Berlin art colleges switch to Linux (heise online)

Posted Jun 26, 2009 21:34 UTC (Fri) by cantsin (guest, #4420)
Parent article: Berlin art colleges switch to Linux (heise online)

The original Heise article and press release of the schools seems to be somewhat misleading in its wording. It refers to switching "PC workstations" from Windows to Linux. This most likely means that administrative PCs and perhaps public Internet surfstations have been switched, but not the actual artistic productivity computers - Apple Macintoshes. Art schools typically run only a tiny fraction of their computers on non-Apple hardware and operating systems.

I can't resist from the shameless plug here that, with my knowledge of international art schools, the art school department I am responsible for (the Networked Media Master programme of the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam, Netherlands) is the only that uses Linux as its standard operating system on servers, desktops and student laptops.

Berlin art colleges switch to Linux (heise online)

Posted Jun 26, 2009 21:45 UTC (Fri) by cantsin (guest, #4420) [Link] (3 responses)

Update: A forum posting of a friend based at one of those Berlin art schools clarifies that the switch "exclusively concerns computers in the school administration. Except for a few niches (where, for example, people design with code), you'll unfortunately find no alternatives to the proprietary stuff by Adobe, Autodesk & Co. on the student desktops, not even approximatively"... (By the way, if LWN would be interested how an actual, well-reputed design study programme can be run with Linux on servers and desktops, I'd be more than happy to provide background information. A movement to bring Open Source into art education exists, although it's still in its infancy at most places.)

Berlin art colleges switch to Linux (heise online)

Posted Jun 27, 2009 0:04 UTC (Sat) by freebird (guest, #43129) [Link]

Does this movement have a mailing list, IRC channel, or some other presence?

Berlin art colleges switch to Linux (heise online)

Posted Jun 27, 2009 17:24 UTC (Sat) by TooMuchGreen (guest, #59331) [Link]

It's incredibly inspiring and reassuring to read posts such as this and discover there are indeed obvious and real inroads being built on from Linux as a mere Enterprise desktop solution.

I used to support Heritage I.T in the UK and would most certainly be interested to find out more about Linux integration for Art Education, is there any project information regarding this viewable online anywhere?

Richard.

http://toomuchgreen.eu

Berlin art colleges switch to Linux (heise online)

Posted Jun 28, 2009 11:20 UTC (Sun) by alecs1 (guest, #46699) [Link]

+1 for this. I am curious and inspired by the idea.