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oatmealGreat write up on why the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EU</a> should adopt <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GNOME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GNOME</a> as a foundation for an alternative operating system to reduce reliance on American tech corporations and as a matter of strategic autonomy and control over digital infrastructure.<a href="https://ergaster.org/posts/2025/02/28-prosthetics-that-dont-betray/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ergaster.org/posts/2025/02/28-prosthetics-that-dont-betray/</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GNOME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GNOME</a> is a polished modern and friendly than ever before. Its developers have adopted a more minimalist approach, while <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KDE</a>, historically at least, was more tweak-able.In fact, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> on the desktop could have and should have been more ubiquitous. But <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microsoft</a> has historically waged war against it when the free software movement started picking up. Most notably the 2003 "Get the Facts"— a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FUD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FUD</a> spreading disinformation campaign, comparing Windows to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> on cost, security, and reliability. Back then the worst U.S. companies like microsoft could do was to threat to close a research center in a country in which the government was exploring alternatives. That was often enough for governments to abandon their plans. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Israel</a> in fact is a great example of that submissiveness to U.S. demands. There’s no doubt the U.S. is using its leverage this way. It’s never been a true competition for free software, and Linux on the desktop never stood a chance for sure. Though specific needs persist, organizational dependency on proprietary systems is a conscious choice.I’ll pin this post and overtime will add short reviews of some of the amazing software built for GNOME I’m using or coming across. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#us</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/eu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eu</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dataImperialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dataImperialism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freesoftware</a>

oatmealTLDR; It is madness to continue transferring the running of European societies and governments to American clouds. Not only is it a terrible idea given the kind of things the “King of America” keeps saying, the legal sophistry used to justify such transfers, like the nonsense letter the Dutch cabinet sent last week, has now been invalidated by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> himself. And why are we doing this? Convenience. But it is very scary to make yourself 100% dependent on the goodwill of the American government merely because it is convenient. So let’s not.<a href="https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/you-can-no-longer-base-your-government-and-society-on-us-clouds/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/you-can-no-longer-base-your-government-and-society-on-us-clouds/</a> Convenience vs. security and sovereignty, given the unpredictable nature of US politics and the erosion of data privacy protections, Bert makes a strong argument, and not only Europeans of course. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usa</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/trumpism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trumpism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cloud</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/eu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eu</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/thenetherlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#thenetherlands</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DataImperialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DataImperialism</a>

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