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 2 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

if you read the petition, it's not for a security reason that it has been created but RGPD one... So with privacy in mind, it can be a not great but good distro

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

You mean just like Windows?

[–] CameronDev 1 points 27 minutes ago

Just like windows, except that the misdirected hate when the SOE environment gets in the way will be aimed at "Linux" instead of "Microsoft".