Firefox, VLC, Gimp, KeePass, LibreOffice among open source software endorsed by French Government
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I. Can't read French, but going om the title alone...
I think this is a great initiative. France has been exemplary in leading Europe into a new, better, independant future lately.
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To be clear. This is a government agency endorsing the software as safe and effective. So bureaucrats can't be blamed if they use them.
This isn't the French Prime Minister announcing the country will cancel Microsoft Office subscriptions and build a fund to support FOSS projects. GIMP has nowhere near the ressources they actually need.
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The blurb through a translator:
What is the free software that the state advises in 2025?
The interministerial base of free software has still grown. From now on, there are more than 500 references in the catalog of IT programs that the State advises its administrations. A long -term job, started at the start of the past decade. 473 free software referenced in May 2024, 529 in -
To be clear. This is a government agency endorsing the software as safe and effective. So bureaucrats can't be blamed if they use them.
This isn't the French Prime Minister announcing the country will cancel Microsoft Office subscriptions and build a fund to support FOSS projects. GIMP has nowhere near the ressources they actually need.
Recently had to teach a cicd class for a government agency. Students were not allowed to install docker on their laptops. They just had take notes from my presentation, than had to go home and practice it all on their home computer,whi h they could not bring to the office either.
It's a pretty big step for a government to endorse foss tools like this.
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I. Can't read French, but going om the title alone...
I think this is a great initiative. France has been exemplary in leading Europe into a new, better, independant future lately.
As a Belgian, I can confirm hell has reached skiing temperatures.
Thank you, France!
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Sorry, best I can manage.
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too little too late, all sillicon valley oligarchs/whole paypal-mafia has monopolies on their ends.
- gimp? adobe is uncontested feature quality wise
- firefox? on a leash slowly but surly giving in to selling your data
I know this might be limited to software used by officials, but we need to somewhat prioritize funding the european search index, european fediverse platforms (existing and new ones to fill the gaps with ethical algorithm systems for enabling livelyhood on platforms like pixelfed) and official EU alternatives to whatsapp and other standards that mainstream uses
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As a Belgian, I can confirm hell has reached skiing temperatures.
Thank you, France!
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Sorry, best I can manage.
I wish you the best on your winter vacation to hell
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Love that QGIS is in there. Absolute beast of an open source project!
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Side note, but:
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I'm studying French but I don't speak it that well yet.
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Vous autorisez : Refuser toutI feel like I'm learning important day to day phrases here! Why don't they cover this stuff in language courses in this day and age, I wonder?
