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'''gnuLinEx''', or '''LinEx''', is a [[Linux distribution]] based on [[Debian]] which uses [[GNOME]] as its [[Desktop environment|desktop]].

It is promoted and created by the regional government of [[Extremadura]], [[Spain]], gnuLinEx is intended to be used in all schools in Extremadura, as well as in government offices. The regional government of [[Extremadura]] also wants people to use it for business and home use as well.

gnuLinEx works only on computers whose [[Central processing unit|processor]] is based on the [[i386]] [[CPU design|architecture]].

The last release of the operating system was in 2013.⏎
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==Advantages==
# Free in all senses.
# No [[computer virus]]es.
# No costs.

==Disadvantages==
# The names of many programs contained in the distribution have been changed by Extremadura into related names, which can make the use or learning confused in occasions, though in the version 2004 there has been included the possibility of choosing for the original icons and name of all the applications included in gnuLinEx. Anyway, many users see it as a virtue, because it helps them to remember their favourite a(contracted; show full)
* [http://hehe2.net/linux-general/an-interview-with-an-extremadura-developer-bringing-linux-to-the-masses/ An interview with a lead developer of the project] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080210085633/http://hehe2.net/linux-general/an-interview-with-an-extremadura-developer-bringing-linux-to-the-masses/ |date=2008-02-10 }}


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[[Category:X86-64 Linux distributions]]
[[Category:Debian-based Linux distributions]]