Guadalinex
Encyclopedia
Guadalinex is an Ubuntu
-based operating system
promoted by the government
of Andalusia
(Spain
). It is used in schools, public libraries, centers for elderly people and Guadalinfo centers.
There are five different versions of Guadalinex:
Ubuntu (operating system)
Ubuntu is a computer operating system based on the Debian Linux distribution and distributed as free and open source software. It is named after the Southern African philosophy of Ubuntu...
-based operating system
Operating system
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promoted by the government
Government
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of Andalusia
Andalusia
Andalusia is the most populous and the second largest in area of the autonomous communities of Spain. The Andalusian autonomous community is officially recognised as a nationality of Spain. The territory is divided into eight provinces: Huelva, Seville, Cádiz, Córdoba, Málaga, Jaén, Granada and...
(Spain
Spain
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). It is used in schools, public libraries, centers for elderly people and Guadalinfo centers.
There are five different versions of Guadalinex:
- Guadalinex EDU (specially developed for schools by the CGACGA (Advanced Management Centre)CGA manages the Andalusian ICT schools Network.That system has been installed in more than 1,000 schools integrated in the same network and it is managed using open source in a central way....
) - Guadalinex CDM (for centers of elderly people)
- Guadalinex Guadalinfo (only use in Guadalinfo centers, where any Andalusian citizen in rural areas can access the InternetInternetThe Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
for free) - Guadalinex Bibliotecas (special version for public libraries)
- Guadalinex Mini (minimalistic Guadalinex distribution, suitable for old computers)