Hello,
I am a K-12 teacher person.
I have seen OpenOffice, The Gimp, Moziilla, and all of the Knoppix
flavor CDs mentioned. I use the former in class and send the CDs home
with the kids. They are wonderful.
I also want to mention LyX - which is such a great writing tool and very
easy to use.
I'm a big LyX fan, but this is the first time I've seen it being used in
a K-12 context rather than in universities (where LaTeX is popular in
maths and hard sciences). How do students and teachers react to LyX?