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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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[–] zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

What is saved, gets spent into operational costs now. Many cities tried the switch, had higher expenses and lower productivity, and switched back to Windows. Let’s hope France hired the right professionals for this migration