Linux in Vietnam
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| It has often been said that Linux is a more interesting platform for
| countries whose IT infrastructure is not yet well developed. Not having to
| explain the cost of migration from established document formats and
| proprietary software to free alternatives is certainly a big bonus for
| Vietnam. As such, the country's government can make a more objective decision
| (assuming that the proprietary software vendors don't resort to "dirty
| tricks" in order to win contracts) about the direction of its IT future and
| about the best solution for its educational system. Indeed, Linux and open
| source software do seem to have a bright future in Vietnam; the country has a
| well-educated population and the few hotbeds of Linux activity, such as Hacao
| Linux and the Linux user groups in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, should provide
| enough reasons for Linux to prosper.
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http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20080121#feature
Quote for the day:
"Don’t encourage new, cross-platform Java classes, especially don’t help get
great Win 32 implementations written/deployed. [...] Do encourage
fragmentation of the Java classlib space."
--Ben Slivka, Microsoft
Related:
Ministry encourages open source software
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| HA NOI — The Ministry of Information and Communications has recommended that
| state agencies use four open source software products – Open Office,
| Thunderbird, Firefox and Unikey.
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http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=01BUS050108
The Haven for Linux
,----[ Quote ]
| VietNamNet Bridge – It is the less-known name in the local information
| technology industry, but Linux is poised to become the most-used solution for
| the IT community, given the blessing from authorities.
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http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2008/01/762523/
Vietnam Chooses Open Source to Offset Piracy
,----[ Quote ]
| A ministry official refused to comment on whether the move was made as a
| means of reducing software infringement in Vietnam or stimulating demand for
| research.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Vietnam-Chooses-Open-Source-to-Offset-Piracy-60971.html
Hacao Classmate PC lands in Vietnam
,----[ Quote ]
| With a 7” screen, its own version of Linux, 1GB of flash storage, a 900MHz
| processor and 256MB of RAM it has landed in Vietnam for the low, low price of
| $250, if you are a student. The screen has an 800×480 resolution and the
| system has a 400MHz bus, I also left out the 802.11b/g WiFi that is stuffed
| in there somewhere.
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http://www.slashgear.com/hacao-classmate-pc-lands-in-vietnam-289244.php
Ministry encourages open source software
,----[ Quote ]
| The Ministry of Information and Communications has recommended state agencies
| use four open source software products - Open Office, Thunderbird, Firefox
| and Unikey.
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http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2007/12/761476/
Hacao Classmate PC avaiable ! [and Vietnam grows on OpenOffice.org]
,----[ Quote ]
| Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
|
| Hot news from Vietnam here...
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http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/22928
Students using PCLinuxOS in Vietnam
,----[ Quote ]
| Finally, I decided to test PCLinuxOS with my students. Wow, amazing. Finally
| a Linux distro that the majority of my students actually liked using. It ran
| faster than any of the other Linux distros they tried and easily connected to
| the internet from inside the school (they like to read Yahoo 360 blogs in
| class). They figured out how to use Konquerer to browse around the different
| directories in their laptops without me even telling them. As with Macbooks,
| the Desktop GUI was easy to learn. Thus, I decided to use PCLinuxOS.
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http://www.saigonnezumi.com/?p=516
Intel's OLPC-killer heads for Vietnamese retailers
,----[ Quote ]
| The "Hacao Classmate PC" is based on Intel's Classmate PC design, and will
| come pre-installed with Hacao Linux, a Vietnamese-language Linux distribution
| based on Puppy Linux.
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http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7384572891.html
Vietsoftware join forces with Asianux
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2007/07/724393/
Hacao Linux 2.16 Professional released
http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/17481#comment-5619
Sun shares its technology with Vietnam's open source community
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2007/05/699418/
State [Vietnam] promotes use of shareware
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=02BUS140507
Vietnam gives priority to open source software
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2007/04/686282/
Open-source software offers affordable option
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=02BUS220107
Open-source software offers affordable option
,----[ Quote ]
| Reducing the widespread use of pirated software in Viet Nam will be
| an uphill struggle because of the high costs of legal software
| products, according to industry experts.
|
| But if shop owners, government offices and local consumers adopt
| open-source software -- which is essentially free -- piracy could fall
| dramatically, they added.
|
| [...]
|
| The government may in the future set up a unit within the Department
| of Post and Telematics that would assist consumers in the use of
| open-source software.
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http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=02BUS220107
My Vietnamese Students used PC-BSD
,----[ Quote ]
| Most of them were successful though all preferred doing their projects in
| Linux, that is what they told me. The bash shell in PCLinuxOS, according to
| them, was easier since it told them which directory they were in. In short,
| they got used to seeing $ /usr/home/guest/Desktop in PCLinuxOS while in
| PC-BSD, they only saw $. pwd I kept telling them :)
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http://www.saigonnezumi.com/?p=539
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