[News] Massive Migration to GNU/Linux Desktops at Verona's University

[Roy Schestowitz]

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Verona's University Migrates 4000 PCs to Linux

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| Verona is about to become famous for more than just Romeo and Juliet and
| opera: the university of the romantic Italian city is migrating 4000 of its
| desktops to Linux and open source.
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http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Verona-s-University-Migrates-4000-PCs-to-Linux

Recent:

Linux clusters give Monash Uni a budget supercomputer

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| Low cost, reliable clustering has enabled Monash University to deliver
| supercomputing power to its researchers.
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| High Performance Computing Clusters (HPCC), which are virtualised groups of
| Intel-based blade servers running Linux, have enabled the Melbourne-based
| University to maintain a supercomputer with non-specialist staff, according
| to Adrian Ling, Monash's manager of infrastructure and major IT projects.
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http://www.itnews.com.au/News/151490,linux-clusters-give-monash-uni-a-budget-supercomputer.aspx
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[Moshe Goldfarb]

On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:30:35 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:

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> Verona's University Migrates 4000 PCs to Linux
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>| Verona is about to become famous for more than just Romeo and Juliet and
>| opera: the university of the romantic Italian city is migrating 4000 of its
>| desktops to Linux and open source.
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> http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Verona-s-University-Migrates-4000-PCs-to-Linux
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That's actually a good article Roy and it demonstrates how to
successfully do a migration.