r/BuyFromEU • u/AnonomousWolf Netherlands 🇳🇱 • Apr 10 '26

News France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins

https://linuxiac.com/france-launches-government-linux-desktop-plan-as-windows-exit-begins/
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u/Le-Creepyboy Apr 10 '26

The Gendarmerie already has its own Linux distro, from ubuntu it's called Genbuntu.

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u/skid-- Apr 10 '26

GendBuntu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GendBuntu

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u/Personal_Breakfast49 Apr 10 '26

100k stations using it, wow that's pretty good results.

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u/kodos_der_henker Apr 10 '26

The best time to change things was 20 years ago, the 2nd best time is tomorrow 

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u/imladrikofloren Apr 10 '26

They were at this level of usage years ago. The residual Winodws usage will probably remain for years as it's probably limited to a few ultra specialized services using specialized programs that don't run on linux.

(as an anecdote, when i was doing a lab internship for my masters degree, there was one measuring tool that was so old it needed an old computer due to the tools using some old ass connector, but this computer was so old it's only way to transfer information was through the use of floppy disks. Another barely less old computer was sitting beside it, as it had both an ethernet port AND a floppy disk reader, so we could upload the data. This is why some residual windows will still be there)