[KLUG Members] Linux in local government???

Taz members@kalamazoolinux.org
Thu, 07 Nov 2002 21:41:11 -0800


Bruce,

Why don't you go back ans ask?

Bruce

Bruce Smith wrote:

> While waiting in line to vote yesterday, I noticed something surprising
> in an empty government office.  A computer without a screen saver, which
> _appeared_ to me to be running Linux w/Ximian Gnome!!!
>
> The distance was too great to make out any words or icons, and the chair
> back obscured the lower left hand corner of the screen, so I couldn't
> make out what was on the "start button".  It had two menu bars, on the
> top and on the bottom, a medium blue background, and no wallpaper.  I
> can't be 100% sure, but it appeared very "Ximian like".
>
> This is at a VERY rural township office, and I don't know who's office
> this was.  It had a name on the door, which I don't remember, but no
> title that I could see.
>
> Does anyone know of Linux in local government offices like this???
> Or does Ximain look so much like XP, that I'm mistaken???
>
> --------------------------------------------
> Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
> System Administrator / Network Administrator
> Armstrong International, Inc.
> Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
> http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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