EU and its contries are pro open source and I fucking love it.
this post was submitted on 19 Apr 2025
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I wonder if we could get EU to take over some states if we got enough votes to secede in some areas.
EU could potentially make a group category like for Norway or Switzerland, and then take in other countries all around the world to cooperate more and stand together with the EU on some issues.
Canada would be a great candidate. Maybe even Australia, but I dont really know anything about their politics.
Just make a cool kids UN and you're all set. With blackjack and hookers.
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To be clear. This is a government agency endorsing the software as safe and effective. So bureaucrats and employees can't be reprimanded they use them.
This isn't the French Prime Minister announcing the country will cancel Microsoft Office subscriptions and build a fund to support FOSS projects. Gimp has nowhere near the ressources they actually need.
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That's kind of quote cool for a government to do IMO.
The first thing any government should do is move away from ms office.
The 2nd thing they should do is fund and contribute to a distro and begin the transition from windows.
Well, that's just about as good news as can be in the current tech climate, in particular considering programs like VLC and KeePass are getting this visibility.
EU governments are probably the only path to mainstream adoption for desktop Linux. If they all did it and invested in the features they needed, it could provide a valid option for mainstream office use.
Sweet I'm already using PostgreSQL because it's the only thing Blynk supported!