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Linux is Everywhere. We show you exactly where
” Linux is Everywhere. From Space Stations to Microwave Ovens, Linux powers everything.” You might have heard that a lot and have always wondered ” Is that just a phrase or is it actually true ? “ Be assured, it is true. World’s biggest companies use Linux in one way or another but you are not going to believe unless I take names. Well, get ready for a roller coaster ride across the globe where I show you where and how Linux is used
Government
Most of the Governments use Linux, which is pretty obvious for two major reasons. It saves money and provides the flexibility no other OS can . Below is a comprehensive list of Governments around the global using Linux -:
- America – Starting July 2001, The White House started migrating the computers to the Linux-based Red Hat Linux and Apache HTTP Server and the migration was completed in February 2009. In October 2009, Drupal was chosen as the primary Content management system for White House Servers.
The United States Department of Defense uses Linux – “the U.S. Army is “the” single largest install base for Red hat Linux and the US Navy nuclear submarine fleets run on Linux.
In 2006, the US Federal Aviation Administration announced that it had completed a migration to Red Hat Enterprise Linux in one-third of the scheduled time and saved 15 million dollars.
The US National Nuclear Security Administration operates the world’s tenth fastest supercomputer, the IBM Roadrunner. which used Red Hat Enterprise Linux along with Fedora as its operating system.
The city government of Largo, Florida, USA uses Linux and has won international recognition for their implementation, indicating that it provides ” extensive savings over more traditional alternatives in city-wide applications.”
In June 2012 the US Navy signed a US$27,883,883 contract with Raytheon to install Linux ground control software for its fleet of vertical take-off and landing ( VTOL ) Northup-Grumman MQ8B Fire Scout Drones. The contract involves Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland which has already spent $5,175,075 in preparation for the Linux Systems.
- Germany – In 2003 the City Government of Munich decided to migrate their 14,000 desktops to LiMux, a customised version of Debian. Even though more than 80% of workstations were already using Free Software like Open Office, Firefox and Thunderbird.In November 2008, five years later the migration rate of 20% was achieved because of focusing on smaller deployments and winning over staff to the value of program. By the end of 2011, more than 9000 desktops were running Linux and the government of Munich later reported that the migration to Linux was highly successful and has already saved the city over €11 million ( USD $14 million ).
The Federal Employment office of germany has migrated 13,000 public workstations from Windows NT to OpenSuse.
- France – the French parliament has switched to using Ubuntu on Desktop PCs. France’s Ministry of Agriculture uses Mandriva Linux.
France’s national Police Force, the National Gendarmerie, started moving their 90,000 desktops from Windows XP to Ubuntu in 2007 over the concerns over additional training costs of moving to Windows Vista, and following the success of OpenOffice roll-outs. The migration should be completed in 2015. The force have saved over €50 million on software licensing between 2004 and 2008.
- South Africa – The South African Social Security Agency ( SASSA ) deployed Multi-Station Linux Desktops to address budget and infrastructure constraints in 50 rural sites.
- Turkey – In 2003, the Turkish Government decided to create its own Linux Distribution , Pardus, developed by UEKAE ( National Research Institute of Electronics and Cryptology ). The First version, Pardus 1.0, was officially announced in December 2005.
- Philippines – In 2010, The Philippines started using national Voting System powered by Ubuntu.
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Governments Companies and Corporations using Linux info
- Linux Today - When a company asks for your copyright
- Linux Today - Why Microsoft's New Open Source Company?
- LinuxCon Keynote Q&A: Qualcomm's Rob Chandhok on Why Linux is Essential to the Company's Success | Linux.com
- Is Linux Still Short on Apps vs Windows? Reality Check | Open Source Application Software Companies content from The VAR Guy
- Survey shows companies need Linux talent and they need it bad | ZDNet
- Linux Today - The Corporation has gone Open Source
- Open source vendors unfairly excluded from government contracts
- How One Non-Profit Aims to Create Open-Source Government
- Linux Today - Open Source Government: Code-Sharing Site Hires Federal Liaison
- Linux Today - Australian government can't recruit fast enough for open source
- Linux Today - Open-source advocates to government: Let us help you fix healthcare.gov
- Linux Today - Open source should be used to commoditise government IT
- Linux Today - Citizen and government collaboration: let's work it out
- Linux Today - Nonprofit helps government expand open source software usage
- Linux Today - Creative Commons applied to government, business, and journalism
- Lower the national debt by expanding the government's use of Free Software such as GNU/Linux and LibreOffice. | The White House
Open Source adopted by Governments Companies and Corporations using Linux info
- Inktank Brings Ceph Open Source Cloud Storage to the Enterprise | Open Source Application Software Companies content from The VAR Guy
- Is Linux Still Short on Apps vs Windows? Reality Check | Open Source Application Software Companies content from The VAR Guy
- Linux for Workgroups and Microsoft's Open Source Relationship | Open Source Application Software Companies content from The VAR Guy
- Red Hat OpenStack, Linux, Virtualization: Cloud Triple Play? | Open Source Application Software Companies content from The VAR Guy
- Ubuntu 13.04: Canonical's Latest Linux - What's New, What's Not | Open Source Application Software Companies content from The VAR Guy
- Adventures in Open Source » Blog Archive » Free Riding in Commercial Open Source Companies?
- Linux Today - Can Open Source Hardware Companies Survive Clones?
- Linux Today - Can Open Source Hardware Companies Survive Clones?
- Google banishes open-source Android apps in favor of Sony -- Government Computer News
- Open-source advocates to government: Let us help you fix healthcare.gov - Investigations
- Open source vendors unfairly excluded from government contracts
- How One Non-Profit Aims to Create Open-Source Government
- How One Non-Profit Aims to Create Open-Source Government
- Creative Commons 4.0 on the horizon | opensource.com
- Software policies should read the same, whether open source or proprietary | opensource.com
- LocalWiki project spawns open source communities | opensource.com
- How developers can build apps that work for open government | opensource.com
- Cybersecurity open source software call for investment applications | opensource.com
- What is a citizen CIO? | opensource.com
- No forking, says DoD open source report - FierceGovernmentIT
- Open source gets look in as UK government rolls out G-Cloud - The H Open: News and Features
- NASA Open Source Architecture Wins Apache Support -- Java Development -- InformationWeek
- Linux Today - Open Source Government: Code-Sharing Site Hires Federal Liaison
- Linux Today - Australian government can't recruit fast enough for open source
- Linux Today - Open-source advocates to government: Let us help you fix healthcare.gov
- Linux Today - Open source should be used to commoditise government IT
- Linux Today - Nonprofit helps government expand open source software usage
- Nonprofit helps government expand open source software usage
- Open Source Government: Code-Sharing Site Hires Federal Liaison - Nextgov.com
- Open source should be used to commoditise government IT, says Cabinet Office's Tariq Rashid | PublicTechnology
- Australian government can't recruit fast enough for open source | ZDNet
- Spain's Extremadura starts switch of 40,000 government PCs to open source | Joinup
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