Debian GNU/Linux is the preferred distribution for many users in the public sector, in government, and in administration. This page exists to
- collect the main benefits of using Debian GNU/Linux for governmental use.
- list known users in the public sector.
- promote the use of Debian GNU/Linux in the administration.
Benefits
- independence of any nation - e.g. for obvious reasons, Kim Jong-il won't run an US-MS-OS on his game PC and George W. Bush might shrink away from using a French distribution on his laptop.
- independence of any company - e.g. one administration want to make use of local support companies for political reasons.
- flexibility - Debian has a reputation of being better adaptable than other distribution
- stability - Debian is both famous and notorious for having long release cycles. This accommodates the public sector especially.
- price - Debian is available free of charge, with no constraint to use an expensive server variant.
Users
User |
Field of application |
Link |
Asia |
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Bhutan |
Development of ?DzongkhaLinux, a localised Debian-based distribution. |
http://www.dit.gov.bt/admin/index.php/Main_Page http://www.debian.org/News/2006/20060719.html |
India/Kerela |
Migration of all high-school PCs to Debian. |
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Philippines |
Development of Bayanihan Linux, a Philippines government sponsored Linux project, based on Debian. |
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Europe |
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Austria: City of Vienna |
Deployment of an administration desktop based on Debian. |
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Germany: City of Munich |
The main target of the ?LiMux project is to complete the City Council's order to run open source software on the administration's desktops in the future. (from the web page) |
http://www.muenchen.de/limux (German with link to English page) |
Germany: Federal Office for Security in Information Technology/Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnologie (BSI) |
Production of a security live CD based on Knoppix and an administration desktop based on Sarge. |
http://www.bsi.de/produkte/index.htm (German) |
Germany: Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
Use of Debian for almost everything, both clients and servers. |
http://www.twerner42.de/chemnitz.pdf (German) |
Spain: Region of Extremadura |
Deployment of Debian-based ?LinEx in school and community centres. |
http://www.linex.org/ (Spanish) http://www.debian.org/News/2006/20060803.html |
More governmental Debian GNU/Linux users are listed here: http://www.debian.org/users/#gov