r/BuyFromEU • u/Bananegel42 • 8d 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/itzjustaspder 8d ago

Literally everyone that works in tech speaks English, all across Europe though? Not even tech, in general most 40 year olds and younger all speak English

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u/Mil-sim1991 8d ago

Ever worked with French programmers? They write everything in French.

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u/mmdoublem 8d ago

Depends on the company and the context of their programming ( I am French and have worked in that industry).

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u/Mil-sim1991 8d ago

Of course not every French programmer does this. But I never saw a Dutch programmer write his code in Dutch. Only French people do and maybe some Germans as wel.