Firefox está em mais de 100 mil PCs no Banco do Brasil

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O Banco do Brasil atingiu, em maio, a marca de mais de 100 mil instalações do navegador de internet Mozilla Firefox em seus computadores. A instituição utiliza o software desde 2005, quando iniciou a implantação do GNU/Linux nas máquinas das agências.

A+ for Dell's new Ubuntu Linux netbook

URL: http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-05-22-025-35-RV-DT-HW

CyberCynic: "I was lucky enough to have a friend at Dell who let me play with Dell's new Latitude 2100-N for a few hours. After he chased me down, he pried it out of my fingers. I didn't want to give it up. This is one nice Ubuntu Linux-powered netbook."

New Study Shows Linux Desktop Growing Stronger

URL: http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-05-21-010-35-NW-MR

Linux.com: "Even as the global recession cuts into worldwide PC shipments, a new analyst report released today reveals a strong and growing interest among IT staffs to deploy Linux as a cost-reduction and security-enhancing measure in their respective companies."

Brazil is aggressively expanding their Telecentro program

URL: http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-05-19-012-35-NW-DP

Free Software in Latin America: "Almost all of the Telecentros are built using entirely free and open source software. Adding to the social benefit of the project, the rapid timetable will be met by training Brazilian youths on how to install Linux, configure the workstations and servers, and get the Telecentros online, up and running."

Ubuntu, Now More Popular than Windows XP!

URL: http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-05-01-008-35-OS-MS

Tech Source From Bohol: "Ubuntu has finally eclipsed Windows XP in terms of popularity. --That is according to the most recent data from Google Trends. See graph below:"

Governo alemão destina 500 milhões de euros ao software livre

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Depois do governo britânico demostrar que o software livre é melhor para seus contribuintes e, a partir daí, desenvolverem um plano de ação para impulsioná-lo, outros governos europeus parecem estar tomando nota e montando outros planos para apoiar o Software Livre. De fato, o governo alemão acaba de decidir destinar 500 milhões de euros ao programa "Open Source and Green IT", um programa dedicado à estabilidade e crescimento das ferramentas de Software Livre, tecnologias "green" e soluções de segurança da informação para objetivos governamentais.

http://arebentisch.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/open-source-and-green-it-special-program-of-the-german-government/
Fonte: http://softlibre.barrapunto.com/softlibre/09/03/06/1142214.shtml

Wikipedia adopts Ubuntu for its server infrastructure

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The Wikimedia Foundation, the organization behind the hugely successful Wikipedia project, is migrating all of its server infrastructure to the Ubuntu Linux distribution. This move reflects the growing viability of Ubuntu for enterprise-scale server deployments.

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