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France has ditched Windows 11 for Linux on 2.5 million government PCs (www.techradar.com)

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Frances switchted to Linux on 2.5 million PCs

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[–] Jimbo@pawb.social 97 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (18 children)

I wonder how much money the government is saving on Windows licences alone

[–] WagnasT@piefed.world 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I've always wondered if the money saved from licenses would cover the cost of new full time employees to pick up support, it probably depends on the org size.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 24 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It’s not like they don’t need staff to support windows.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 7 points 3 days ago

I read it as "pick up support for the FOSS projects" as opposed to user IT support.
So, contributing to the FOSS.
Even sponsorship would be awesome, in a "we can't do the tech stuff, but here is 10% of what we saved" kinda way

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