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Debian GNU/Linux Suite Telecentro: millions of users for the digital society

The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brasil Brazilian] Debian GNU / Linux [http://suitetelecentro.sourceforge.net/ Suite Telecentro] is the custom solution for using at the [http://www.fbb.org.br/estacaodigital Digital Inclusion Program of Banco do Brasil], used in approximately 2000 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecentre telecentres] and computer rooms. The program is implemented country wide through various partners as local communities and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-governmental_organization Non Governmental Organizations]. The program is already 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, four groups of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability people with disabilities] trained in advanced Java, and [http://inclusao.ibict.br/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=973&Itemid=75 more than 4 millions] low-income users benefited annually.

With 646,000 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/ Suite Telecentro] is in the top 5 among the 1934 projects hosted.

The [http://suitetelecentro.sourceforge.net/ Suite Telecentro], 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 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, 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/ Suite Telecentro] 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 Suite Telecentro are the easy system, packages and services installation; upgrade and configuration; and the inherent stability and security of the system.

The 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 Suite Telecentro also includes the telecentre management software [http://codigolivre.org.br/projects/ocara/ Ocara], developed by the IT department of [http://www.bb.com.br/portalbb/home2,136,136,0,0,2,8.bb Banco do Brasil] (which [http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://www.techforce.com.br/index.php/news/linux_blog/casos_de_sucesso_com_linux&langpair=pt%7Cen&hl=en-US&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 already migrated] 50000 desktops and 15000 ATMs to GNU / Linux, 90000 [http://packages.debian.org/etch/openoffice.org OpenOffice.org] installations and is a big user of [http://www.postgresql.org/ PostgreSQL] with [http://sequoia.continuent.org Sequoia]), 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]).

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:

(1)people with physical disabilities.