"The year of the European Union Linux desktop may finally arrive"

https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/27/the_european_union_linux_desktop/

(Sure, it's SJVN, but he makes some good points anyway. ;) )

Obquote:
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Privacy isn't the only issue. Can you trust Microsoft to deliver on its
service promises under American political pressure? Ask the EU-based International Criminal Court (ICC) which after it issued arrest warrants
for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes, Trump imposed sanctions on the ICC. Soon afterward, ICC's chief prosecutor, Karim Khan,
was reportedly locked out of his Microsoft email accounts. Coincidence?
Some think not. Microsoft denies they had anything to do with this.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _

TL;DR: MSFT has their fingers so deep into user's desktops that EU
governments and entities are worried about the integrity of their data.

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On 10 Jul 2025 10:41:23 GMT, vallor wrote:

"The year of the European Union Linux desktop may finally arrive"

The year of the Linux desktop will only arrive concomitant with the
year of universal computer literacy -- and the latter will never happen.

Check out, as an example, the LibreOffice mailing lists:

<https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/>

One guy somehow scanned a document and he was asking why he could
not then open it in LibreOffice Word.

That's just one simple example of the idiocy that typifies the general
computer user.

Do you actually believe that these morons could ever adapt to another
way of doing things?

Unless GNU/Linux is made into a complete M$ Winblows clone there will
never be the "year of the Linux desktop."

The monopoly of Micro$oft will never be broken as long as idiots
form the vast majority of computer users.

The case is closed.

Get real. Just use Linux and STFU.


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On 2025-07-10, vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote:

"The year of the European Union Linux desktop may finally arrive"

https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/27/the_european_union_linux_desktop/

(Sure, it's SJVN, but he makes some good points anyway. ;) )

Obquote:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Privacy isn't the only issue. Can you trust Microsoft to deliver on its service promises under American political pressure? Ask the EU-based International Criminal Court (ICC) which after it issued arrest warrants
for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes, Trump imposed sanctions on the ICC. Soon afterward, ICC's chief prosecutor, Karim Khan,
was reportedly locked out of his Microsoft email accounts. Coincidence?
Some think not. Microsoft denies they had anything to do with this.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _

TL;DR: MSFT has their fingers so deep into user's desktops that EU governments and entities are worried about the integrity of their data.

This is good news as long as the migration is done properly. Politics
aside, Linux will give these countries the freedom to not rely on Microsoft
or any other foreign, to them, corporation. Also with much being cloud
based, the underlying OS is much less important compared to 10 years ago.
Even Microsoft is pushing the future as being cloud based.
This should be interesting to watch.


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set up strawmen, and bore you into submission with his endless
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On 2025-07-12, RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote:

On 2025-07-11, pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> wrote:

On 2025-07-10, vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote:

"The year of the European Union Linux desktop may finally arrive"

https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/27/the_european_union_linux_desktop/ >>>
(Sure, it's SJVN, but he makes some good points anyway. ;) )

Obquote:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Privacy isn't the only issue. Can you trust Microsoft to deliver on its
service promises under American political pressure? Ask the EU-based
International Criminal Court (ICC) which after it issued arrest warrants >>> for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes, Trump imposed >>> sanctions on the ICC. Soon afterward, ICC's chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, >>> was reportedly locked out of his Microsoft email accounts. Coincidence?
Some think not. Microsoft denies they had anything to do with this.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _

TL;DR: MSFT has their fingers so deep into user's desktops that EU
governments and entities are worried about the integrity of their data.

This is good news as long as the migration is done properly. Politics
aside, Linux will give these countries the freedom to not rely on Microsoft >> or any other foreign, to them, corporation. Also with much being cloud
based, the underlying OS is much less important compared to 10 years ago.
Even Microsoft is pushing the future as being cloud based.
This should be interesting to watch.

Not a fan of Cloud computing. You don't control the Cloud, but you can control your own computer.

I agree, but for better or worse, that's the way things are headed.
At least in the business, corporate world.


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36- George Graves: "Jason. You have started an argument with
the *Snit (AKA Michael Glasser)*, this should not be done. He
will drive you crazy with his twisted logic, his deep-rooted
need to be ALWAYS right at any cost. He will move goalposts,
set up strawmen, and bore you into submission with his endless
pedanticism. The only way to engage him is to hit and run. NEVER
engage him, it's a futile, empty procedure that will only anger
you and feed him. Take my advice and STAY AWAY!" 27 Oct 2004 <https://web.archive.org/web/20190529043314/http://cosmicpenguin.com/snitlist.html>

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On Sun, 13 Jul 2025 00:36:30 -0000 (UTC), pothead wrote:

I agree, but for better or worse, that's the way things are headed.
At least in the business, corporate world.

Some companies have pulled back from the cloud after they did a cost
analysis.

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