The #US imposes 30% of #UStariffs to the #EuropeanUnion. According to Politico, the Commission is ready to retaliate. EU OS believes that a European response with Tariffs on US BigTech services (or all services that face trade deficits) would make so much more sense if the EU had alternatives for those in place. This is why #EU_OS, #EuroStack and #DigitalSovereignty is important. It offers more leverage.
https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-hits-eu-with-sweeping-30-percent-tariffs/
Flash update: Opening of the United Nations #opensourceweek2025 hackathon
✅ #UN has a #Gitlab server at https://opensource.unicc.org that could build #EU_OS (or #UN_OS) 😁
❌ Everyone must use #discord. Why not opensource such as #Matrix?
Today, EU OS is not in the scope of the event.
Quote: "In less than three months' time, almost no civil servant, police officer or judge in Schleswig-Holstein will be using any of Microsoft's ubiquitous programs at work. […] The current first phase involves ending the use of Word and Excel software […]. Over the next few years, there will also be a switch to the Linux operating system in order to complete the move away from Windows."
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Project lead @rriemann will attend the United Nations Open Source Week in the UN headquarters (New York) next week to represent #EU_OS. Follow us on social media to receive updates from the event. The goal is to raise awareness about EU OS amongst government officials and the open source community.
Agenda: https://www.un.org/digital-emerging-technologies/content/open-source-week-2025
The 19 June event (Thursday) on digital public infrastructure will be streamed!
Day 2 of #hackdays2025: #EU_OS has now a new Proof-of-Concept section on the website (work in progress). The team enrolled some #bootc machines in #Foreman. The results so far were pitched to a selection board. Thanks to the great team who made this all possible! 🙏
Unfortunately, #EU_OS has not been selected to proceed to the next stage.
2 days until #EU_OS at Paris #HackDays: A part of the team arrived already in Paris. The planning of the work started in the public Gitlab at https://gitlab.com/eu-os/eu-os.gitlab.io/-/issues/?label_name=hackdays2025
@rriemann brought an old Thinkpad X220 (released 2011) that will serve as a test device until a more modern device has been found!
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