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German state gov. ditching Windows for Linux, 30K workers migrating (arstechnica.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28006908

Schleswig-Holstein, one of Germany’s 16 states, on Wednesday confirmed plans to move tens of thousands of systems from Microsoft Windows to Linux. The announcement follows previously established plans to migrate the state government off Microsoft Office in favor of open source LibreOffice.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Tariff that arseholes

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't know what you mean to say.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Germany is avoiding the use of an American product that will cost more due to reciprocal tariffs. This is untariffable software due to it being open source.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Now I get it and I do agree.