France proposes breaking dependence on American big tech by adopting Linux - Kotaku In Action 2

KotakuInAction2

Communities Topics

Hot

All Posts

DEFAULT COMMUNITIES • All General AskWin Funny Technology Animals Sports Gaming DIY Health Positive Privacy

France proposes breaking dependence on American big tech by adopting Linux (www.windowscentral.com)

posted 87 days ago by theaustrianpainter 87 days ago by theaustrianpainter +39 / -0

Why is the French government ditching Microsoft's Windows and moving to Linux? It's all about America.

France is adopting Linux-based operating systems to reduce reliance on U.S. tech giants.

31 comments

31 comments share save hide report block hide replies

You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread.

Comments (31)

sorted by:

▲ 5 ▼

– SR388-SAX 5 points 87 days ago +5 / -0

Pretty sure Linus Torvalds was a Swede, and "Linux" is an open-source initiative with global contributions.

There have been large institutional contributions from companies based in the US as well, like IBM's Red Hat/Fedora Core (or whatever they're calling it these days).

permalink parent save report block reply

Original 8chan Links to Gamer Gate:

The main GG discussion is on the videogames board: https://8chan.moe/v/

GamerGate archive is at https://8chan.moe/gamergatehq/

GamerGate Wiki:

https://ggwiki.deepfreeze.it/index.php/Main_Page

. . . . . .

Rules:

ONE: Do not advocate for illegal violence or post other illegal activity. (Be aware of your local laws.)

TWO: Don't threaten, harass, or impersonate users. Also: don't be a psycho. New users will be held to a higher standard.

THREE: Do not post porn.

FOUR: NSFW/NSFL content must be flaired NSFW.

FIVE: No vote manipulation. Do not break communities.win's features.

SIX: No spam or reposts. Do not make more than 5 threads a day.

SEVEN: Do not post falsehoods and hoaxes that are obvious to an uncontroversial degree.

. . . . . .

Moderation Logs:

(Two different versions, Scored has more features and is cleaner, but .win let's you see a few more details in certain instances.)

Scored
.win

Moderators

Message the Moderators

2026.02.01 - 8wn6p (status)