[TriLUG] Linux in Afghanistan

[Paul Jones]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3067871.stm

Linux reaches Afghanistan   
                                   
Afghanistan is being rebuilt with the help of the Linux operating system.
                            
The United Nations is training civil servants in the intricacies of the
software to help them get government computer systems up and running.
                            
The first civil servants to complete their training in Linux went back to
work earlier this month.
                            
The UN hopes that training government workers to use Linux will help the
country close the technology gap that separates it from many other
countries

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