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Lower Saxony KDE Migration

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the upper-saxony-jealous dept.

An anonymous reader writes "ZDNet reports on a recent German Linux migration by the tax authority in Lower Saxony which has made the decision to migrate an impressive 12,000 desktops to SuSE Linux using KDE. The project, which is now in process converting 300 desktops daily, moves systems from Solaris x86 version 8, which the organisation has been running since 2002. The migrations are reported as going well thus far. KDE's Kiosk desktop customisation, source code access and licensing costs were cited as key reasons for the decision. Congratulations to all involved, and best of luck going forward with this effort!"

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  1. Linux on the desktop by Umbral+Blot · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ok it's cool that people are moving to Linux, but on the other hand its not a migration from windows or mac, so it is not exactly evidence that Linux is ready for the desktop yet either.

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  2. Re:just a reminder by heinousjay · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Nice preemptive strike. I almost want to troll you just to make your post worthwhile.

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  3. speaking of KDE by p80 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Slashdot new design doesn't work with konqueror and I heard with Safari either. What a shame for a news for nerd site. I hope they'll fix this.

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    1. Re:speaking of KDE by Zx-man · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Actually, it works perfectly with Safari.

      And if you don't believe me, I've got screenshots to confirm my words. :-P
      P.S.: Sorry for the banner, it is a problem of free hosting.

    2. Re:speaking of KDE by ABoerma · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      With Safari, the new design works fine for me.