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The petitioner calls for the European Union to actively develop and implement a Linux-based operating system, termed ‘EU-Linux’, across public administrations in all EU Member States.

This initiative aims to reduce dependency on Microsoft products, ensuring compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and promoting transparency, sustainability, and digital sovereignty within the EU.

The petitioner emphasizes the importance of using open-source alternatives to Microsoft 365, such as LibreOffice and Nextcloud, and suggests the adoption of the E/OS mobile operating system for government devices. The petitioner also highlights the potential for job creation in the IT sector through this initiative.

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  • intelisense@lemm.eeEnglish
    502·
    2 days ago

    Why not support OpenSuse instead of starting from scratch? Mature, EU based, enterprise ready… it checks all the boxes IMHO.

    • varyingExpertise@feddit.orgEnglish
      281·
      2 days ago

      Don’t confuse honest technical motivations with “technical motivations” here. Starting new projects to grab EU funding is a lot more profitable for the individual companies that get to take part in them. Especially when failure is an option in the end.

      I’m not saying that’s the case, but I have experienced one or two EU funded project here and there that didn’t really make efforts to make the jump into a market viable product in the end.

      • aleq@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        2 days ago

        I don’t think there’s any clear path for the petitioner here to land such a deal if the proposal was accepted, it’s just a very short petition urging development of an EU linux distro?

    • Matriks404@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      2 days ago

      Most probably it will be based on the existing Linux distribution like openSUSE, anyway, do I don’t see anything wrong with that approach.

    • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 days ago

      Not even my distro of choice and I thought the exact same thing.

      Makes more sense to me to do exactly that.

      And on the side, do something like Germany’s Sovereign Tech Fund to support other FOSS projects.

    • jimmy90@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      yeah there will still be support/infra businesses needed to keep digital governance going just a matter of which is better value

      i do think policies should be biassed towards open software/processes/protocols that can run on any platform