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Aside from the city of Munich, are their any other governments that are using Linux as their main operating system?

by Oculus 13y ago

camus2 13y ago
the french "gendarmerie",a mix of military and police, moved their computers to Linux.
- Ecio78 13y ago
  here are some cases http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software_adoption_cases http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software_adoption_cases
- nolok 13y ago
  Our parliament, too
liquidwax 13y ago
North Korea. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Star_OS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Star_OS
- deleted 13y ago
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- crdoconnor 13y ago
  Even North Korea, they're still training them on office/windows: http://imgur.com/lQQGjyu http://imgur.com/lQQGjyu (taken in a school in pyongsong, autumn last year)
  - ekianjo 13y ago
    This is probably just to make it look like they do learn stuff on computers, but the level of poverty in NK is so appalling I doubt they have computers in most schools.
    - leoc 13y ago
      Oh, most people in NK never get a sniff of a computer. But it has some animation and IT-outsourcing businesses which are no doubt a nice little foreign-currency earner for the government: http://www.koreaittimes.com/story/8242/north-korea-needs-set-practical-it-training-and-certification-systems http://www.koreaittimes.com/story/8242/north-korea-needs-set... http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1906219,00.html http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1906219,00... http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2012/8/153816-inside-the-hermit-kingdom/fulltext http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2012/8/153816-inside-the-hermi... (A¢M paywalled)
  - lambda 13y ago
    Wow, I love that sign! It has such a classic Soviet propaganda feel, it's appears to be entirely hand-painted despite the fact that it's offering computer courses (hand done sign lettering is a dying art in the West), and it has an awesome retro-futuristic robot! Now I'm wondering what those dates on the bottom refer to.
- TazeTSchnitzel 13y ago
  In practice, the DPRK uses XP a lot. I base this off of the fact that in all the images of DPRK people using computers, they're all running XP.
klackerz 13y ago
The schools in Kerala, India use only Linux OS.
- pskittle 13y ago
  Kerela has 100% literacy rate , not so true for the rest of the country where the majority live in villages. It's tough to even get these kids to come out and study. Even urban city engineering schools use pen , paper and drawing abilities of a left brained person for grading.
aspidistra 13y ago
The Spanish region of Extremadura: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GnuLinEx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GnuLinEx http://gobex.es/salaprensa/view/press/press/detalle.php?id=8652 http://gobex.es/salaprensa/view/press/press/detalle.php?id=8... (I think other Spanish regions have talked about wanting to use more open source software, but that might be LibreOffice rather than MS Office, rather than a full switch away from Windows.) Here's another: Lausanne, in Switzerland (pilot): http://www.24heures.ch/vaud-regions/lausanne-region/Lausanne-teste-cinq-postes-de-travail-sous-Linux/story/18521241 http://www.24heures.ch/vaud-regions/lausanne-region/Lausanne... The JoinUp website has lots of examples of open software use in public administration settings. Try digging around in the news archive: https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/news/all https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/news/all
speeder 13y ago
Good parts of Brazil military. I don't remember all details now, but the Air Force I am sure their official policy is that all their desktop machines run Ubuntu and all their server machines run Debian. The Army and Navy don't have a broad policy like this, but also has lots of FOSS-related use and work. Also Brazil government has several state companies that develop FOSS software, but several places still unfortunately rely too much on Microsoft (usually in the judiciary and executive branches)

Aside from the city of Munich, are their any other governments that are using Linux as their main operating system?

by Oculus 13y ago

Aside from the city of Munich, are their any other governments that are using Linux as their main operating system?

camus2 13y ago

the french "gendarmerie",a mix of military and police, moved their computers to Linux.

Ecio78 13y ago
here are some cases http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software_adoption_cases http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software_adoption_cases
nolok 13y ago
Our parliament, too

liquidwax 13y ago

North Korea. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Star_OS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Star_OS

deleted 13y ago
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crdoconnor 13y ago
Even North Korea, they're still training them on office/windows: http://imgur.com/lQQGjyu http://imgur.com/lQQGjyu (taken in a school in pyongsong, autumn last year)
- ekianjo 13y ago
  This is probably just to make it look like they do learn stuff on computers, but the level of poverty in NK is so appalling I doubt they have computers in most schools.
  - leoc 13y ago
    Oh, most people in NK never get a sniff of a computer. But it has some animation and IT-outsourcing businesses which are no doubt a nice little foreign-currency earner for the government: http://www.koreaittimes.com/story/8242/north-korea-needs-set-practical-it-training-and-certification-systems http://www.koreaittimes.com/story/8242/north-korea-needs-set... http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1906219,00.html http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1906219,00... http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2012/8/153816-inside-the-hermit-kingdom/fulltext http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2012/8/153816-inside-the-hermi... (A¢M paywalled)
- lambda 13y ago
  Wow, I love that sign! It has such a classic Soviet propaganda feel, it's appears to be entirely hand-painted despite the fact that it's offering computer courses (hand done sign lettering is a dying art in the West), and it has an awesome retro-futuristic robot! Now I'm wondering what those dates on the bottom refer to.
TazeTSchnitzel 13y ago
In practice, the DPRK uses XP a lot. I base this off of the fact that in all the images of DPRK people using computers, they're all running XP.

klackerz 13y ago

The schools in Kerala, India use only Linux OS.

pskittle 13y ago
Kerela has 100% literacy rate , not so true for the rest of the country where the majority live in villages. It's tough to even get these kids to come out and study. Even urban city engineering schools use pen , paper and drawing abilities of a left brained person for grading.

aspidistra 13y ago

The Spanish region of Extremadura: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GnuLinEx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GnuLinEx http://gobex.es/salaprensa/view/press/press/detalle.php?id=8652 http://gobex.es/salaprensa/view/press/press/detalle.php?id=8... (I think other Spanish regions have talked about wanting to use more open source software, but that might be LibreOffice rather than MS Office, rather than a full switch away from Windows.) Here's another: Lausanne, in Switzerland (pilot): http://www.24heures.ch/vaud-regions/lausanne-region/Lausanne-teste-cinq-postes-de-travail-sous-Linux/story/18521241 http://www.24heures.ch/vaud-regions/lausanne-region/Lausanne... The JoinUp website has lots of examples of open software use in public administration settings. Try digging around in the news archive: https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/news/all https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/news/all

speeder 13y ago

Good parts of Brazil military. I don't remember all details now, but the Air Force I am sure their official policy is that all their desktop machines run Ubuntu and all their server machines run Debian. The Army and Navy don't have a broad policy like this, but also has lots of FOSS-related use and work. Also Brazil government has several state companies that develop FOSS software, but several places still unfortunately rely too much on Microsoft (usually in the judiciary and executive branches)