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Linux Footholds

Post by treehead » Tue Dec 06, 2005 10:14 am

;i thought i'd create this thread for people to post articles about mass linux adoptions throughout the world. if you see an article or news item, post it here...

;here is a story about macedonia public schools deploying linux to 5000 desktops with gnome on ubuntu. the article includes a "q&a" with one of the administrators.

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linux in italian schools

Post by treehead » Mon Dec 12, 2005 9:07 am

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!!! BERLIN MOVING TO LINUX !!!

Post by Tsuroerusu » Mon Dec 12, 2005 3:15 pm

According to Heise Online, a german website, Berlin will be migrating to Linux, and when done, which probably take a few years, have migrated over 40.000 desktops to an open soure solution, Linux most likely.

If you can read german check the article out:
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/67168
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Re: !!! BERLIN MOVING TO LINUX !!!

Post by treehead » Tue Dec 13, 2005 8:53 am

Tsuroerusu wrote:... If you can read german check the article out:
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/67168
;aaaaaaaand for those of us who don't speak german: the google translation.

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the swiss

Post by jsusanka » Wed Dec 14, 2005 9:37 pm

looks like the swiss are getting into the act - now another country is ahead of the US in the desktop arena.

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1901495,00.asp

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Post by Tsuroerusu » Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:25 pm

Big news guys:
http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.ph ... 6-NW-SS-PB

The Barum commune has asked the Norwegian government for 1.15 million Norwegian kroners [US$173,435/€144,500] to implement a Linux solution for 15,000 students, 40 schools, and 1,200 teachers.

According to an article at digi.no, project manager Hilde Flugon indicated that the commune does not want to be stuck in a Windows world. They have chosen to use SUSE Linux and are currently looking for a supplier and contractor to handle installation and maintenance for the project.

The plan is to have all systems up and running within 12 months.

Schools in Tanum and Emma-Hjort have already begun using such a Linux solution, which has made IT maintenance easier and more affordable.

You can check out my opinion over at my blog, which you can find here: http://www.jusutsu.frac.dk
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Post by Judland » Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:59 am

Patrick wrote:E-Trade goes linux:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1916119,00.asp
Fantastic! Another possible contributor to the Linux/Open Source community, you think?

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Post by Patrick » Mon Jan 30, 2006 9:03 am

Judland wrote: Fantastic! Another possible contributor to the Linux/Open Source community, you think?
Honestly I think the only thing that will force vendors to open their API's and provide expanded hardware support will be big business. They really don't care about the little guy. They jump when big business shows up with a wad of cash.

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Post by Judland » Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:21 am

Today I went and purchased this 4.0 GB USB mini disk. The thing that I way very happy to see was Linux being listed in the manual as one of the OS the device supported.

I'm sure that a year ago, you probably wouldn't have seen Linux being mentioned like this.

It proves to me that Linux is starting to make in-roads in the minds of today's hardware developers.

Also, I'm glad I went today. It was the last one on the shelf, and at this price I can understand why.
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