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France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins (linuxiac.com)
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[-] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 weeks ago

I love France sometimes.

Not all the time, but at times like this definitely.

[-] vga@sopuli.xyz 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

France is being pretty cool. I wish we had des couilles in Finland.

Well, at least we generated Linux itself somehow and then completely failed to keep it here. I still remember how little adoption there was at the start, and how almost everyone who was using Linux back then was regarded as some sort of an idiot savant.

I mean I was an idiot savant, but not because I was using Linux.

[-] Feyter@programming.dev 5 points 2 weeks ago

We all have been idiot savants at some point of our lifes :)

[-] Solumbran@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Eh, you can't be spending 100% of the time supporting nazis, so once in a while you forget to destroy democracy and you mistakenly make a good decision. So yeah, I guess France is only at like 95% now.

[-] Jax@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 weeks ago

I work for the CA state govt and I've been saying for years we need to create our own standard operating system through Linux for state agencies.

Thank God, maybe we'll see it happen here in the states in 10 years. Yes, I know, hopelessly optimistic that things will stop developing negatively and begin to develop positively.

[-] artyom@piefed.social 10 points 2 weeks ago

This is a good thing for everyone 👏

[-] ChaosMonkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

But ~~Steve Ballmer~~ Satya Nadella!

[-] artyom@piefed.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah but they're not really people

[-] hallettj@leminal.space 5 points 1 week ago

I read today that they're using NixOS as a base for the new official distros. https://www.frandroid.com/os/gnu-linux/3062047_adieu-windows-securix-et-bureautix-le-linux-de-letat-aux-noms-dirreductibles-gaulois

[-] cytro@mastodon.de 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

@hallettj @cm0002
Gnome ♥️ very straight and clean setup. I don't speak French but I think the config file setup (to produce the same machine over and over again) plus the atomic rollback feature are the main points?

[-] Nickm8@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Get WinExit done

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