Re:France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on U...
by oscord on Friday April 10, 2026 @01:30PM
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Ditch iOS and Android for a Blackberry OS / Nokia ?
Really, are there any alternatives?
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Re:France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on U...
by amarant on Friday April 10, 2026 @01:40PM
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SailfishOS, Ubuntu touch, and postmarketOS to name a few from the top of my dome.
Nokia isn't really an alternative at all since M$ bought it.
Re:France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on U...
by unethical_ban on Friday April 10, 2026 @02:47PM
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Motorola and grapheneos? If only the French government weren't attacking Graphene.
As for desktop, I suppose the only major European options are Ubuntu and SUSE with corporate backing.
Re:France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on U...
by microtonal on Friday April 10, 2026 @02:57PM
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The French government and Murena (makers of /e/OS). They are spouting nonsense that security hardening is only for pedophiles and spies:
https://mastodon.social/@[email protected]/116353...
https://www.clubic.com/actualite-604786-murena-e-os-intervie...
It's ironic that a company that pretends to be for privacy is using the same think of the children argument as those pushing Chat Control, age verification, etc. Of course, their privacy is mostly a farce, since they have also been caught uploading data to OpenAI for text-to-speechi
I hope that more European governments will start supporting GrapheneOS, since it can compete with Apple on security and is better than Apple and GMS Android when it comes to privacy.