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submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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] 34 points 6 days ago (2 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.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

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

[–] laurelraven 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

If it's done EU wide, it'll take a lot more than a corrupt politician to reverse it

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

yes. about three fiddy...

[–] laurelraven 2 points 5 days ago

I don't know if I can spare that much... Wait a second! Nessy, when did you get a Lemmy account?!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

National governments should be harder to bribe than local ones, at least. Also harder to get them to adopt it in the first place though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Should be, but I am afraid that our system encourages corrupt people to seek positions of power.