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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago

France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins

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France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins

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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago
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France is transitioning government desktops to Linux, with each ministry required to formalize its implementation plan by autumn 2026.
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  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    Combining French snobbery with Linux snobbery could set off some kind of chain reaction.

    How soon until Quebec joins the Bloc de L’nux?

    • BigJohnnyHines@lemmy.ca
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      Like Tux but with cool sunglasses and cigarettes.

      • okmko@lemmy.world
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        Don’t forget the baret and baguette.

    • partofthevoice@lemmy.zip
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      You think there might be a self-sustaining snobbery fission chain reaction?

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    year of the french linux desktop

    • felixwhynot@lemmy.world
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      But I am le tired

      • Midnight Wolf@lemmy.world
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        Well have a nap

        ZEN FIRE ZE MISSILES!!!

        • sparky@lemmy.federate.cc@lemmy.federate.cc
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          Well have a nap

          ZEN INSTALL ZE GENTOO!!

          • stormdelay@sh.itjust.works
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            Then have a nap again while you compile GTK/qt/and whatever else

            • msage@programming.dev
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              Just Sway, don’t use QT with Gentoo.

        • yabbadabaddon@lemmy.zip
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          confused german look Hans, zey konfond is again

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    Meanwhile in the UK our government is strengthening ties to palintir. We always have to be the losers of Europe

    • Krzd@lemmy.world
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      Eh, Germany is currently doing the same, so we’re both losing

    • Teppa@lemmy.world
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      You guys literally wrote the book on Orwellian governments.

    • drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      UK is US-lite.

      • FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world
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        Nah. That’s Canada. They even have their own MAGAts/deep south in Alberta.

        • sunnytimes@lemmy.ca
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          maple maga

          • dansemacabreingalone@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            Which is at least good on pancakes.

        • uhmbah@lemmy.ca
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          Feck, wish I could argue with you!

    • dansemacabreingalone@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Hey. Thats not true. Youre just outside europe.

      • locahosr443@lemmy.world
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        The UK is obviously in Europe… They just pushed us out into the sea one night cos we’re embarrassing.

    • HugeNerd@lemmy.ca
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      Hey at least you aren’t getting natural gas from those guys. You know those extra super duper bad guys.

    • Electricd@lemmybefree.net
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      Afaik France still has contracts with Palantir

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        No doubt, but this is a step in the right direction. If it works it proves the value of further breaking away from the US. While we still buy whatever they’re selling, and provide support loading their bombs for their wars.

        • dansemacabreingalone@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          Giving an erratic actor root access to all yiur systems seems foolish, even for a blood drenched imperial so-and-so.

          It is now clear that is what windows is.

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      I mean, technically y’all aren’t part of Europe anymore…

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        Yeah they are? Just not the eu

        • UnknowableNight@piefed.social
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          Nah, dude, the island floated too far away, now they’re a continent

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    I know eveything in France is not sunshine and rainbows, but come on, cheap high speed internet, fantastic pedestrian infrastructure, great social welfare program, and now linux being adopted by the government?

    France seems pretty cool to me

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    They won’t go back. once you start getting used to having logic that responds to your commands it really is hard to give that up to ai slop.

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    I wish Spain did the same, but Microsoft is very present, almost exclusively, in the national and regional administrations. There used to be more Linux, for example in education, but know, Microsoft everywhere. Sigh

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    I’d be interested to try their distro when it’s done…

    I’ll just need to remove the french language pack first. Let me look up instructions for that real quick… Oh no…

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      Mandrake reborn? :-D

    • i_love_FFT@jlai.lu
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      Just change keyboard layout from Azerty

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    L’Nux

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      Le Nux

      • FG_3479@lemmy.world
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        Hello, this is Le Nus Torvalds, and I pronounce Le Nux as Le Nux.

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    J’utilise le Arch de Triomphe, btw

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    This is huge step, hopefully others will follow!

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    As a French, I wait before believing it. The DINUM does not really hold authority above the rest of the government and all the other administrations. Our gendarmerie switched to ubuntu more than 10 years ago, but the police planned to change all its computers to accomodate to windows 11, and the DINUM advocated to for dong to stop using american cloud providers, but we have a shit ton of public stuff running on american cloud, including the health data hub.

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      So just curious, what does the DINUM do exactly?

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    Between this and expedition 33, France is coming up with some Ws these days.

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    windon’t

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      Reminds me of the old “Genesis does what Nintendon’t” ads

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        Did Nintendo sue them by any chance?

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          Its Nintendo. They were already suing them before they even knew about the ad. Most lawyers are familiar with the old “cease and desist” letter method, but Nintendo’s even got “don’t even start” warnings from their legal department.

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    Vive la France

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    This is how you renegotiate with MS.

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      Hopefully the time for negotiations is past

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        Yeah, I think/hope this is their “Find Out” era.

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        Someone way better at editing gifs than me should edit the 5th element “We’re sending somebody in to negotiate!” Scene to have tux superimposed over Bruce Willis

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          but it is vador taking the shot and saying i am altering the deal pray i dont alter it further, then neo coming up with the mini gun hellicopter out side the window, fuck yeah!

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