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[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.