An economic development agency of the Canadian government is testing the LindowsOS operating system.
Lindows.com Inc. of San Diego touts its LindowsOS as a low-cost alternative to Microsoft Windows. The operating system is based on the Linux kernel.
For the past two weeks, four Nova Scotia Regional Community Access Program centers has been running LindowsOS on six computers the offer the public access to the Internet the South West Shore Development Authority.
They are working beautifully, said Peter Dugas, the programs chief technical officer.
Dugas also is director of international governmental relations for Lindows.com. The company and the regional economic development agency, which is based in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, signed a partnership to foster use of the LindowsOS by Canadian agencies.
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