Breakthrough: Linuxoids win Microsoft over on Amur
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| FAS Amur Department agrees that Linux is Windows analogue
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http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2008/01/22/284505
Kerala is right on track as well:
Latha Jishnu: Opening Windows to software freedom
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| But it was also a meeting of high passion where the creator of the GNU-Linux
| free operating system threw open the windows to the wide world of software
| freedom — and its politics. I have heard him several times since then, at the
| World Social Forum in Mumbai, at meetings organised by his fan following. But
| his message has always been the same: seek freedom by throwing off the
| shackles of patented software.
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| Last week, Stallman was in India to celebrate the FSF’s triumphs in one
| corner of the country where his philosophy has been taken to heart. This is
| Kerala, where the India chapter of FSF has been instrumental in getting the
| 12,500 state-run high schools to switch to free software over a two-year
| period.
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http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?autono=311402&leftnm=4&subLeft=0&chkFlg=
Days ago:
First school open source software packages handed over to teachers
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| First distributives developed on the basis of Linux OS within the program to
| equip Russian schools with the open source software have been handed over to
| the informatics teachers in the Perm Region. The developers are sure their
| product will not only protect teachers from copyright advocates but might
| result in the technical literacy of pupils to improve.
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http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2008/01/15/283177
Related:
ALT Linux 4.0 - An alternative to Ferora/Mandriva/Suse
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| I'm very pleased with the overall stability of ALT linux. As there are no
| major issues either with the installation or afterwards, I would recommend
| this distribution as an alternative to the rpm based distributions such as
| Mandriva,Fedora or SUSE.
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http://planetoss.com/detail.php?id=4
Russian Linux (ALTLinux) to be installed in every school in Russia
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| Russian OS is to be installed on every school computer in Russia by 2009.
| Furthermore, every pupil will get the opportunity to operate the applied
| software produced in Russia, Leonid Reiman, acting Minister of Communication
| stated at a press conference. According to Mr. Reiman, that might
| significantly reduce Russian dependence on foreign software.
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http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2007%2F09%2F14%2F266177
ALT Linux 4.0 "Personal Desktop"
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| The ALT Linux development team has announced the release of ALT Linux 4.0
| Personal Desktop edition, a Russian desktop Linux distribution. ALT Linux 4.0
| Personal Desktop is designed for home and office use, providing the user with
| a convenient environment for undertaking common computing tasks.
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http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20070903#released
2010: Russia's open software market to grow 4-fold
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| Analysts note that Linux vendors are traditionally present on the mobile
| device market. According to forecasts the OS might become the leader in
| the segment accounting for 40% of it by 2010. ?Currently the share of
| mobile devices with Linux OS is not big in Russia as compared to other
| countries, such as China, for instance. However, the producer's policy,
| Nokia in particular testifies to the fact the situation is changing
| for the better", Ms. Karaeva concluded.
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http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2007/05/15/249978
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