The petition is open to all EU resident. The goal is to replace all Windows in all public institution in Europe with a sovereign GNU/Linux.

If the petition is successful it would be a huge step forward for GNU/Linux adoption.

  • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    That uninstalling python2 bit reminds me of stories of users deleting their system32 folder to free up disk space.

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        Since Gnome depended on it, they would have had to intentionally push past warnings to force the uninstall, assuming they’re using a distro with a dependency mapping package manager… So, no, that’s not a perfectly reasonable thing to do

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          they would have had to intentionally push past warnings to force the uninstall

          Go and learn some basics about UX. Two different very smart people made this mistake.

          IIRC there are no warnings. It will just list gnome in the list of packages to uninstall that you often get when uninstalling things, and can easily ignore.

          Again to reinforce the point because many people do not understand it. Just because it was possible to avoid the issue if you were careful does not mean that it is not an issue. People make mistakes. Seatbelts exist.

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            No OS idiot proof. You can delete critical files on Windows as well. Next up you will be complaining registry edits break Windows. You straight up removed a dependency of the desktop.

            In the future you can run software in containers so you don’t have to care. Just install distrobox and podman.

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              1 month ago

              Windows will actually stop you from deleting Program Files.

              Nobody is asking for idiot-proof, just mistake-resistant. It’s ok, most people don’t understand this point.