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France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins (linuxiac.com)
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[โ€“] Pman@lemmy.org 6 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

It would be great if it weren't for the anti-privacy decisions the french government has made recently, but at least it shouldn't be as bad as windows.

[โ€“] skarn@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 weeks ago

I do not see what the two things have to do with one another.

Yes, France and the French are historically not as conscious of privacy as, say, Germany and the Germans.

Of course having some standardized and (lightly) customized solutions across the government will make it easy to support and interoperate. This will get Microsoft out of the government and make it easier for everyone else to use Linux at home just by removing barriers.

I don't see why anyone would ever use the government distro at home.

[โ€“] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago

If it's Linux, presumably, it will be open source. Meaning, presumably, any anti-privacy code will be easily identified.

[โ€“] BarHocker@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I did not read into the topic, but I think privacy of government machines against that same government is not so important?

[โ€“] Pman@lemmy.org 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It is open source and likely to be released publicly to at least check for some vulnerabilities, the same government wants user ID for phones and computers, I don't know if I'd be ok with using that distro.

[โ€“] BarHocker@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I would assume that distro is not meant for home use. Anyone who still chooses it could have chosen differently.

[โ€“] Niquarl@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

There's a Ubuntu fork for our Gendarmerie, maybe you could also use that at home if you wanted.