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French Parliament Chooses Ubuntu

Posted by kdawson on from the all-those-letters-are-silent dept.

atamyrat reminds us that last November it was announced that the French Parliament had decided to switch to Linux. At that time the distro had not been determined. It will be Ubuntu: "[T]wo companies, Linagora and Unilog, have been selected to provide the members of the Parliament as well as their assistants new computers containing free software. This will amount to 1,154 new computers running Ubuntu prior to the start of the next session which occurs in June 2007."

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  1. Quick French Lesson For Posters by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    chair == chaise

    throw == jet

    monkey == singe

    boy == garçon

  2. Re:I don't get why they would use Ubuntu... by MartinG · · Score: 4, Funny

    enterprise-ish

    Would you care to define enterprise-ish for us non-bullshit speaking types?

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  3. Re:OT: Have anyone tried Wubi? by Bob54321 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I haven't tried Wubi but I'm guessing its similar to the Debain Installer that I tried. I never had any trouble with that. You've got to love the Ubuntu wiki and its use cases!

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  4. Re:I don't get why they would use Ubuntu... by meringuoid · · Score: 2, Funny
    Would you care to define enterprise-ish for us non-bullshit speaking types?

    enterpriseish: expensive, in such a way as to allow the head of IT to justify his large budget and hence status within the organisation; carries connotations of several very nice lunches with vendors and junkets to important conferences on an expense account.

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  5. Re:Glad I don't do my IT work in France by iworm · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Glad I don't do my IT work in France"

    So are the French.

  6. Re:I don't get why they would use Ubuntu... by Da+Fokka · · Score: 2, Funny

    Linus... is that you?

  7. Re:I don't get why they would use Ubuntu... by LingNoi · · Score: 2, Funny

    We must tell the French government! What will they do without being able to find their source code!?

  8. Re: separation of powers by neutrino38 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I see you've got a French url in your profile so you should know that or don't they teach that stuff in High School over there any more :)

    I am computer geek remember?. French or not I am not supposed to know anything before Jan 1, 1970.

    :)