geteilt von: https://piefed.social/post/953202
I wanted to spotlight a quietly massive success story in European digital sovereignty: GendBuntu — France’s custom Ubuntu distribution used by the National Gendarmerie.
The GendBuntu project derives from Microsoft’s decision to end the development of Windows XP Back in 2005, France’s Gendarmerie began switching from Microsoft products to open-source software — starting with OpenOffice. Fast forward to 2024, and GendBuntu(Linux) is now running on 97% of their workstations (over 103,000 computers!).
France has shown what’s possible when a government actually backs open-source, in-house, and EU-grown solutions.
More countries should follow suit.
Und wir schafften LiMux ab und bezahlen jährlich fast eine halbe Milliarde Steuergelder an Microsoft, während Alexander der Nicht-ganz-so-Große Palantir-Trojaner einführen will 🎉
Frankreich weisst eben halt wie man eine Revolution startet. ❤️🇫🇷
