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Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #137
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| In this Issue:
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| * Archive frozen in preparation of Ubuntu 9.04
| * Ubuntu 7.10 reaches EOL April 18th
| * Ubuntu Open Week
| * QA Team: Next Testing Day
| * Ubuntu Stats
| * LoCo News: New York, Florida, Nebraska, North Carolina, Australia, &
| Tunisia
| * Updating the PPA Docs
| * Meet Gavin Panella
| * Expanding the Forum Council
| * New Staff in Town
| * The Planet: Jim Campbell, Jonathan Carter, John Vivirito, and Dustin
| Kirkland
| * In the Press & Blogosphere
| * Ubunchu the Ubuntu Manga is now in English
| * Ubuntu Server Team Meeting Minutes
| * Upcoming Meetings & Events
| * Updates & Security
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https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue137
Recent:
French Lawmakers Hope to Inspire Linux Revolution
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| If the French National Assembly gets its way, the open-source Linux operating
| system will take over the governments of Europe, seizing on a weak economy to
| displace Windows.
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| About 18 months ago, the Assembly shifted from running Windows on the 1,100
| computers of its members and their assistants to running a version of Linux
| called Ubuntu. (I profiled the rise of Ubuntu in a recent article.) According
| to Rudy Salles, vice president of the assembly, the decision to abandon
| Microsoft’s Windows software was both an economic and political gesture.
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| The French Parliament should save about 500,000 euros over the next five
| years, thanks to the low price of Ubuntu –- free –- and have lower management
| costs. Linux tends to have fewer security issues than Windows, for example.
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http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/21/french-lawmakers-hope-to-inspire-linux-revolution/
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