IDG: German Government Agency Rolls Out Desktop Linux

“A small German institute has become one of the Interior
Ministry’s first agencies to implement Linux on the desktop, as the
government pushes ahead with its ambitious plans to introduce
open-source software in the public sector.

“The Institute for Livestock Breeding, which already runs Linux
on servers, has equipped 50 computers to run desktop applications
on the free open-source operating system, Gonicus GmbH, one of the
IT companies involved in the project, said Thursday in a
statement.

“The Linux desktop implementation was headed up by the Federal
Office for Information Security (BSI), in cooperation with several
small German IT companies…”

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