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the eu is a pet the US keeps close. this will never happen.
This is dumb. Hand over development to bureaucrats? create a set of guidelines and requirements, and allow distros to be certified, and fund development of distros that are being used.
As long as the EU doesn't reinvent the wheel, why not? I mean if they are going to fork Linux and rewrite a EU-based linux OS, this would further divide the community and make issues and security a lot more wacky... Not sure this is a good idea.
Pretty sure they're talking about making a distro, not forking the Linux kernel. I don't see any reason why they would need to fork it anyway.
If they really expect the average white collar worker to learn Linux they probably should touch some grass
Honestly, in a managed environment, there's not really much learning to do. All the hard part of learning Linux is dealing with system issues, or when shit breaks. In corporate land, you've got IT staff for that.
The biggest hurdle would be learning libre office, but considering the average white collar level of mastery of MS office is pretty poor, the basics really aren't that different in LO.
just an idea, it could be based on #NixOS , if I remember well the project was partially funded by European Research or Opensource funds.
Please correct me if I am wrong on the fundings, I say this from distant memory.
EDIT: it was just an idea, as it is not the most user-friendly distro out there...
Or they could use a distro that's already been created by a European vendor, maybe even create a competitive tender. There's no point in creating a new distro, add a new repository if you must.
If only the GAFAMS could stop getting money from taxpayers! It would be a big start and then it would just be the individuals who would decide to support by buying their products or not.