A petition has been created by an Austrian EU rep. to replace Windows with GNU/Linux in all Europe
A petition has been created by an Austrian EU rep. to replace Windows with GNU/Linux in all Europe
Main page of the Petitions Portal. General information, most recently uploaded petitions and further links to procedural pages. Further links to the European Parliament website.
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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Why creating a new distro instead of using a big one and contribute to it?
They aren't building something from scratch. They probably are just going to make a base image with everything configured in a standard way.
Governments tend to have security standards that differ from most solutions readily available. Not saying this is the case, but it's a possibility.