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France has ditched Windows 11 for Linux on 2.5 million government PCs
(www.techradar.com)
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this post was submitted on 13 May 2026
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It's not just that it is open source. It also has the largest software ecosystem of other open source software.
Yeah, they could use TempleOS, but then they'd need to write their own Office replacement. Or they can use Linux and use/fork LibreOffice.
There's no need to reinvent the wheel, Linux has been the nerd community's go to OS for replacing Windows for decades.