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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)
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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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[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Until the next corrupt politician... but yeah, let's hope Linux stays, this time around.

[–] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 2 points 13 hours 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 12 hours ago (1 children)

yes. about three fiddy...

[–] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 hours ago

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