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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.

    • CameronDev@programming.dev
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      2 days ago

      Properly locking down a machine just heavily restricts what you can do with it, to the point that normal things that you or I do day-to-day on our own PCs become impossible. Every time you hit a restriction its very frustrating.

      I am drawing from my experience as a developer, so it might be worse for me, but I’ve also heard accountants in the office complaining of similar gripes with their locked down windows systems.

      • Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works
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        2 days ago

        Hm, but I’m not sure people would attribute that to the design of the underlying OS itself rather than just the employer. Like do those people with restrictions on Windows blame Microsoft? It’d be the same as someone blaming the Linux maintainers for employer placed restrictions on an OS running Linux. Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure someone would still do that, but I’m not convinced that the majority would think that way — I think most people would be able to make the distinction.

        • CameronDev@programming.dev
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          2 days ago

          Yeah, I could be wrong, maybe the blame will be attributed correctly, maybe not.

          At least with Windows, most people know what its normally like at home, but thats less true for Linux.

          • Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works
            2·
            2 days ago

            At least with Windows, most people know what its normally like at home, but thats less true for Linux.

            Yeah, that’s a fair point that they wouldn’t have a comparison, so they wouldn’t know if it’s always like that. One could perhaps make an educated guess, depending on circumstance, but, without any first-hand experience or exposure, it would be just that: a guess.