[vox] The Trump Factor In Linux Growth

Bob Scofield scofield at omsoft.com
Sat Apr 11 18:08:38 PDT 2026


It appears that, as a result of the chaos spread by the Trump regime, 
France is moving its government computers to Linux as a way to gain 
digital sovereignty:

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/10/france-to-ditch-windows-for-linux-to-reduce-reliance-on-us-tech/

There are other articles and videos on European countries moving away 
from U.S. digital products. One of the more interesting is this video on 
the German government banning Microsoft file formats from being used at 
any level of German government from the federal to the municipal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7jYaEJ8LFU

Bob


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