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>The French government did not provide a specific timeline for the switchover, or which distributions it was considering. Do they realize they need to pick a L

by 1970-01-01 7mo ago

>The French government did not provide a specific timeline for the switchover, or which distributions it was considering. Do they realize they need to pick a LTS distro now? You can't mix and match distros without having a massive IT and user retraining budgets.

_blk 7mo ago
They likely don't. It's a purely political move not a technical move. With the average length of the French work week, this will take a while to implement anyway. Don't get me wrong, I think it's a great thought but I don't think it's more than a short-sighted reaction. Munich unfortunately faltered after a few years.
- hirako2000 7mo ago
  The french Gendarmerie already migrated to GendBunto, their own distribution. It took a while but it's now running on 97% of all workstations. I wouldn't call this just political fluff. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GendBuntu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GendBuntu
- yoyohello13 7mo ago
  > With the average length of the French work week, this will take a while to implement anyway. 35 instead of 40? I don't think an extra 5 hours a week is really going to move the needle in a meaningful way.
- taskforcegemini 7mo ago
  microsoft bribed them to come back
ErroneousBosh 7mo ago
Why would you need any user retraining? All distros are basically identical. The only real difference is whether you spell "package manager" as apt, yum, or dnf.
- soiltype 7mo ago
  This comment is completely out of touch with how typical office workers use their computers. "Package manager" is your feldspars. But it's even worse than that, because you don't train for the typical employee, you train for the least-technical employee lest they become completely useless overnight.
  - zahlman 7mo ago
    > "Package manager" is your feldspars. I hate that I understood this.
  - ErroneousBosh 7mo ago
    > because you don't train for the typical employee, you train for the least-technical employee lest they become completely useless overnight. "Click on the blue and orange spinny fox thingy" is easy for even the thickest user.
- 1970-01-01 7mo ago
  >All distros are basically identical. Have you ever used the Linux OS??
  - ErroneousBosh 7mo ago
    Yes, since it came on two 1.44MB floppies.
    - deleted 7mo ago
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  - markhahn 7mo ago
    Let me guess, you're impressed by desktop decorations and which file-browser is the default. Ubuntu differs from Fedora only in newbie stuff, for instance.
    - 7mo ago
0x457 7mo ago
Just pick nixOS and provide base nixosConfiguration. tada.
- localuser13 7mo ago
  Reality more surprising than HN quips: https://github.com/cloud-gouv/securix https://github.com/cloud-gouv/securix
  - 0x457 7mo ago
    Neat. Even has a generalized example: https://github.com/cloud-gouv/bureautix-example https://github.com/cloud-gouv/bureautix-example

_blk 7mo ago

They likely don't. It's a purely political move not a technical move. With the average length of the French work week, this will take a while to implement anyway. Don't get me wrong, I think it's a great thought but I don't think it's more than a short-sighted reaction. Munich unfortunately faltered after a few years.

hirako2000 7mo ago
The french Gendarmerie already migrated to GendBunto, their own distribution. It took a while but it's now running on 97% of all workstations. I wouldn't call this just political fluff. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GendBuntu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GendBuntu
yoyohello13 7mo ago
> With the average length of the French work week, this will take a while to implement anyway. 35 instead of 40? I don't think an extra 5 hours a week is really going to move the needle in a meaningful way.
taskforcegemini 7mo ago
microsoft bribed them to come back

ErroneousBosh 7mo ago

Why would you need any user retraining? All distros are basically identical. The only real difference is whether you spell "package manager" as apt, yum, or dnf.

soiltype 7mo ago
This comment is completely out of touch with how typical office workers use their computers. "Package manager" is your feldspars. But it's even worse than that, because you don't train for the typical employee, you train for the least-technical employee lest they become completely useless overnight.
- zahlman 7mo ago
  > "Package manager" is your feldspars. I hate that I understood this.
- ErroneousBosh 7mo ago
  > because you don't train for the typical employee, you train for the least-technical employee lest they become completely useless overnight. "Click on the blue and orange spinny fox thingy" is easy for even the thickest user.
1970-01-01 7mo ago
>All distros are basically identical. Have you ever used the Linux OS??
- ErroneousBosh 7mo ago
  Yes, since it came on two 1.44MB floppies.
  - deleted 7mo ago
    [deleted]
- markhahn 7mo ago
  Let me guess, you're impressed by desktop decorations and which file-browser is the default. Ubuntu differs from Fedora only in newbie stuff, for instance.
  - 7mo ago

0x457 7mo ago

Just pick nixOS and provide base nixosConfiguration. tada.

localuser13 7mo ago
Reality more surprising than HN quips: https://github.com/cloud-gouv/securix https://github.com/cloud-gouv/securix
- 0x457 7mo ago
  Neat. Even has a generalized example: https://github.com/cloud-gouv/bureautix-example https://github.com/cloud-gouv/bureautix-example