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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 3 days 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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[-] CameronDev@programming.dev 25 points 3 days ago

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?

[-] orcrist@lemm.ee 18 points 2 days ago

No, it isn't a double edged sword. Even a mediocre distro would be better than Windows, any distro would be cheaper than Windows, and there's no reason to choose a bad distro anyway.

[-] CameronDev@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago

No one wants to choose a bad OS environment, it will become one due to security or other non-negotiable requirements.

They aren't going to just toss Ubuntu on a box and call it done. Itll be locked down, limited, and horrible to use. And users who dont know any better will blame "Linux".

A government SOE Linux just isnt going to be a good ambassador for general desktop usage.