I had heard something about this quite some time ago.
I think at the time the preference was Ubuntu, is that still the case?

Regardless, good policy.

As great as this sounds, I think this transition is just for this specific group "direction interministérielle du numérique (DINUM)" and not for the entire government..

Your source says

"la DINUM annonce sa sortie de Windows au profit de postes sous système d'exploitation Linux.".

which means "The DINUM announces its exit from Windows towards workstations using Linux"

It doesn't say that all governmental agencies will do this transition.. (unfortunately, and hopefully this will come later)

This is good for many reasons no matter the distro, because:

1.more Companies will offer Apps/ programs with Linux compatible versions, when a whole countries administration is a potential paying customer, wich will provide more compatible software for all of us

2. People working with Linux because of their job will get to know it, see that is is easy to use and this will propsbly get more private people to switch at home to, which opens new markets

So: 👍 France, go forward!

Ellf Aquitanienuns, TOTAL super. Talbot.

Hoffentlich geht das mal gut.

2 Russian trolls in this thread. I expect all your posts are affected by this?

For those wondering, open antt5 in his home server.

As for the collapse of democracy. I'm 68 and began wondering in my 20s if the post WWII effect and shaming the far-right, would last my lifetime. I think that Russia/Putin are behind almost all of what's happening today. Horrible people and we need to start telling them.

Using the propaganda model...news businesses favoring profit over the public interest succeed, whilst those favoring reportorial accuracy over profits fail — and are relegated to the margins of their markets (low sales and ratings).

(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufact…)

In very large part because the media have been effectively commandeered by those with nefarious agendas.

Way, way too tempting for a means of influencing public opinion to be a tool for the powerful - those rich in wealth and power and profoundly poor spiritually.

The craziest thing to me is that there is no way a thing like this wouldn't ultimately hurt children far more than anything they are *claiming* it supposedly prevents.

Like how does that not just automatically become a deal killer for all these bills?

It's kind of preaching to the choir here. Mastodon seems to be a haven for peeps, either by vocation, or life circumstances are attuned to the problems this will cause.

I see semi supportive comments showup even on general tech sites, where I feel they should know better. For the general population? I don't know what it would take to get them to oppose "protecting the children"(lulz). If all this(looks around, stretches arms) doesn't cause alarm, I don't know what will.

In the US, we need to fight against KOSA, which is advancing in our legislature.

The Kids Online Safety Act Will Make the Internet Worse for Everyone

This bill won’t bother big tech. Large companies will be able to manage this regulation, which is why Apple and X have agreed to support it. In fact, X helped negotiate the text of the last version of this bill we saw. Meanwhile, those companies’ smaller competitors will be left scrambling to comply. Under KOSA, a small platform hosting mental health discussion boards will be just as vulnerable as Meta or TikTok—but much less able to defend itself.

eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/kids…

it's #Cyberfascism and it's nit enough to merely force them to backpeddle, but DEMAND #HumanRightsBack - WITH INTEREST!

• And not just refuse to comply, but actively sabotage #SurveillanceTech!

infosec.space/@kkarhan/1162703…

#HumanRights #CivilRights

fightchatcontrol.eu/

To get MEPs uphold the vote against mass surveilance of messengers.

If they can do all that already then "democracy" had already ended. But in truth it was never actual democracy anyway. Do you really think anyone would genuinely let people decide for themselves?

#Politics