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[News] 40,000 Linux Desktops Shipped (With Very Thin Windows to Some)

Tamil Nadu gets dual-boot Win-Linux desktops

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| The Indian state of Tamil Nadu has finalized a tender for 40,000
| Lenovo desktops which can be installed with both Novell's Suse
| Linux and Microsoft's Windows XP Starter Edition.
|
| [...]
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| For instance, schools will be provided with Suse Linux desktops, while 
| government employees who still require Windows in their work will get 
| dual-boot machines, he told ZDNet Asia.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,61993231,00.htm

Starter edition is not really workable (artificial limit on number of
processes). The intent is to be Microsoft-free, but achieve this goal
gradually.

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