90,000 Installations of gnuLinEx in Extremadura

von César Gómez Martín (Junta de Extremadura)

Samstag, 02.06.2007, Saal 1: Karlsruhe, 12:00-13:00 Uhr

Extremadura is a region located in the west of Spain with over a million inhabitants and apart from services, farming is the second sector employing workers. Extremadura is also the poorest region of Spain with an unemployment rate of 16%.

In 1997 we started working on the Regional Strategy of Information Society of Extremadura (Infodex European Project) and in 1998 the President of Extremadura proposed strategy for the regional development model taking advantage of the possibilities offered by the New Information and Communication Technologies.

The strategic actions were: - 34 Technological Literacy Centers - 1 PC per two students in 2005 - 60 new enterprises created in a business incubator - 1 business fair per year to promote e-commerce

To be able to achieve those purposes we needed adaptability, economy, feasibility, security and universal access of citizens to the tools. That is the reason why we chose a free software based operating system called gnuLinEx.

Über den Autor César Gómez Martín:

Born in 1981 in Cáceres, Extremadura (Spain). Received his MS and BS degrees in Computer Science at University of Extremadura. Ph. D. student of the same University inside the Computer Architecture and Logic Design Group.

Currently working as a gnuLinEx developer for the regional goverment of Extremadura (Junta de Extremadura).

Main areas of research include parallel, cluster and grid computing using free software.