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Uruguay is taking a huge leap forward in the world and doing what many western countries aren’t, they have provided every student with a laptop.

Uruguay has been a supporter of the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) initiative since its start. The OLPC initiative builds small and cheap laptops that run Linux and sells them for $100 or less to governments or other entities.

Each laptop runs Linux and has Wi-Fi. The built in software provides location based social networking between OLPC’s and simple word processing as well as internet if you can find a connection.

Back in 2007, the first batch of Uruguay Students received a OLPC, and it looked like a success, now the Uruguay Government took the next step and provided a FREE laptop for every Student in its Primary School circuit. What’s even more amazing is that this entire project cost the Uruguay Government a mere 5% of its annual school budget. This is an extraordinary feat and we congratulate the Uruguay Government for taking this step.

Each laptop runs linux and has WiFi. The built in software provides location based social networking between OLPC’s and simple word processing as well as internet if you can find a connection.

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