Results of Ubuntu Linux desktop tests by non-profits

NoOp glgxg at mfire.com
Mon Oct 16 23:49:37 UTC 2006


Fouad Riaz Bajwa wrote:
> From: Chris Bailey <chrisbailey at socialrights.org>
> Results of Ubuntu Linux desktop tests by non-profits
> 
> As part of the East of England Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in the
> Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) project, funded by the UK government's
> ChangeUp programme, 10 desktop computers using Ubuntu Linux were distributed
> to non profit organisations in the East of England Region for testing and
> evaluation. The resulting feedback by the organisations involved has now
> been published online and is available on the project's website at
> http://foss.ciac.org.uk
> 
> The East of England FOSS project was last week awarded the first "Open
> Technology Gold Award for the VCS" by the national FOSS in the VCS project.
> The award was presented by Nicola Thompson, Head of the National ICT Hub for
> the VCS at the ICT Hub East of England Regional Conference.
> 
> Chris Bailey
> East of England FOSS in the VCS project
> 
> 
> Forwarded for information purposes by
> -----------------------
> Fouad Riaz Bajwa
> FOSS Advocate
> Ubuntu Linux Pakistan Team
> 

Cool! Too bad they didn't put the documents up as OpenOffice Writer docs
(.odt) though instead of in MS Word though
http://foss.ciac.org.uk/article43.html Or at least as an OOo created
PDF. Seems a bit ironic... that FOSS uses MS Word, doesn't it?










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