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submitted 18 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 22 points 18 hours ago (27 children)

Double edged sword. Forced adoption of a shitty distro, or a really locked down/limited system might not be a step forward at all.

From memory, Germany did this many years ago, and ended up rolling it back?

[–] raspberriesareyummy 21 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Nope, not Germany. The city of Munich, and it was rolled back because a politician took Microsoft bribes and drank the Microsoft snake oil.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

National governments should be harder to bribe than local ones, at least. Also harder to get them to adopt it in the first place though.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Apparently they are back on the Linux train as of 2020, so thats good news.

[–] raspberriesareyummy 4 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Until the next corrupt politician... but yeah, let's hope Linux stays, this time around.

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