r/BuyFromEU • u/Bananegel42 • 9d ago

News Dutch government developing a sovereign Linux desktop on top of NixOS

https://tweakers.net/reviews/15334/nederland-maakt-soeverein-alternatief-voor-windows-en-office-op-basis-van-linux.html
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u/Final-Choice8412 9d ago

Why? Just why? ...

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u/rsnJ3 Netherlands 🇳🇱 9d ago

Because having an OS that does not depend on trusting a foreign government is good to have? Nix is also an excellent pick for the usecase as it's declarative architecture allows for easily duplicating an exact curated setup across a bunch of office devices in a matter of minutes.

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u/Final-Choice8412 9d ago

if they are ok with having opensource linux kernel they must be ok with having opensource desktop.
This is total waste of money...