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Petition Summary: The petitioner calls for the European Union to actively develop and implement a Linux-based operating system, termed ‘EU-Linux’, across public administrations in all EU Member States. This initiative aims to reduce dependency on Microsoft products, ensuring compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and promoting transparency, sustainability, and digital sovereignty within the EU. The petitioner emphasizes the importance of using open-source alternatives to Microsoft 365, such as LibreOffice and Nextcloud, and suggests the adoption of the E/OS mobile operating system for government devices. The petitioner also highlights the potential for job creation in the IT sector through this initiative.

  • lil_tank [any, he/him]
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    16 days ago

    If they really expect the average white collar worker to learn Linux they probably should touch some grass

    • daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      16 days ago

      I work in a public administration. And 90% of our work is done on webapps anyway. There will be no difference if the os is windows or linux.

    • r3dw4re [null/void]
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      16 days ago

      There's literally nothing to learn 💀. They will continue using same special app that their employer provides. They won't be able to fix any issues by themselves still because they werent able to fix these issues on windows either, so nothing is gonna change in this department.