Allahabad High Court Deploys 15,000 GNU/Linux laptops

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According to this story, the Allahabad High Court has rolled out a new website, as well as deploying 15,000 laptops running GNU/Linux. The site does not specify which distribution, but I am assuming a GNOME-centric distribution, since Evolution is listed as the PIM software. All things considered, that means 15,000 deployments of:

  • GNU/Linux
  • Firefox
  • Mozilla
  • OpenOffice.org

The reduced concerns related to copyrights and patents was cited specifically in the article, suggesting that may have been a factor in the Indian judiciary technical committee's decision. Additionally, the laptops were distributed in conjunction with training - a factor the article suggests will ensure solid penetration of Free/Open Source Software in India.