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public services of an entire german state switches from Microsoft to open source (Libreoffice, Linux, Nextcloud, Thunderbird) (euro-stack.com)

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they will save 188,000 € on Microsoft license fees per year

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[-] [email protected] 38 points 5 days ago

If the trend continues then maybe the hacker community will start focusing on Linux. Can you imagine "I don't need a virus scanner, I use Windows, the under dog OS"

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

You say that like it's not already focused on. The majority of Internet infrastructure runs on Linux.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago

But the vast majority of viruses focus on end users.

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