I don't frequent Linux forums, but I had to find out what happened next in this situation! It turns out that the incident did indeed explode across the Linux community, and the "Helios Project" blogger (I didn't catch his name) did indeed talk to the teacher in question on the phone.

The result wasn't what you might expect; there apparently was more to the situation than the basic "Teacher confiscates Linux disks." In fact, reading the "Helios" update, you can't help but feel sympathy for the teacher in question. Although she was ignorant of the Linux OS, who (outside of ultra-geeks) isn't? Linux has a long way to go to reach the mainstream public. The "Helios Project" blog author toned down the hostility in the followup article, much to his credit.

Here's the link to the followup on the Helios blog, it's required reading if this topic interested you:

http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/12/character-assasinations-aint-us.ht...

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