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A petition has been created by an Austrian EU rep. to replace Windows with GNU/Linux in all Europe (www.europarl.europa.eu)
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The petition is open to all EU resident. The goal is to replace all Windows in all public institution in Europe with a sovereign GNU/Linux.

If the petition is successful it would be a huge step forward for GNU/Linux adoption.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Why creating a new distro instead of using a big one and contribute to it?

[โ€“] hellofriend 6 points 3 days ago

Governments tend to have security standards that differ from most solutions readily available. Not saying this is the case, but it's a possibility.

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