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Dutch governments builds alternative for Microsoft based on NixOS

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hashar · 1790331551 · focus · HN ↗
France government has announced NixOS based systems some months ago:
- <a href="https://github.com/cloud-gouv/securix" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/cloud-gouv/securix a hardened/secured os
- <a href="https://github.com/cloud-gouv/bureautix-example" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/cloud-gouv/bureautix-example an example to use securix to build an office deployment (with some packages <a href="https://github.com/cloud-gouv/bureautix-example/blob/main/common/tools.nix" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/cloud-gouv/bureautix-example/blob/main/co... )
1. Lucasoato · 1790340685 · focus · HN ↗
  I’m looking with so much admiration what France has been building in this space, especially the latest gendarmerie transition into open source OS from windows.
  The problem though is that there’s always a strong push by French companies and organizations to reject English at any cost, despite the fact that is the most popular language in Europe.
  Yes, I get that this is a way to preserve the French language and they have all the rights to do that (in the end, they’re the ones putting the effort in these initiatives) but imagine how faster these ideas could be shared and diffuse in Europe if French understood this. If all the countries in Europe just keep pushing their nationalist ideology instead of truly believing into a united and solid Europe Union, we won’t go any where.
  1. bloak · 1790342146 · focus · HN ↗
    > The problem though is that there’s always a strong push by French companies and organizations to reject English at any cost
    Interestingly, a French-speaking Canadian who has spent some time in France told me that his right to use the French language is better protected in Canada than it is in France. He thinks that this is a consequence of the reciprocality implied by having more than one official language: French speakers in Canada get the same rights as English speakers, so people are happy to grant rights in return for getting them, whereas in France everyone gets screwed and you end up with a situation in which a French person wanting to do a PhD on French history at a French university has to write their grant application in English.
    flakes · 1790344198 · focus · HN ↗
    Quebec gets weird with their french rules. Parents are not allowed to send their kids to English speaking schools if both of the parents did their own schooling in French.
    LeBit · 1790344644 · focus · HN ↗
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    throw10920 · 1790348062 · focus · HN ↗
    That's extremely weird. I don't know of another place that does that aside from Quebec, and it's extremely illogical on its own merits.
    LeBit · 1790353279 · focus · HN ↗
    "Extremely illogical". Okay buddy.
    What other place do you know of whose context is the same as Quebec?
    jonasdegendt · 1790357896 · focus · HN ↗
    Belgium, somewhat? :)
    LeBit · 1790361431 · focus · HN ↗
    Not really. They are located in Europe. Share a border with France. Still have a lot of laws to protect French.
    ragall · 1790359390 · focus · HN ↗
    Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, come easily to my mind. Switzerland is a very interesting counter-example because although the French-speaking cantons (Romandie) have French as the "prevalent language", meaning that public services are almost exclusively in French, in practice most people speak German too because they're pragmatic about language: the German kantons are the center of economic activity and not speaking German is a huge disadvantage. Quebec, par contre, is full of people that wistfully (I had intended to write "wishfully" but the auto complete was fantastic this time) think they can manage with speaking only French and ignore the rest of the world.
    LeBit · 1790361197 · focus · HN ↗
    Your comment is dripping with racism.
    Did you know there are tensions in Switzerland because there is a will to stop kids from learning French while they attend primary school? <a href="https://www.edi.admin.ch/fr/newnsb/CbsqmmLpkhDjQgEILMp_P" rel="nofollow">https://www.edi.admin.ch/fr/newnsb/CbsqmmLpkhDjQgEILMp_P
    Did you know Switzerland is located in Europe and shares a border with France? Did you know people in France speak French?
    Do you know where Quebec is located?
    I’ve seen your kind before.
    ragall · 1790361834 · focus · HN ↗
    > Your comment is dripping with racism.
    Your paranoia is typical of Quebec. You need professional help, Mon ami.
    > Did you know there are tensions in Switzerland because there is a will to stop kids from learning French while they attend primary school?
    I lived for a while in Zurich as well, and it was well known that kids are exiting high school being unable to speak the second language they supposedly studied.
    > Do you know where Quebec is located?
    Yeah, I'm in Montreal right now and have been living there for quite a while.
    LeBit · 1790371455 · focus · HN ↗
    > Yeah, I'm in Montreal right now and have been living there for quite a while.
    shocked Pikachu
    ragall · 1790374108 · focus · HN ↗
    No matter what I replied, I suspect it would have confirmed your prejudices.
    evil_buzzard · 1790361808 · focus · HN ↗
    It's people who speak french not being able to make a choice about their children's education, yes it's weird, and no it's not judgemental to wonder why parents can't make a very basic decision in their child's education.
    burntpineapple · 1790344969 · focus · HN ↗
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