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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 [email protected] to c/linux

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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 25 points 3 days ago (46 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Government systems should be locked down and limited.

[–] CameronDev -2 points 2 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No one was discussing users transitioning on their home computers.

[–] CameronDev 2 points 2 days 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.

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