The Only Way is Open Source: The Big Linux Switch

With the purse strings tightening, a continually evolving IT curriculum and an ageing network in constant demand a secondary school in Essex took on the bold decision to switch their student (IT) network from costly licensed software to Free and Open Source Software, and declared the school’s document standards as odf, pdf and html.

The process involved many days and months of trialling, testing and evaluating various different OS's and applications to find the best solution for all types of users.

Take a read to discover how the school executed the change and has maintained the switch, with an insight to the research, tests and analysis that have been executed throughout the journey.