org office suite, and
the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) image application. It also adds DansGuardian
(open source Web content filtering) and educational software (such as Gcompris). Applications
that are not available in Linux can often be replaced with similar Linux applications or may be
run from a Web browser.
Many schools in Oregon have adopted K12LTSP, including those attended by Linus Torvalds??™
children in Portland, Oregon. Adoption of K12LTSP has also begun in Atlanta, Georgia and many
other cities across the United States.
Linux in Small Business
Often a small business can consolidate the Web services it needs into one or two Linux servers. It can
meet its basic office computing needs with mature open source applications such as OpenOffice.org,
GIMP, and a Firefox browser. But can a small business run entirely on open source software alone?
When Jim Nanney started his Coast Grocery business (www.coastgrocery.com), where residents
of the Mississippi Gulf Coast can order groceries online for delivery, he set out to do just
that. In part, he just wanted to see if he could rely solely on open source software. But he also figured
that cost savings of at least $10,000 by not buying commercial software could help make his
small business profitable a lot faster.
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