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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)

submitted 1 month ago by erin@social.sidh.bzh to c/linux@programming.dev

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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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[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Government systems should be locked down and limited.

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yup, exactly, which is kinda my point. The OS given to users is gonna be heavily restricted, so no one is going to use it and then run home to install it on a home PC. Government OSs are just not good ambassadors.

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No one was discussing users transitioning on their home computers.

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

Of course not, but if the first exposure someone has to Linux is a bad experience, thats not going to be good for mind share. Thats the double edge sword i am referring to.