If there are alternatives that work just as well and are as safe or safer… good.
StewpidAlex on
This feels like a repost, but my memory is a bit wonky these days.
Happy_Feet333 on
Does anyone know if France has made their Linux fork available to the ordinary person?
I’d really like to ditch Windows, and if France is pushing a particular fork of Linux, then it’ll have more that just cursory levels of support and help, should you do something stupid with it.
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For those who understand French, an interesting French Parliament kind of hearing of Free and Open Sources Sofwares guys
* Renaud Chaput, Technical Director of Mastodon;
* Loïc Dayot, member of the April (FOSS association) Board of Directors, and Étienne Gonnu, Public Affairs Officer;
* Pierre-Yves Gosset, Digital Services Coordinator at Framasoft;
* Nicolas Vivant, founder of France Numérique libre and Director of Digital Strategy and Culture for the municipality of Echirolles city in south east France.
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Microsoft shares jump 5% on the news /s
If there are alternatives that work just as well and are as safe or safer… good.
This feels like a repost, but my memory is a bit wonky these days.
Does anyone know if France has made their Linux fork available to the ordinary person?
I’d really like to ditch Windows, and if France is pushing a particular fork of Linux, then it’ll have more that just cursory levels of support and help, should you do something stupid with it.
For those who understand French, an interesting French Parliament kind of hearing of Free and Open Sources Sofwares guys
* Renaud Chaput, Technical Director of Mastodon;
* Loïc Dayot, member of the April (FOSS association) Board of Directors, and Étienne Gonnu, Public Affairs Officer;
* Pierre-Yves Gosset, Digital Services Coordinator at Framasoft;
* Nicolas Vivant, founder of France Numérique libre and Director of Digital Strategy and Culture for the municipality of Echirolles city in south east France.
https://videos.assemblee-nationale.fr/video.18843051_69fb3ac192f70.vulnerabilites-systemiques-dans-le-secteur-du-numerique–table-ronde-sur-le-logiciel-libre-6-mai-2026
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the EU should use Arch btw
And provide that OS for Europe 🇪🇺🔥
(I know Linux already is free, but we need Marketing 😎)
I just wonder how they’re going to replace Excel from the Ministry of Finance. I don’t think there is any Linux based equivalent in terms of features.
Maybe some browser based Excel via Microsoft 365 or some remote desktop.
Trump fighting Gaben over who makes Linux more popular