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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 20 hours ago by erin@social.sidh.bzh to c/linux@programming.dev
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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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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 114 points 20 hours ago (15 children)

It’s ridiculous that governments don’t use customized Unix/Linux builds.

[–] erin@social.sidh.bzh 43 points 20 hours ago

well that's what this law proposition is about... Better late than never but for it to be passed a maximum of EU resident should sign that petition

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