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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)
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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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[–] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So, it didn't fail from a technical fault but a political one? I feel like you're arguing against it but I'm not following how that has anything to do with the viability of it (especially if it worked for 13 years)

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Its not that I'm against it or don't think it can work, I just dont think its going to help drive adoption of desktop Linux. And I think there is a very real risk that it could negatively impact Linux mind share if the experience is particularly bad.

The Munich OS proves its possible. But I'm really curious about how the end users actually felt about it. Maybe I'm wrong and they love it, but I'm very skeptical.

Fwiw, I suspect the "Linux" that ends up being deployed will likely be a glorified thinclient/browser, and nothing like desktop Linux as most of us know and love.

[–] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

That's fair