Barcelona flies Windows for Linux systems

The City of Barcelona has launched a pilot project with 1.000 desktops running Canonical's Ubuntu Linux operating system. '

But according to what the Spanish newspaper reports today El País, ο Δήμος σχεδιάζει να αντικαταστήσει όλες τις εγκαταστάσεις του Microsoft Exchange Server με Open-Xchange και τη σουίτα του Microsoft Office με το δωρεάν LibreOffice.

To achieve this goal, the city of Barcelona will outsource the project to local IT companies, who will be able to hire more than 60 developers to work on the installation of various other open source software programs. code, on the new City systems that will run a Linux-based operating system, most likely Ubuntu.

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Once the change of e-mail clients and e-mail servers is successfully completed, a new e-platform will be developed where small and medium-sized businesses will be able to participate in public tenders.

According to Francesca Bria, Commissioner for Technology and Digital Innovation in the City Council, the change will take place before the spring of 2019.

The city of Barcelona has decided to invest 70 percent of its software budget in open source software, which seems to be a very smart move. Francesca Bria said taxpayers' money should not be spent on expensive software products, but invested in reusable systems that are open to the local ecosystem.

They also hope to extend their transition Windows in Linux in other municipalities of Spain, as well as in its other cities world.

Unfortunately, the city of Munich, which has been running Linux and Open Source products on their public computers for more than a decade, has decided to return to expensive Microsoft products.

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