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Quote: "In less than three months' time, almost no civil servant, police officer or judge in Schleswig-Holstein will be using any of Microsoft's ubiquitous programs at work. […] The current first phase involves ending the use of Word and Excel software […]. Over the next few years, there will also be a switch to the Linux operating system in order to complete the move away from Windows."

france24.com/en/live-news/2025

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FRANCE 24 · 'We're done with Teams': German state hits uninstall on MicrosoftBy France 24

3 days until #EU_OS at Paris #HackDays: How many hours do you use your #Windows office computer per day? For 6h in front of the computer, this makes 6h·20d·11=1320h per year: Time that users spent in an ecosystem entirely controlled by few powerful, rich people in other countries.

And more and more, #Windows wants to increase this control and extract value for its shareholders. Change of license models to extract annual rents, forced upgrades to #Windows11, etc. 1/2

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2/2 Only this week we learnt that a jury will rank the project and offer prices. Cross your fingers for us 🤞 or even better, join on Matrix at #eu-os:kde.org or for developers at #eu-os-dev:kde.org to offer your help for a competitive advantage! 😉

Also, the first ever merchandise arrived – here presented by "model" Robert. 😇

6 days until #EU_OS at Paris #HackDays: EU OS is a so-called atomic operating system that offers interruption free software updates thanks to #bootc (bootable container) technology. While people work, bootc downloads and installs unnoticeable to the user the update. After the next computer restart (trigged by the user), EU OS switches to the new version. If something breaks, the user can roll back. 1/2

Who doesn't know the situation: Quickly leaving office to catch a train or join some dinner or sport class, but then the laptop cannot be powered off due to a #Windows update.

The software alternative eu-os.eu installs updates invisible in the background. After a reboot, the users have a freshly updated system without any waiting time! In many ways, #Linux is more advanced than #Windows!

Please share/follow to help raising awareness about #EU_OS #DigitalSovereignty #EuroStack.

Data from the domain DNS shows that many European public services rely on proprietary cloud services: jurgen.gaeremyn.be/2025/03/08/

"Querying mail-servers teaches that in some countries, over 70% of all public services rely on this American provider."

Last week, #Microsoft allegedly decided to cancel MS365 services of a Chinese university with a notice of about one week: scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article

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jurgen.gaeremyn.beEuropean critical dependencies – Pseudo Random Noise
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2/2 #EU_OS will develop its Proof-of-Concept to demonstrate how much decoupling is possible through free and open source #FLOSS. The publication of the strategy is planned for 4 June, when the EU OS team will present the results at the #DINUM hack days in Paris. What a coincidence! Follow this account to stay updated on the progress of EU OS.

Learn more about the sprint and how you can contribute: gitlab.com/eu-os/eu-os.gitlab.

GitLabCall for Participants: EU OS sprint at hackathon in Paris 2-4 June (pre-event 31 May-1 June) (online participation possible) (#31) · Issues · EU OS / EU OS Docs and Planning · GitLab Call for Participants: Hackdays and Pre-Event in Paris (31 May - 4 June) Hackathon ...

#EU_OS looks out for potential early adopters in the public sector to inform the design of the proof of concept.

Many current Linux on the Desktop deployments are in the education sector: schools and universities.

Dear @primtux or any other education Linux project, would you be interested to join the first developer sprint in person in Paris or online?

Event: hackdays.numerique.gouv.fr/

Planning: gitlab.com/eu-os/eu-os.gitlab.

@bluehats @codegouvfr @blagarrigue
@ThierryM
#plasma #gcompris #endof10

hackdays.numerique.gouv.frHackDays - Hackathon Digital WorkspaceLes 2, 3 et 4 Juin 2025 - Travaillons ensemble à développer des outils souverains & open source

Si punta ad una versione #Europea di #linux ossia #eu_os per le pubbliche amministrazioni (e non solo)
La filosofia di base è quella di ridurre la dipendenza tecnologica dell'europa dagli #USA e #CINA e che un software costruito con i soldi pubblici sia gratuito per tutti (in #Europa almeno)
I vantaggi in termini di competitività sarebbero notevoli, si potrebbero risparmiare anche 300 euro l'anno per PC tra licenze e necessità hardware

#sovranitàdigitale

zeusnews.it/n.php?c=30849

ZEUS NewsEU OS, il sistema operativo basato su Linux per l'EuropaNato da una costola di Fedora, sarà destinato alla pubblica amministrazione. (ZEUS News)