Reiver_Fluffi Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6430069.stm As much as the main concern is about saving money, IMO it's still a good step in the right direction. it would be interesting to here what progress is being made in other countries, if any (as usual, the politician bashing belongs in OTW :D ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Can't agree more. Makes me really happy, and a warm inside knowing we're getting Linux out there to more and more numbers. French Government will have 1154 desktops using Linux by June. Ubuntu is the chosen distro, a bit like Peugeot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reiver_Fluffi Posted March 15, 2007 Author Share Posted March 15, 2007 Can't agree more. Makes me really happy, and a warm inside knowing we're getting Linux out there to more and more numbers. French Government will have 1154 desktops using Linux by June. Ubuntu is the chosen distro, a bit like Peugeot. Yeah I just heard about peugeot, lets hope it makes their cars better :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Our gov has had a commitment to open source in place for some time and recently committed to more installations. The problem is that they are doing it the wrong way around IMHO - they are focusing on implementing Linux and OSS on desktops - I think that internal systems should be migrated first and desktops last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 I just had the bright idea to tell work that I'd made an anti-spam solution on Linux, that I recently tested and blocks 88% to 90% of spam. Comparing to specialist vendors who make such products, that do anywhere between 90% and 95% blocking, I think it's pretty damn good. Now I think I'll have to implement my solution, since it'll save them having to buy a solution now! Few days of work for me.....but fun making it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fahd Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Can't agree more. Makes me really happy, and a warm inside knowing we're getting Linux out there to more and more numbers. French Government will have 1154 desktops using Linux by June. Ubuntu is the chosen distro, a bit like Peugeot. Why not Mandriva (the French distro) ? Fahd Budapest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystified Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Why not Mandriva (the French distro) ? Fahd Budapest I read the article about it and they discussed Mandriva but chose Ubuntu intead. They didn't say why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reiver_Fluffi Posted March 15, 2007 Author Share Posted March 15, 2007 Why not Mandriva (the French distro) ? Nobody knows to be honest, i'm sure they have their reasons, to which I am sure the nationality/origin of a distro is nowhere near as significant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaraeez Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 One thing I have noticed recently in the IT job sector, which is that there a far more Linux admin jobs advertised. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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