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Nicolas Borboën<p>I love that the "Gendarmerie Nationale" has its own version of Ubuntu (GendBuntu), which is used on 97% of the computers (more than 100k).<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GendBuntu" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GendBunt</span><span class="invisible">u</span></a></p><p>via <a href="https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/114715325642549058" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@nixCraft/1147</span><span class="invisible">15325642549058</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/GendarmerieNationale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GendarmerieNationale</span></a> <a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/GendBuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GendBuntu</span></a> <a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/Ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ubuntu</span></a> <a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/WindowsAlternative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsAlternative</span></a> <a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/EndOf10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndOf10</span></a> <a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/EuropeanAlternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanAlternatives</span></a> <a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a></p>
Simon D.<p>"Microsoft fait les poches des flics"<br><a href="https://www.lecanardenchaine.fr/police-justice/50999-microsoft-fait-les-poches-des-flics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lecanardenchaine.fr/police-jus</span><span class="invisible">tice/50999-microsoft-fait-les-poches-des-flics</span></a></p><p>Contrairement à leurs homologues de la <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/gendarmerie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gendarmerie</span></a>, qui ont commencé à changer de logiciel dès 2009, les poulets se sont embourbés avec <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> et continuent de raquer plus de 7 millions tous les ans. Résultat : ils vont devoir mettre à la poubelle 25 000 ordinateurs, dont le système d'exploitation <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Windows10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows10</span></a> sera bientôt rendu obsolète par son éditeur.</p><p>Le ministère de l’Intérieur l’a confirmé au Volatile : cette « migration », [va couter] 15 millions d’euros.</p><p><a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Gendbuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gendbuntu</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows11</span></a></p>
Robert Riemann 🇪🇺<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.nl/@avlap2" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>avlap2</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@eu_os" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>eu_os</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EC_DIGIT" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EC_DIGIT</span></a></span> </p><p>Before I would ask the French <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Gendarmerie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gendarmerie</span></a> to change their Linux distribution, I would ask all other policy and law inforcement forces to adopt free software.</p><p>As far as I know, the Gendarmerie still uses <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/GendBuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GendBuntu</span></a> and I consider it the possibly largest success story of Linux in the EU public sector.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@bzg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bzg</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.numerique.gouv.fr/@codegouvfr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>codegouvfr</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows11</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/EU_OS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU_OS</span></a></p>
EU OS<p>🧵 <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Throwback" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Throwback</span></a> to 2009</p><p>&quot;Moving from Microsoft XP to Vista would not have brought us many advantages and Microsoft said it would require training of users,&quot; said Lt. Col. Guimard. &quot;Moving from XP to <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ubuntu</span></a>, however, proved very easy. The two biggest differences are the icons and the games. Games are not our priority.&quot;</p><p>Source: <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/InteroperableEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InteroperableEurope</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EC_DIGIT" class="u-url mention">@<span>EC_DIGIT</span></a></span> <a href="https://interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/egovernment/news/fr-gendarmerie-saves-million" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">interoperable-europe.ec.europa</span><span class="invisible">.eu/collection/egovernment/news/fr-gendarmerie-saves-million</span></a></p><p>1/2</p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Windows11</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Windows</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EU_OS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EU_OS</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/GendBuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GendBuntu</span></a></p>
Jo_LePerdir<p>Qd on te contacte car un <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/PC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PC</span></a> vieux de 8ans, rame furieusement sous <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>windows</span></a> pour faire de la simple bureautique ; tu le bascules sur <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/Gnu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gnu</span></a> <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/Mageia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mageia</span></a>, et miraculeusement il retrouve sa prime jeunesse. Là, tu te dis qu'en ces temps de restrictions budgétaires, si les collectivités (<a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/communes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communes</span></a> <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/departement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>departement</span></a> <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/metropole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metropole</span></a> <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/region" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>region</span></a>) faisaient comme la <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/gendarmerie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gendarmerie</span></a> avec <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/GendBuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GendBuntu</span></a>, on ferait de grosses économies, au - de matériel ! Et je ne parle pas de l'impact sur la formation des élèves...</p>