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With the world changing around us, many governments and organisations are trying to reduce their dependency on tech giants. Here's an update on how one German federal state is moving 30,000 PCs to LibreOffice (and longer-term, Linux): https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/03/13/updates-on-schleswig-holstein-moving-to-libreoffice/ #foss #opensource #freesoftware
Some Employee of Schleswig Holstein posted a few days ago that he’s finally allowed to use Linux on his work laptop, and that it’s OpenSUSE that’s approved. But I would hope that they would support the Linux Ecosystem by either paying developers or buying a subscription for the Suse Enterprise Linux
They plan to pay for some development. Mainly in replacing Microsoft Active Directory, which has to be replaced using a number of different open source projects for different features and apparently those lack some features they really want. There are only a few large users of desktop Linux so those administration tools very much need some work.
Governments want a stable distro, which has great general support and the option of hiring developers for additional features. If something breaks government workers can not do their jobs, so it costs money anyway. So having professional people behind it, who can be talked and fix the problem quickly is something a government really wants. In addition to that, they require some niche features, which need to be developed. In other words, they really want a stable distro with a professional team behind it and as it happens Suse is the only such company in Germany. Even better they already have experience in dealing with government agencies and well speak German. The alternatives would be CentOS or Fedora from RedHead or Ubuntu from Canonical. However those are not German or European.
Suse is a german company and therefore Suse Linux has some improvements for german users. And if you’re doing it to get away from american companies to get your own sovereign OS, that totally makes sense. Better localization and from your country. And the support might also be in German
Sort of the plan, but I am not sure what Linux distro they are using.
Some Employee of Schleswig Holstein posted a few days ago that he’s finally allowed to use Linux on his work laptop, and that it’s OpenSUSE that’s approved. But I would hope that they would support the Linux Ecosystem by either paying developers or buying a subscription for the Suse Enterprise Linux
They plan to pay for some development. Mainly in replacing Microsoft Active Directory, which has to be replaced using a number of different open source projects for different features and apparently those lack some features they really want. There are only a few large users of desktop Linux so those administration tools very much need some work.
Great News. Thank you :)
@albert180 @Melchior why specifically OpenSuse?
Because SUSE is a German company
Governments want a stable distro, which has great general support and the option of hiring developers for additional features. If something breaks government workers can not do their jobs, so it costs money anyway. So having professional people behind it, who can be talked and fix the problem quickly is something a government really wants. In addition to that, they require some niche features, which need to be developed. In other words, they really want a stable distro with a professional team behind it and as it happens Suse is the only such company in Germany. Even better they already have experience in dealing with government agencies and well speak German. The alternatives would be CentOS or Fedora from RedHead or Ubuntu from Canonical. However those are not German or European.
@Melchior Ah thats a clear and enlightening reply. Thank you for taking the time.
Suse is a german company and therefore Suse Linux has some improvements for german users. And if you’re doing it to get away from american companies to get your own sovereign OS, that totally makes sense. Better localization and from your country. And the support might also be in German
Because it’s European Based, and I guess they won’t bother to test and approve multiple Distros for a single state