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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 4 weeks 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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[–] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If it's done EU wide, it'll take a lot more than a corrupt politician to reverse it

[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

yes. about three fiddy...

[–] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago

I don't know if I can spare that much... Wait a second! Nessy, when did you get a Lemmy account?!