Subj : German state moving 30,000 PCs to Linux
To   : niter3
From : Nightfox
Date : Fri Apr 05 2024 08:47:34

  Re: German state moving 30,000 PCs to Linux
  By: niter3 to Warpslide on Fri Apr 05 2024 09:36 am

 ni> Interesting, without looking at those links, why are they getting off this
 ni> platform?

They say "the term 'digital sovereignty' is very important here.  If a public administration uses proprietary, closed software that can't be studied or modified, it is very difficult to know what happens to users' data."

It sounds like they feel that open-source software is easier to understand, and they don't want to be beholden to proprietary technology that obscures what's going on inside.

Nightfox
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