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Debian GNU/Linux SuiteTelecentro: millions of users for the digital society every year

The Brazilian Debian GNU / Linux [http://suitetelecentro.sourceforge.net/ ?SuiteTelecentro] is a custom solution which is currently being deployed in the [http://www.bb.com.br/portalbb/page3,8305,8402,0,0,1,6.bb?codigoMenu=3826&codigoNoticia=4818&codigoRet=3902&bread=5 Digital Inclusion Program of Banco do Brasil]. ?SuiteTelecentro is used in approximately 2000 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecentre telecentres] and computer rooms. The Program is all across [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brasil Brazil] through various partners such as local communities and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-governmental_organization Non Governmental Organizations]. The Program is already active at [http://www.bb.com.br/portalbb/page3,8305,8402,0,0,1,6.bb?codigoMenu=3826&codigoNoticia=4818&codigoRet=3902&bread=5 953 cities], with more than 40,000 donated computers, 2,900 instructors trained, and [http://inclusao.ibict.br/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=973&Itemid=75 more than 4 millions] low-income users who benefit from the Debian GNU / Linux ?SuiteTelecentro and Digital Inclusion Program of Banco do Brasil each and every year.

With 668,000 total downloads at its Brazilian [http://codigolivre.org.br/projects/suitetelecentro/ development site] on Codigo Livre, the customized Debian GNU / Linux [http://suitetelecentro.sourceforge.net/ ?SuiteTelecentro] is in the top 5 among the 1952 projects hosted.

The [http://suitetelecentro.sourceforge.net/ ?SuiteTelecentro], for use at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecentre telecentres], allows for the utilisation of older, lower performance computer hardware as terminals for [http://packages.debian.org/etch/ltsp-server LTSP servers]. Through this technology, a telecentre needs only a single machine with a more up-to-date processor and more memory, where all software will be executed. The less capable ones act only as graphical interfaces.

Gilson Jardim, Issamo Kisaka and members of Free Software Digital Inclusion Team, Banco do Brasil IT Board, stated in an interview to [http://times.debian.net Debian Times] that the [http://suitetelecentro.sourceforge.net/ ?SuiteTelecentro] project chose Debian GNU / Linux as its foundation because of the Debian Project [http://www.debian.org/social_contract commitment] to [http://www.debian.org/intro/free Free Libre Software], and the documentation quality that allows easy customization of the [http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ Debian Installer]. The main advantages of using Debian GNU / Linux for ?SuiteTelecentro are the easy system, packages and services installation; easy upgrade and configuration; and the inherent stability and security of the system.

The latest stable version contains the [http://packages.debian.org/etch/kde KDE graphical environment] which runs over LTSP. The user remotely executes the office suite [http://packages.debian.org/etch/openoffice.org OpenOffice.org], the [http://packages.debian.org/etch/firefox Firefox web browser] and the [http://packages.debian.org/etch/gimp Gimp] (GNU Image Manipulation Program).

The ?SuiteTelecentro also includes the telecentre management software [http://codigolivre.org.br/projects/ocara/ Ocara] and its dependencies ( [http://packages.debian.org/etch/apache2 Apache], [http://packages.debian.org/etch/mysql-server MySQL], [http://packages.debian.org/etch/php5 PHP]). Ocara was developed by the IT department of [http://www.bb.com.br/portalbb/home2,136,136,0,0,2,8.bb Banco do Brasil] , which has [http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://www.techforce.com.br/index.php/news/linux_blog/casos_de_sucesso_com_linux&langpair=pt|en&hl=en-US&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 already migrated] 50,000 desktops and 15,000 ATMs to GNU / Linux; 90,000 [http://packages.debian.org/etch/openoffice.org OpenOffice.org] installations.

The latest stable version, 1.1-7, was developed on Debian GNU / Linux 3.1 Sarge. The next version 2.0 is upcoming. As of April 2008, the Beta 10-8 version is available for download. The new features over previous stable version are:

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About the Debian Project

Debian GNU / Linux is [http://www.debian.org/ports/#nonlinux one] of the [http://www.debian.org/intro/free free libre] operating systems ([http://www.debian.org/ports/#released GNU/Linux], [http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd GNU/Hurd], [http://www.debian.org/ports/netbsd/ GNU/NetBSD], [http://www.debian.org/ports/kfreebsd-gnu/ GNU/kFreeBSD)], running 18733+ [http://qa.debian.org officially] maintained [http://packages.debian.org packages] on [http://www.debian.org/ports 15 hardware platforms], from [http://www.debian.org/ports/arm/ cell phones] and [http://www.linux-sh.org network devices] to [http://www.debian.org/ports/s390/ mainframes] and [http://wiki.debian.org/DebianBeowulf supercomputers], developed by more than [http://asdfasdf.debian.net/~tar/bugstats/?8 two thousand] volunteers from [http://www.debian.org/devel/developers.loc all over the world] who [http://www.debian.org/devel/ collaborate] via [http://www.us.debian.org/support the internet] on the [http://www.debian.org Debian Project].

Debian's dedication to [http://www.debian.org/intro/free Free Libre Open Source Software], its [http://www.debian.org/devel/constitution constitutional] non-profit nature, its [http://vote.debian.org/ open] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meritocracy meritocratic] development model, [http://www.debian.org/intro/organization organization] and social [http://www.techforce.com.br/index.php/news/linux_blog/scientific_study_about_debian_governance_and_organization governance] make it [http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/ a first] among free libre operating system distributions.

The Debian project's key strengths are [http://www.debian.org/devel/people its volunteer base], its dedication to the [http://www.debian.org/social_contract Debian Social Contract] and the [http://www.debian.org/devel/constitution Debian Constitution], and its [http://wiki.debian.org/WhyDebianForDevelopers commitment] to [http://bugs.debian.org/release-critical/ provide the best] operating systems [http://release.debian.org/ attainable], following a strict quality [http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy policy], working with an established [http://qa.debian.org/ QA Team] and helpful [http://www.debian.org/users/ users] reporting [http://bugs.debian.org bugs, suggestions], [http://lists.debian.org exchanging ideas], and [http://wiki.debian.org registering experiences].

You can [http://www.debian.org/intro/help help] Debian Project without [http://www.debian.org/devel/join joining] it and [http://wiki.debian.org/DebianForNonCoderContributors even not being a ][http://wiki.debian.org/DebianForNonCoderContributors programmer], or being a development and or service [http://www.debian.org/partners/ partner] company or institution at the [http://www.debian.org/partners/partners Debian Partner Program], or simply making various [http://www.debian.org/donations donations] to the Debian Project.

Debian Project news, press releases and press coverage can be found from the official Debian wiki [http://wiki.debian.org/News page]. PR contact at [http://lists.debian.org/debian-publicity debian-publicity list].