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French City Toulouse Saved 1 Million Euro With LibreOffice
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[Toulouse][1], France’s 4th largest city located in south-west France, has saved one million Euro by migrating to Open Source office suite [LibreOffice][2].
Migrating to LibreOffice was one of the key project of city’s new digital policy. The migration started in 2012 after the political decision for the switch was taken in 2011. It took one and a half-year for the migration to complete and as of today, 90% of the desktops (used by around 10,000 people working for the city) run LibreOffice.
As per the city officials, software licenses for office suite costs around 1.8 million Euro every three years. The migration cost about 800,000 Euro. The city already saved around a million Euro.
It all started after Pierre Cohen was elected as the mayor of Toulouse in 2008. Cohen, an IT professional, started working on a digital policy with special focus on Open Source. It was his and his associate Erwane Monthubert’s efforts that city of Toulouse decided to switch to Open Source in 2011.
It’s not just LibreOffice. Most of the official web portals of Toulouse like toulouse.fr, toulouse-metropole.fr, data.grandtoulouse.fr are supported by free software. Alfresco is the choice for collaborative tools.
Switching to Open Source seems to be a trend in European cities. In neighboring Spain Valencia and [Canary Islands ditched Microsoft Office and saved in millions][3]. [French Metropolitan Police developed its own Linux OS][4] based on Ubuntu. List is endless and I hope my current city, Cote de Azur joins this list soon.
Read full report [here][5].
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[1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toulouse
[2]:http://www.libreoffice.org/
[3]:http://itsfoss.com/canary-islands-saves-700000-euro-open-source/
[4]:http://itsfoss.com/french-national-police-switch-37000-desktops-to-linux/
[5]:https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/elibrary/case/toulouse-saves-1-million-euro-libreoffice

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How to Create an Ubuntu Kiosk Computer
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**Linux distributions can be as feature-packed or as stripped back as needed, powering anything from inner-city signage to city council desktops.**
It’s this versatile, almost malleable quality that has made Linux distributions, including Ubuntu, so successful in so many diverse areas.
### Kiosks and Single Purpose Computers ###
One of the more popular uses for Ubuntu is in **kiosk-type computers**. These devices tend to run a stripped down or limited version of the OS, only allowing **a single application to run**.
Kiosk computers can be set up to provide transient or passive access, and are ideal in internet cafes or any situation that calls for a machine with only certain features — such as a web browser — accessible by users.
### Making an Ubuntu Kiosk ###
But how do you go about creating such a computer? Well, save your Googles. Linux developer Oli Warner recently published a pair of articles that walk through the creation of single purpose setups using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Google Chrome.
The first of his guides starts from the ground up, using Ubuntu server and a handful of packages to create a lightweight combination of X and Openbox running Chrome on boot. The install takes up less than 2GB of disk space and requires a mere 512MB of RAM to run.
- [Building a Kiosk Computer from Scratch][1]
The second tutorial comes at the process from the reverse, walking through the steps needed to transform an existing Ubuntu desktop install into a lighter single-purposed variant.
- [Convert Ubuntu to Kiosk Computer][2]
Neither guide is for the faint-hearted, but are simple enough for most intermediate-level users to follow. Follow the guides to get a functional setup, but don’t be afraid to strip out further packages and processes or double down on security, especially if intending to use an instance in a public space.
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作者：[Joey-Elijah Sneddon][a]
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[1]:http://thepcspy.com/read/building-a-kiosk-computer-ubuntu-1404-chrome
[2]:http://thepcspy.com/read/converting-ubuntu-desktop-to-kiosk/