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France has ditched Windows 11 for Linux on 2.5 million government PCs (www.techradar.com)
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Frances switchted to Linux on 2.5 million PCs

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[–] Jiral@lemmy.org 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

License costs for Windows alone for one single Bundesland in Germany are 15 Mio EUR a year, I read, and that doesn't include other costs. France is probably paying Microsoft in the hundreds of millions currently. You can do a lot on your own with that kind of money, especially when using everything open source has to offer, as basis.