Surely Mint 17 when it is released would be a brilliant alternative, totally free, LTS...
What do you think, should places like that consider it?

But Windows 8 sucks. lol900i wrote:Dont be silly, they will scrap the whole lot and buy new kit with Windows 8. Oh hang on there's no money is there. Mmmm.
That's fantastic!FreedomOfTheOpenCode wrote:Yes, the public sector in the UK is obliged to reduce costs and consider open source solutions now.
But then who is this person that will do the job.it would be way cheaper to just keep the old machines and bung Linux on them
Buy me a ticket, arrange bed & breakfast and I' m willing to do that900i wrote:But then who is this person that will do the job.it would be way cheaper to just keep the old machines and bung Linux on them
I really don't like ChromeOS... it's just too simple and bland. Sends me to sleep!900i wrote:Or maybe chromium OS
Why, what apart from a browser are they running at the moment.They would need a full desktop environment and solution,