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Want a free Chromebook? All you have to do is take a Linux course offered by the Linux Foundation and its yours. The offer is from Sept first to the thirtieth so if you want a Dell Chromebook with a 1.4Ghz CPU and 4GB of RAM for free? Best grab one ASAP.
Keep in mind when siging up for these courses, while the Chromebooks are free, the courses most certainly are not. According to the Class Schedule posted on the Linux Foundation site, prices range from $0 (Introduction to Linux) to $2500 and up for most everything else.
Promotion Eligibility:
This promotion is available to anyone who purchases either a scheduled or elearning Linux Foundation training course between September 1, 2015 and September 30, 2015.
The following purchases are not eligible for this promotion:
- Free courses (such as the edX LFS101x course)
- The India-only LFS201/LFCS Bundle
- Corporate training
- Linux Foundation Events
- Discounted instances of LFS201 Essentials of System Administration and related bundles
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Sunday September 06 2015, @04:04AM
I see one free course. I see two courses for $500 (actually, it looks like one course, offered in two different languages) One course for $995. Almost missed a course priced at $1062. Everything else is $2000, up to $2500.
It doesn't look like these courses are aimed at the poor, or the underprivileged. Apparently, they hope to recoup the cost of the Chromebooks through tuition. Yes, they may be non-profit, but they aren't exactly giving away much, either.
Still, I suppose it's a decent bargain. Other schools, colleges, and universities charge more for courses, and they don't give away books or computers to complete the courses with.
(Score: 2) by isostatic on Sunday September 06 2015, @04:37PM
It's aimed at people with a training budget and fancy a free chromebook.