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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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German state moving 30,000 PCs to Linux and LibreOffice - The Document Foundation Blog (blog.documentfoundation.org)

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (3 children)

MS will erect another campus and things will go back to "normal". Hopefully this will last at this time...

Good documentary about MS hold over German government: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duaYLW7LQvg

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

it'd be funny if municipalities all over the eu started switching to Linux because they want a Microsoft campus

[–] possiblylinux127 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

That's only half the story if you look into it. I think they also had issues with the transition.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

I think they also had issues with the transition.

They were blown out of proportion. Every single problem was magnified as if Windows had none at all. IIRC the sysadmins actually said they had less support tickets to deal with than before.

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