[UK] UK councils dump Windows for Linux

Article from ZDNet.co.uk (English)


"To date, open source has made slow progress onto public sector desktops, with only Penwith District Council in Cornwall and Scottish Central Police moving all their PCs to Star Office desktop software over a year ago."


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It will soon be very lonely for government Windows users. The changeovers will take several years in every case we've seen announced in the past few weeks, but the numbers for Linux are getting to be very significant.