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Greenpeace UK makes 'sensible' switch to Linux
News The decision makes Greenpeace the latest in a long line of high-profile organisations to switch from Windows to the open-source Linux operating system. In a general update of its IT systems, environmental campaign group Greenpeace UK has chosen to...
[March 26, 2004, 9:45]
Greenpeace UK makes 'sensible' switch to Linux
Talkback I know they have used Linux for quite a while on back office applications and its nice to see it moving onto the desktop. The more NGO's who see the huge benifits systems built on Linux will bring can't come soon enough for me.
[March 30, 2004, 23:35]
Greenpeace UK makes 'sensible' switch to Linux
Talkback The butterfly effect.
[March 26, 2004, 10:03]
Greenpeace UK makes 'sensible' switch to Linux
Talkback Ok, so linux is good for webservers but I would be spurprised if microsoft didn't innovate to meet the challenge.not sure if greenpeace is really known for its 'sensible' decisions. Next from greenpeace news: "greenpeace build 'sensible' bio...
[March 29, 2004, 19:46]
Switch From Linux to Microsoft Reduces IT Costs by 30 Per Cent
White Papers The potential cost of developing Zotel's existing RedHat Linux and Sendmail environment was too high for Zotel. Zotel orders telecommunications equipment from China and sells it in Poland. It wanted to develop its existing Information Technology...
[November 22, 2006, 0:00]
Oracle's programmers set to complete Linux switch
News Oracle will finish switching its 9,000-person in-house programming staff to Linux by the end of 2004, the database powerhouse said on Wednesday. In October, the company finished the Linux transition for the 5,000 programmers of its Oracle...
[May 27, 2004, 8:50]
Ubuntu Hacks: Switch to a Lighter Window Manager
White Papers If there's one thing that's great about Linux, it's choice. If the user doesn't like a particular program, there's a pretty good chance that Linux has at least one alternative. This even applies to the entire desktop environment.
[October 24, 2007, 1:00]
Switch to Thin Clients Boosts Builder's Productivity
White Papers BGC has a single Sun server at each Sun Ray site and is looking at migrating the remainder of its desktops over to thin clients with the possibility of Linux instead of Solaris. BGC was also an early adopter of Linux as its network infrastructure...
[April 19, 2007, 1:00]
Mannheim Linux switch underway
News The city of Mannheim will have completed the first phase of its migration to Linux by the end of 2005, and is on target to have transferred all of its systems within five years, according to German media reports.
[October 17, 2005, 13:25]
BBC must switch on to PC switch off
Blog Centralised PC management sounds like the way to go - and maybe a migration to Linux desktops - that way the Beeb can probably keep a lot of the same machines but run them with a more efficient OS.software compatibility and application issues...
[September 7, 2008, 22:43]
Governments should switch to open source - study
News For all your GNU/Linux and open source news, from the latest kernel releases to the newest distributions, see ZDNet UK's Linux News Section. Go to the Linux forum. A new study has recommended that governments require the use of open-source...
[August 23, 2002, 13:47]
10 good reasons to make the switch
Talkback Looking at the list reminded me why I finally decided to quit the proprietary software world and go Free, with Ubuntu, GNU and Linux. Application annoyances like these are only the top of the iceberg for most Windows users.
[May 21, 2008, 9:21]
Amazon saves millions with Linux switch
News Amazon.com was able to cut $17m in technology expenses in the last quarter largely because of a switch to Linux. Linux has enjoyed strong penetration into the server market, accounting for 24 percent of server operating-system shipments in 1999 and...
[October 31, 2001, 9:49]
KDE getting ready to go native on Windows
Talkback Raptorhead.com sells open source apps for Windows PC because end users find it difficult to switch to Linux because they are not allow to at work or don't have the expertise to switch and configure Linux for their daily use.
[January 25, 2006, 17:53]
Munich stalls Linux migration
News The city of Munich's 14,000-desktop switch from Windows to Linux has been put on ice while legal issues are settled. The city of Munch, however, is standing by its decision to switch and maintains the hold-up is temporary.
[August 5, 2004, 15:05]
Is Apple on the way out?
Talkback My experience as a co-director of IT is that the switch to Linux comes from the Windows base not the Mac OS folks. Primarily, the switch also occurs because of the lack of security with MS Windows. They skin Linux to look like windows and go...
[October 14, 2004, 10:32]
Casio puts Windows and Linux on a laptop
News Users can run Windows ME to power most applications, but can switch to Linux to play MP3 tunes or read certain files As previously reported, consumers can use Windows to run most applications on the notebook but can switch to Linux to play MP3...
[May 9, 2001, 15:16]
Munich's Linux plans attract international attention
Talkback The company where I work in Denmark decided 8 months ago to switch to linux on its 40 PCs and here is what we did: We have had 100% uptime since the switch to linux running 24/7 with no reboot While they attract a lot of attention others are simply...
[October 26, 2004, 20:57]
Munich's Linux plans attract international attention
Talkback I think now is the best time to switch to Linux: past experience showed that switching from one Windows version to another DID entail training, software redesign, and added hardware/licence costs to these.
[October 27, 2004, 11:33]
KDE getting ready to go native on Windows
Talkback These people who whine about "If all the good software is on Windows, people will never switch to Linux! People might even eventually switch to Linux. But until Linux is a reasonable Windows alternative for average computer users (and I'm not...
[January 23, 2006, 16:05]
