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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Swiss Education System to migrate 9,000 desktops from Windows to Linux

Great news for Linux as a desktop platform as the Swiss Education System signs up 9,000 desktops for the move.

http://www.linuxwins.com/9000-swiss-education-computers-drop-windows-for-linux/

From the Google translated page, it appears these desktop were in dual boot setups and are now going to be straight Ubuntu Linux.

What is the use? Candolle In college, it was anticipated the guidelines of DPI. Après des années de « dual boot , c’est-à-dire d’ordinateurs équipés d’un double système d’exploitation Windows/Linux, les machines tournent désormais exclusivement sous Ubuntu, une «distribution» de Linux. After years of “dual boot, ie computers equipped with a dual operating system Windows / Linux, the machines are now exclusively under Ubuntu, a” distribution “of Linux.