[Linux-aus] German Government Desktop

[Andreas Mueller]

Hi, 

A great news for Linux it could help you also:

During LinuxTag 2004 [1] the German Federal Office for Information Security 
[2] (BSI) and the company credativ [3] unveiled the Linux Government Desktop. 
The Linux Government Desktop has been developed within the scope of the 
project ERPOSS which evaluates Open Source Software in the governmental 
environment.

Composed entirely of free software the distribution is available as a Live CD
as well as an Install CD Edition. While it's based on Debian Stable (Woody) 
[4] the CD contains KDE 3.2.2, Mozilla 1.5 and a special themed version of
OpenOffice 1.1.1 which integrates seamlessly with KDE.

One of the highlights brought by the Linux Government Desktop is the fact that
it saves the whole data on encrypted filesystems. Furthermore KMail is
preconfigured to send and receive encrypted e-mail (GnuPG and S/MIME) and to
make use of all kinds of authority certificates. The package is completed by 
an integrated spam and virus protection and a preconfigured Personal 
Firewall.

The Live CD enables the user to run the Linux Operating System without
installing anything. Alternatively, the Install CD provides ways to
circumvent tedious and long winded installation procedures.

[1] http://www.linuxtag.org
[2] http://www.bsi.bund.de/presse/pressinf/linuxtag220604.htm
[3] http://www.credativ.org
[4] http://www.debian.org

Cheers
amu 
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