yahoo.com/…/france-just-kicked-microsoft-off-1617…
2.5 million gov devices will switch to linux
c4m3lion@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I am soo curious which ditro, DE will they use
SpacePanda@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
No standard, no custom government specific distro designed for the use case and ensuring stability and consistency… every department can choose their own.
So similar fragmentation that underpins the issues Linux has with consumer confusion when trying to switch. There are too many options all with weird quirks that isn’t an issue for technical people, but is impossible for the average person to wade through to find good options for them.
Maybe they’ll specify more in the future, but at the moment it looking more like expecting each large government department to make fundamental decisions on their core IT infrastructure on their own, as opposed to a dedicated and specialized team with experience.
spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I’ll bet money they’ll either chose Fedora, Ubuntu, or some custom distro.
chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Fedora makes the most sense to me. But I can see how a cautious bunch might go for the perceived safety of Ubuntu.
alci@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Fedora being IBM, a US company, would make it a weird choice for “we need to be less dependant on US”…
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Would a government choose Fedora rather than Red Hat?
Brummbaer@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
This makes total sense, since not ever department has the same needs.
Also these are work computers, there is no “consumer confusion”- you get what everyone uses, that’s also one of the reasons windows is everywhere.
Lastly, if rolling out different distros is a core decision in your IT you lack Linux experience in my opinion.
Deceptichum@quokk.au 2 weeks ago
From what I remember reading; different ones, they’ve set no standard and let every department pursue their own needs.
atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Didn’t Germany do that a while back? Didn’t end well IIRC…
alci@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
French “gendarmerie” has a long and quite successful experience with Linux… Something like 70000 PC, with a customized Ubuntu distro, since 2008.
Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
It would need to support SELinux at the very least.
pglpm@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Possibly something similar to NixOS: frandroid.com/…/3062047_adieu-windows-securix-et-…
rozodru@piefed.world 2 weeks ago
from an IT perspective NixOS would be VERY easy for them to setup. pretty much clone the same configuration across all computers and you’re good to go. PLUS if they installed comma with it would make the user experience easy. just have to teach people to open a terminal and type “, firefox” and you’re good to go. keeps things clean. don’t have to worry about people installing stuff that could potentially break their system as you would just lock down the nix configuration.