EU OS<p>The <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>US</span></a> imposes 30% of <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/UStariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UStariffs</span></a> to the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EuropeanUnion</span></a>. According to Politico, the Commission is ready to retaliate. EU OS believes that a European response with Tariffs on US BigTech services (or all services that face trade deficits) would make so much more sense if the EU had alternatives for those in place. This is why <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EU_OS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EU_OS</span></a>, <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EuroStack" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EuroStack</span></a> and <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a> is important. It offers more leverage.</p><p><a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-hits-eu-with-sweeping-30-percent-tariffs/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.eu/article/donald-tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-hits-eu-with-sweeping-30-percent-tariffs/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/GermanStack" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GermanStack</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TradeWar</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EC_NGI" class="u-url mention">@<span>EC_NGI</span></a></span></p>
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EU OS<p>The <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EuropeanCommission" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EuropeanCommission</span></a> supports multi-country projects with a programme called European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (EDIC). On 13 June already, France mentioned the "Digital Commons" <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EDIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EDIC</span></a> currently in the making, which in principle could also support a sovereign operating system such as <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EU_OS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EU_OS</span></a>.</p><p>The EDIC should be launched this summer with France 🇫🇷, Germany 🇩🇪, Netherlands 🇳🇱 , Italy 🇮🇹 and Slovenia 🇸🇮! 🥳 </p><p>Source (in 🇫🇷): <a href="https://www.numerique.gouv.fr/sinformer/espace-presse/cigref-resilience-numerique-france-allemagne-paysbas-eurostack/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">numerique.gouv.fr/sinformer/es</span><span class="invisible">pace-presse/cigref-resilience-numerique-france-allemagne-paysbas-eurostack/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EuroStack" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EuroStack</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/GermanStack" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GermanStack</span></a></p>
MOVED to: https://mastodon.au/@Linux<p><span>For a list of true Linux distros, developed and designed in Europe, and not dependent on America's Fedora Linux, you have a few to choose from, including Mageia (France, Europe), which like Fedora works well with RPM packages and Flatpak <br><br></span><a href="https://codeberg.org/Linux-Is-Best/Outside_Us_Jurisdiction/src/branch/main/Operating_System.md" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://codeberg.org/Linux-Is-Best/Outside_Us_Jurisdiction/src/branch/main/Operating_System.md</a><span><br><br></span><a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/Eu_OS" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Eu_OS</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/EuOS" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EuOS</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/endof10" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#endof10</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/DigitalSovereignty" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalSovereignty</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/GermanStack" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GermanStack</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/EuroStack" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EuroStack</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/opensourceweek2025" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opensourceweek2025</a><span><br><br><br></span><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@eu_os" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@eu_os@eupolicy.social</a></p>
MOVED to: https://mastodon.au/@Linux<p><span>For a list of true Linux distros, developed and designed in Europe, and not dependent on America's Fedora Linux, you have a few to choose from, including Mageia (France, Europe), which like Fedora works well with RPM packages and Flatpak <br><br></span><a href="https://codeberg.org/Linux-Is-Best/Outside_Us_Jurisdiction/src/branch/main/Operating_System.md" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://codeberg.org/Linux-Is-Best/Outside_Us_Jurisdiction/src/branch/main/Operating_System.md</a><span><br><br></span><a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/Eu_OS" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Eu_OS</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/EuOS" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EuOS</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/endof10" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#endof10</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/DigitalSovereignty" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalSovereignty</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/GermanStack" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GermanStack</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/EuroStack" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EuroStack</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/opensourceweek2025" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opensourceweek2025</a><br><br><span class="quote-inline">RE: <a href="https://eupolicy.social/users/eu_os/statuses/114693542131348368" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://eupolicy.social/users/eu_os/statuses/114693542131348368</a></span></p>
EU OS<p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EU_OS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EU_OS</span></a> develops concepts for Linux on the Desktop for the public sector already today. Also for Schleswig-Holstein if they choose so. Learn more at <a href="https://eu-os.eu" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">eu-os.eu</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/endof10" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>endof10</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/GermanStack" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GermanStack</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EuroStack" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EuroStack</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/opensourceweek2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>opensourceweek2025</span></a></p>
EU OS<p>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."</p><p><a href="https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250613-we-re-done-with-teams-german-state-hits-uninstall-on-microsoft" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">france24.com/en/live-news/2025</span><span class="invisible">0613-we-re-done-with-teams-german-state-hits-uninstall-on-microsoft</span></a> </p><p>1/2</p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EU_OS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EU_OS</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/GermanStack" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GermanStack</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EuroStack" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EuroStack</span></a></p>
Robert Riemann 🇪🇺<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jwildeboer</span></a></span> Next year will be the year of Linux on the desktop! 🤘<br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/EU_OS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU_OS</span></a></p><p>(During my bachelor studies, my emphasis was on fusion physics. Once <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/EU_OS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU_OS</span></a> is done, I go back to the other issue. 😇😁)</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/EuroStack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuroStack</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/GermanStack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GermanStack</span></a></p>
Robert Riemann 🇪🇺<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mmol" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mmol</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@pascal_f" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pascal_f</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.heise.de/@heiseonline" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>heiseonline</span></a></span></p><p>Die Community überschätzt wieviel Lust es in der EU gibt Alternativen vorzubereiten. Sehr wenig, denke ich. Die handvoll Projekte können sich nur wenig auf etablierte Best Practices stützen. In dieser Situation fände ich ein gemeinsames Linux in der EU angebracht - um die wenigen Kräfte effizient zu nutzen.</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/EU_OS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU_OS</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/GermanStack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GermanStack</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/EuroStack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuroStack</span></a></p>
EU OS<p>German Digital Minister wants open standards and open source as guiding principle. <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EU_OS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EU_OS</span></a> is fully open source and work for a Proof-of-Concept is on the way.</p><p><a href="https://www.heise.de/en/news/Digital-Minister-wants-open-standards-and-open-source-as-guiding-principle-10414632.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">heise.de/en/news/Digital-Minis</span><span class="invisible">ter-wants-open-standards-and-open-source-as-guiding-principle-10414632.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Fedora" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fedora</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/endof10" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>endof10</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Windows</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EuroStack" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EuroStack</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/GermanStack" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GermanStack</span></a></p>
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