Umar Saif, said the project was designed to “facilitate better access to educational content and tools”, adding that it was the first project of its kind on such a scale to use open source software.

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