State Government plans to install dual-boot Linux desktops in TN, India
Tamil Nadu (TN) State Government has finalised a bid for 40,000 Lenovo desktops, which can be installed with both Novell’s Suse Linux and Microsoft’s Windows XP Starter Edition in Tamil Nadu, India. The Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (Elcot) will deploy the 40,000 Lenovo desktops in all schools and government departments of the state.
South Africa plans to switch to open source software
South Africa is planning to switch all Government departments over to open source computer software instead of Microsoft systems. The cabinet will use the open source Linux operating system to enhance local IT skills.
TN (India) State Govt adopts open source
Tamil Nadu (TN), the state of India is adopting open source software to solve security and high costs of Windows systems. The State Government has announced that the sate adopting SUSE Linux.
Sun releases Java for open source community
Sun Microsystems, computer giant will offer programming language Java for the open source community.
E-enabling Tools
[This article was published in the November 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Sometimes I wonder about my life. I lead a small life. Well, not small, but valuable.
Libyan government to distribute laptops to school children
Libyan government has made a deal worth $250 million deal with an American nonprofit group to provide inexpensive laptop computers to its population of 1.2 million school going children, as a part of the programme one
OECD ICT industry will grow by 6 per cent in 2006
According to Information Technology Outlook 2006, published on alternate years by the OECD, the OECD ICT industry will grow by 6 per cent in 2006.
Telecentres Movement in Nepal
[This article was published in the October 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Inspired by the memory of the late philanthropist Byrraju Satyanarayana Raju, founder of Satyam group of companies,
DST (South Africa) switching over to FOSS
South Africa’s department of science and technology (DST) is taking bold steps towards switching to free and open source software (Foss) and is starting to move its first desktop users over to Linux.
