Alinex
Encyclopedia
Alinex is a Portuguese
operating system
. It started with as an initiative between the regional government of Extremadura
(Spain
) and the University of Évora
(a Portuguese university), in 2005. Version 1.0 was initially based on gnuLinEx
, but since version 2.0 it is based on Ubuntu. It is currently being developed by the University of Évora. It was included in computers provided by the Portuguese government and was also available in many Portuguese schools.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
operating system
Operating system
An operating system is a set of programs that manage computer hardware resources and provide common services for application software. The operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system...
. It started with as an initiative between the regional government of Extremadura
Extremadura
Extremadura is an autonomous community of western Spain whose capital city is Mérida. Its component provinces are Cáceres and Badajoz. It is bordered by Portugal to the west...
(Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
) and the University of Évora
University of Évora
The University of Évora is a public university in Évora, Portugal.-History:The University of Évora, the second oldest in Portugal, was founded in the 16th century by Cardinal Infante Dom Henrique , and by the Pope Paul IV, and it was delivered to the Society of Jesus.The Jesuit college...
(a Portuguese university), in 2005. Version 1.0 was initially based on gnuLinEx
GnuLinEx
gnuLinEx, or LinEx, is a Debian-based GNU-Linux operating system that uses GNOME for its desktop. An initiative of the regional government of Extremadura, Spain, gnuLinEx is intended to be used in all schools in Extremadura, as well as in official institutions. It is actively promoted for business...
, but since version 2.0 it is based on Ubuntu. It is currently being developed by the University of Évora. It was included in computers provided by the Portuguese government and was also available in many Portuguese schools.