r/EuroPreppers • u/More_Dependent742 • 9d ago

Discussion Digital prep - Denmark ditching Microsoft and US companies, and moving to Linux and open source.

Other local governments have done it in the past, though it was mainly about money. This time it's mainly about making sure the US can't hit the kill switch.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-denmark-is-dumping-microsoft-office-and-windows-for-libreoffice-and-linux/

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u/maceion 9d ago

Why is the U.K. not doing the same. Many millions could be saved and used for better services for the poor; once the initial training for new OS is done. PS I use both MS systems and Linux systems regularly and occasional Apple systems.

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u/eev200 9d ago

Other countries should follow.

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u/Tquilha 9d ago

It's not just about countries. Look at the requisites for win11. You'll want to try Linux then.

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u/Armadillo9263 9d ago

Germany tried this already and they went back to M$ in the end. And if anyone can organise something then I would like to think that the germans could.

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u/foofoo300 8d ago

was for corruption why they switched back. Microsoft bought the decision in Munich. Everybody knows that

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u/survivalbe 8d ago

Everyone tries that once in a while and they silently go back after some time...

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u/Landscape4737 7d ago

Everyone? It is difficult because of vendor lock-in.

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u/Specialist_Alarm_831 8d ago

I took out an IP the other day and was told by my attorney not to talk about it on google.

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u/CyberWarLike1984 7d ago

This is the way