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UK Councils May Dump Windows For Linux

Posted by timothy on from the gentlemen-smashing dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Local authorities in Newham and Nottingham are expected to migrate more than 10,000 desktop computers from Windows to GNU/Linux. ZDNet has the story. "If this is seen to work in Newham, it has the potential to be a significant project, changing the perceptions of other councils," said Tim Dawes, director of local government technology consultants Nineveh."

10 of 331 comments (clear)

  1. I'd Like to learn Linux... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...But I don't own a PDP-11.

    Can anyone help?

    1. Re:I'd Like to learn Linux... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Yes. Just stare into this for eight hours a day, and you will know what it's like to run Linux.

    2. Re:I'd Like to learn Linux... by cerberusss · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Ummm... You're new here aren't you...

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      8 of 13 people found this answer helpful. Did you?
  2. Second Post by sb_gorthi · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    My first Second post

  3. SOMEBODY MOD THIS MAN UP!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I have never seen such an insightful/funny/interesting comment before! This is truly the work of a god amongst men!

  4. UFAILIT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Except that it's the third post.

  5. Where is Steve B.? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Didn't he say recently that he planned to play some football with Nottingham Forest?

  6. Re:Linux? by winston_pr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Where are my moderator points when I need them. You are entitled to your opinions, but this is just too trollish to be true.

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    "6EQUJ5"
  7. Re:And for the Linux pessimists... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Moderators, excuuuuse me? The above post attempts to be an honest summary of my views on general productivity with F/OSS Unix systems. I'm not sure how you can get a balanced opinion by modding down all posts which don't assert with 100% certainty that "Linux is ready for all desktops", a nonsense assertion.

  8. Re:And for the Linux pessimists... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Welcome to slashdot.