Positive News: France has announced its plan to ditch Windows & switch to Linux for government desktops. 🥳 🇫🇷

Not only that, but they have also moved 80, 000 National Health Insurance Fund Employees to open source alternatives replacing U.S owned Big Tech platforms like Microsoft Teams & Zoom.

It’s amazing to see the country take action, push for real digital sovereignty, & opt for open source solutions! 👏

More here: https://www.numerique.gouv.fr/sinformer/espace-presse/souverainete-numerique-reduction-dependances-extra-europeennes/

Château Big Tech. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

#BigTech #data #DataHarvesting #SocialMedia #Meta

Once again, the buy #European is trending. What are your favorite European brands? 🇪🇺

In our latest guide, we take a look at the best European products you can use 👉️ https://tuta.com/blog/boycott-us-choose-european-products

#BuyEuropean #PrivacyFirst #GDPR #DigitalSovereignty #PrivacyTech

Hello, world!

Lawnchair is now officially on Mastodon! We'll be posting release announcements, blog posts, while bringing the same casual vibe (and occasional shitposts) over from our X account.

Speaking of which, we just dropped our end-of-year Lawnstate post with a look at Lawnchair 15 Beta 2 and the road to Lawnchair 16. Check it out!

https://lawnchair.app/blog/lawnstate-2025-reflection/

Give us a follow and a boost to help spread the word!

#Android #Launcher #OpenSource #FOSS #Lawnchair

Happy New Year 2026! Wishing you a year of springtime inspiration, and magical encounters.

#illustration #krita

Tired of Big Tech looking over your shoulder?

Our community proves that there are other options.

👉 How about Murena? https://murena.com

#privacy