Tag Archives: open source

How To: Select The Fastest Ubuntu Repository Mirror

Posted by JD Thomas on April 10, 2009 in Techfun Comments Off

Right now, with so many people running the new Ubuntu 9.04 Beta, Ubuntu users are finding themselves in a position of needing to get updates at least daily. By default, your new Ubuntu install will be set to use an official Ubuntu mirror along with thousands of other users. One of the nicer things about Ubuntu is that many organizations and Universities maintain Ubuntu mirrors. This guide will walk you through testing for the fastest mirror/server and selecting that mirror as your source for updates to your Ubuntu installation.

French police saved millions of euros with Ubuntu

Posted by JD Thomas on March 13, 2009 in Techfun Comments Off

France’s Gendarmerie Nationale, the country’s national police force, says it has saved millions of dollars by migrating its desktop software infrastructure away from Microsoft Windows and replacing it with the Ubuntu Linux distribution. The Gendarmerie began its transition to open source software in 2005 when it replaced Microsoft Office with OpenOffice.org across the entire organization.  Read more »