Thought I’d share a success story.

France’s National Gendarmerie (military police) rolled out GendBuntu, their own custom Linux OS

  • Around 35,000 desktops/laptops deployed by December 2011, and today 97% of 103,000+ PCs run GendBuntu
  • They started by replacing Office, IE & Outlook in 2005, then moved to Ubuntu in 2008, achieving a 40% reduction in total cost of ownership
  • The switch slashed annual license and maintenance costs by millions of euros (~€2 M per year and ~€50 M total) .

The switch away from big Tech to Open Source alternatives might not be easy, but it’s been successfully done before.

  • cygnusEnglish
    2·
    29 days ago

    True, but then it should have been GendUbuntu… Although people may think that’s a guy named Jean d’Ubuntu.

    • merde alors@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      29 days ago

      we’re writing about a society that pronounces “je ne sais pas” as “chais pas”, of course it’s gendbuntu

      • cygnusEnglish
        1·
        29 days ago

        Chepas, moi… Pourquoi pas G’b’ntu tant qu’à faire?