Positive News: France has announced its plan to ditch Windows & switch to Linux for government desktops.

[phillipplays@retro-gaiden.com]

@Tutanota that's very big!

[dianea@lgbtqia.space]

@Tutanota

Considering that Microsoft products are astonishingly bad, it is about time. Maybe a few decades too late, but this is the second best time.

[kaika1975@mastoot.fr]

@elduvelle @Tutanota
Few weeks ago I read in paper that some big cities as Toulouse had rejected windows in their administration. Little by little it’s on move but it requires a lot of change and it can’t be done very fast

[parikhparth23@mastodon.social]

@Tutanota the biggest problem is with chat and video apps - theres no better alternative thanbig corps

[mukto_manob@mastodon.social]

@Tutanota we need to start doing the same here in the UK, specially for the NHS where a good amount of money is spent on software licensing.

#UK #nhs

[techunt@mastodon.social]

@pr06lefs @Tutanota The fact you need an up-to-date, un-rooted, safetynet enabled Android or iPhone for most banking apps is one of my biggest gripes.
We can have administrative privileges everywhere, just not our phones?
What a cruel joke

[donchacale@mastodon.social]

@Tutanota
formidable!!!

[stepphy202@mastodon.social]

Hi, how are you doing today?.

[susanpotter@mastodon.social]

@Tutanota finally one government in Europe is getting serious about the Big Tech threat. More please.

[jcktmn@outerheaven.club]

@starluna @Tutanota my guess would probably be jitsi

[wolfgang@gotosocial.whammes.dynv6.net]

@geolr @Tutanota

It works in Schleswig-Holstein in the north of Germany.

[wolfgang@gotosocial.whammes.dynv6.net]

@ovoao @PapaFatHead @Tutanota

You can find "The Suite" on Github: https://github.com/suitenumerique

[josejfernandez@todon.eu]

@Tutanota I wish the switch lasts, as I don't think it'd be the first time a move away from Windows happens in certain public administration, to later be reverted and Windows adopted again.

[wolfgang@gotosocial.whammes.dynv6.net]

@elduvelle @wyliecoyoteuk

Every Minister in the french government has to work on a migration plan. This plans must be ready until the end of 2026. (https://winfuture.de/news,158029.html)

And they work on "La Suite numérique". Open source, in collaboration with the Netherlands and Germany. (https://github.com/suitenumerique)

[axx@mstdn.fr]

@starluna @Tutanota it's called Visio
https://lasuite.numerique.gouv.fr/produits/visio

[mikelius@mstdn.games]

@Tutanota
Just to say it, I think we should be pushing to leave all big tech in general, not just U.S. big tech, as it's labeled all the time. The threat of greed and data is a global problem.

[tutanota@mastodon.social]

@xs4me2 Agreed!

[tutanota@mastodon.social]

@mikelius That would be amazing!

[johan_e_m@mastodon.social]

@Tutanota wow!

[starluna@mastodon.social]

@jcktmn @Tutanota We have tried jitsi. The challenge with it is that it doesn't have an interpretation function, which is critical to the work that we do here.