Subj : Re: German state moving 30,000 PCs to Linux
To   : Warpslide
From : acn
Date : Tue Apr 09 2024 02:55 pm

Am 05.04.24 schrieb Warpslide@21:3/110 in FSX_GEN:

Hallo Warpslide,

W> German state moving 30,000 PCs to Linux & LibreOffice

W> Following a successful pilot project, the northern German federal state of
W> Schleswig-Holstein has decided to move from Microsoft Windows and Microsoft
W> Office to Linux and LibreOffice (and other free and open source software)
W> on the 30,000 PCs used in the local government.
[...]

That's some great news :)

But just one key information here: It's a long-term plan with several  
steps towards the goal of a digital sovereign desktop.
Replacing M$ Office with LibreOffice is one of the first steps,  
replacing Windows with Linux will come later -- as some of the  
specialised software packages won't run in a browser or on Linux.

Munich (the bavarian city with the Oktoberfest) tried something  
similar many years prior but made a rollback to the M$ world.
It might just be a coincidence, but the rollback followed the move of  
the german M$ headquarters to Munich...

Regards,
Anna

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