1. Its free (schools could save thousands)

2. It runs on an 8 year old PC (which most schools still use!)

3. Openoffice can open all type of documents

4. Easy, customizable interface

5. Security features that make you wonder why you even used windows

6. It can run windows applications too, and not many games (a big plus for some schools)

7. Small learning curve for students

8. Firefox

9. Supporting the Open-Source Community

I seriously don’t understand why schools don’t do this. If your school needs a PC lab, buy a whole bunch of Pentium 3 computers (or even Pentium 2) and run Ubuntu. It comes with almost everything a school computer needs. Kids in public school won’t know how to modify the system in any way and its completely safe to use.