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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 13 hours 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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[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Nope, not Germany. The city of Munich, and it was rolled back because a politician took Microsoft bribes and drank the Microsoft snake oil.

[–] CameronDev 8 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Apparently they are back on the Linux train as of 2020, so thats good news.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Until the next corrupt politician... but yeah, let's hope Linux stays, this time around.