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French government says it's ditching Windows for Linux — country accelerates plans to ditch US-based software in digital sovereignty push (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] 178 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (20 children)

It's finally the year of the Linux Desktop! And all it took was an apocalypse, the rise of the fourth reich, (soon to be) two global recessions, and continuing unprecedented damage to the world order / faith in international law.

Oh, and Windows actively trying its absolute hardest to make everyone hate it for about a decade.

But hey,... progess! The more penguins, the better.

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  • [–] 86 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (7 children)

    all it took was an apocalypse, the rise of the fourth reich, (soon to be) two global recessions, and continuing unprecedented damage to the world order / faith in international law.

    Absolutely wild brand activation tactics from the Linux marketing team.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    I fucking hate that so many of them are going to Ubuntu berceuse of course they are

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  • [+] 23 points 6 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)
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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    Having someone to complain to/point fingers at/sue is incredibly important in the business world, and a big part of why M$ is so big.

    In fact, just having support is a big thing. Look at how shitty M$ support is. Or Cisco, for that matter.

    Not to mention a steady, predictable, accountable release cadence.

    If you want that, in the Linux world, it's basically Ubuntu/Canonical, RedHat/IBM, or Oracle/Oracle.

    I'd call Canonical the lessest of 3 evils here...

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Oh, and Windows actively trying its absolute hardest to make everyone hate it for about a decade.

    You're off by about thirty years.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Nah, Windows XP and 7 get a pass. These were solid consumer OS's.

    You go back 30 years and you're at Windows 95 (holy shit) and the beginning of massive home PC adoption.

    I don't feel they got hostile towards users until probably midway through Windows 10 lifecycle. The first half wasn't that bad, aside from changing up 20+ years of muscle-memory....but Gnome did that, too.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Apocalypse?

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Covid. I'm being slightly hyperbolic.

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