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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No one wants to choose a bad OS environment, it will become one due to security or other non-negotiable requirements.

They aren’t going to just toss Ubuntu on a box and call it done. Itll be locked down, limited, and horrible to use. And users who dont know any better will blame “Linux”.

A government SOE Linux just isnt going to be a good ambassador for general desktop usage.

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You mean just like Windows?

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Just like windows, except that the misdirected hate when the SOE environment gets in the way will be aimed at “Linux” instead of “Microsoft”.

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if you read the petition, it’s not for a security reason that it has been created but RGPD one… So with privacy in mind, it can be a not great but good distro

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No, but it will mean apps get written for Linux, due to market share

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