The French parliament is to dump Windows for Ubuntu
French parliament switches to Linux
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13 Mar 2007, Tom Sanders in California , V3
The French parliament has chosen Ubuntu to power the desktop computers of its representatives and their assistants.
Parlement Français is to dump Windows for the Linux distribution on 1,154 desktop systems before the start of the next parliamentary session in June.
The systems will also adopt a series of open source tools to run the OpenOffice productivity suite that is bundled with most Ubuntu downloads, as well as the open source Firefox browser.
The move will be considered a boost for French open source developers. France Telecom, IT services firm Bull and INRIA, a computer sciences research institute, were the driving force behind the ObjectWeb open source consortium.
But the ObjectWeb group has struggled to gain traction internationally, and merged with Orientware in January to form OW2.
Ubuntu is a desktop Linux distribution which has proved popular with computer enthusiasts. The software is based on Debian and is sponsored by Canonical.
The distribution is different from Novell's SuSE in that it provides free downloads of executable code, and allows anyone to support the software.
Red Hat does not offer a desktop Linux distribution and requires a paid subscription for the download of executable files of its server software. Novell offers SuSE as a free download, but charges a subscription fee for updates.
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Do you agree?
Come on Europe
Keep going Europe, then maybe the rest of the world will start to take Linux & Open Source a little more seriously. Computers are only tools & the cost of doing stuff using these tools hasn't become that much cheaper than doing them by hand if you use Microsucks.
Posted by Alfie Lee, 13 Mar 2007
Ubuntu - a great choice!
I've been an Ubuntu user for a couple of years now and run my publishing business on it - and I'm not an IT expert. I wish the big companies and government organizations would open their eyes and see that Linux is better than Windows and Ubuntu is the best!
Posted by stig, 16 Mar 2007