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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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[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago
[–] AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 12 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

This is an uphill battle in the face of corporate lobbying, learned fixedness, and, let's face it, unintuitive UX that is found in some selection of FLOSS which is often absent in proprietary counterparts: something that people who are not tech savvy (tech-indifferent?) would prefer not to put up with.

However, I think the last problem can be mitigated with the right kind of focus and funding from such initiatives.

There have been many such initiatives[0][1] over the years in different countries where they eventually lose steam and fade away.

Also, is there an operating system backed or sponsored by EU that is actively maintained, analogous to BOSS[2] and Pardus[3]?

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:State-sponsored_Linux_distributions

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_adopters

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharat_Operating_System_Solutions

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardus_(operating_system)

E: typo

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I've always said governments and public institutions funded by taxpayers should use FLOSS and not be beholden to private companies. Any shortcomings or unfulfilled needs in Linux and FLOSS software would quickly be dealt with once large organizations like these started using it as the default, since they could easily fund whatever features or fixes are needed for significantly less money than they pay for proprietary software (especially now that these days they're forking over annual subscriptions), and thus they'd also have much more control over the making sure the software meets their needs.

It seems like a no-brainer to me. Maybe it wasn't in the earlier days of Linux but not for the last decade or so.

[–] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Total proprietary capitalist hellscape

Foss: "lol, we don't need you, we have lin-

ENTER: new global Ai standards that depend on proprietary blobs that only work on nvidia hardware and Windows.

Foss: "w-we don't need Ai."

PLEASE UPDATE YOUR BROWSER TO USE-

Foss: "STOP IT!"

UNSUPPORTED

WE SEE YOUR PHONE

Foss: "you wouldn't..."

UNSUPPORTED

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 19 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] dejpivo@lemmings.world 4 points 14 hours ago

I like and support the idea in general, but the petition's scope is just too broad and lacks focus. Migrating to Linux? Sure, but let's not force a single distribution across the EU. New EU mobile OS? Nice idea, but there is no solid alternative unless a lot of time and money is spent on developing it.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 day ago

Adopting Linux is the best way to help ensure European sovereignty from maga meddling.

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

PSA: You can support this petition even if you're not an EU resident

[–] sit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Is that So? How?

I just signed it, but I’m in eu

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 5 points 15 hours ago

It lets you sign up as a country outside the EU and sign it

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 20 points 1 day ago (9 children)

I mean I'd be fine with BSD too. the point should be to force public institutions to use FOSS

[–] Matriks404@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

FreeBSD is fine for servers I guess, but due that most server administrators know Linux better than any BSD, it's probably not going to be used much. BSD's also seem to be severely underfunded and the future of them seem vague.

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[–] 0x0@programming.dev 52 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If they can keep the MS lobbyists out, it's feasible, just ask Munich.

[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 day ago

Except they couldn't keep the Micro$oft ~~criminals~~ lobbyists out

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 142 points 2 days ago (31 children)

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

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