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Topics A-Z listing of articles and resources about the use of Linux within government.
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- Australian department to switch from NetWare to Linux
- By Rodney Gedda, Computerworld. Network World, 23 May 2007. "As part of a core infrastructure refresh project, The New South Wales Department of State and Regional Development (DSRD) in Australia will ditch its legacy NetWare systems in favor of the open source Linux..."
Added: 25 May 2007;
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- Birmingham considers Linux extension
- By Richard Thurston. ZDNet UK, 6 March 2007. "Birmingham City Council is mulling an extension to its open-source software deployment, which was criticised last year for falling short of expectations..."
Added: 6 March 2007;
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- The Netherlands gives Linux and OpenOffice a try
- eGovernment News - 22 January 2007 - The Netherlands - Open Source Software. "The Dutch city of Amsterdam has announced plans to spend €300.000 on testing Linux desktop and OpenOffice in its housing department and in the Zeeburg borough office. The test is scheduled to run during the first half of 2007, after which, depending on the result, other city offices may follow suit and switch to open source..."
Added: 6 February 2007;
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- Video: DET considers Linux on the desktop
- By Munir Kotadia. ZDNet Australia, 7 December 2006. "The NSW Department of Education and Training (DET) may increase the penetration of Linux on its 165,000 desktop fleet because open source is "clearly an industry trend"..."
Added: 8 December 2006;
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- Criticism mounts over Birmingham's Linux project
- By Richard Thurston. ZDNet UK, 20 November 2006. "Criticism is mounting over the termination of a large-scale Linux project in Birmingham, England..."
Added: 20 November 2006;
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- Munich fires up Linux at last
- By Richard Thurston. ZDNet Australia, 26 September 2006. "Munich has started to migrate to Linux on the desktop -- a year later than planned. The local government in the German city has transferred 100 staff members in the Lord Mayor's department to a Debian configuration, and it intends to migrate 80 percent of the city's PCs by mid-2009..."
Added: 26 September 2006;
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- NSW govt signals desktop Linux needs
- By Renai LeMay. ZDNet Australia, 20 September 2006. "The NSW state government yesterday went to market for its desktop, notebook and small server needs for at least the next three years, designating the ability to purchase Linux-based systems as "highly desirable"..."
Added: 21 September 2006;
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- Linux desktops sneak into NSW education
- by Rodney Gedda. Computerworld, 31 August 2006. "Despite a lacklustre policy towards Linux in schools, the NSW Department of Education will be dealing with more open source desktops as pilot projects begin across the state..."
Added: 5 September 2006;
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- Munich Linux "a reality"
- by Matthew Broersma, Techworld.com. cio.com, 5 July 2006. "The City of Munich has insisted it is on track with its massive Linux migration, in the face of claims in the German Senate that the project seemed to have failed before it ever got off the ground. Under the LiMux project, which commenced in 2004, Munich is migrating 14,000 desktops from Windows to a custom Linux distribution running mostly open-source software..."
Added: 11 July 2006;
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- "Locked down" Linux dispenses Justice
- By Iain Ferguson. ZDNet Australia, 27 June 2006. "The Victorian Department of Justice (DoJ) is understood to have deployed a secure, "locked-down" Linux environment across more than 100 desktops in a state correctional facility..."
Added: 29 June 2006;
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- UK.gov pioneers secure Linux to contain breaches
- Return of the Mac, By John Leyden. The Register, 27 April 2006. "Infosec IBM is working with the Cabinet Office to demonstrate one of the first mainstream Mandatory Access Control (MAC) environments. The MAC approach is designed to contain the impact of security breaches, a feature that will give government departments greater confidence in extending government services to the public over the net. The design for the system, which IBM is putting together with its partners Tresys Technology and Belmin Group, is based upon Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) and IBM WebSphere..."
Added: 28 April 2006;
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- Australian States Can't Ignore Linux
- by Sue Bushell. CIO, 21 March 2006. "As governments around the world increasingly turn on to open source software, the West Australian government has no choice but to play a leadership role if it doesn't want to be left behind..."
Added: 23 March 2006;
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- Big Blue powers up Linux in NSW
- By Iain Ferguson. ZDNet Australia, 16 March 2006. "A New South Wales government project to make open source software and solutions cheaper and more accessible to its agencies is understood to have been boosted by IBM's confirmation of its membership of a panel of authorised suppliers..."
Added: 17 March 2006;
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- Municipal push for Linux in Korea
- Public Sector Technology and Management, February 24, 2006. "The South Korean authorities are developing plans to create a municipal showcase for the Linux platform. South Korea's Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) is set to choose a city to migrate its servers and desktops over to Linux, with a view to encouraging further adoption of Linux in the country's public and private sectors..."
Added: 27 February 2006;
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- Vista licensing move pushes NSW governmental shift to Linux
- - The NSW tax office says Microsoft’s Software Assurance programme has pushed it over the edge, By Julian Bajkowski. Computerworld, 12 October 2005. "The NSW Office of State Revenue (OSR) is taking a tough stance against Microsoft’s decision to make the enterprise edition of Windows Vista only available to companies that have signed on to its Software Assurance programme. The tax collection agency has declared it would rather switch desktop operating systems than lock itself into Microsoft’s licensing regime..."
Added: 16 October 2005;
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This category last updated: 15 February 2006
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