Schleswig‑Holstein reports a successful migration from Microsoft Outlook/Exchange to Open‑Xchange and Thunderbird across its administration after six months of data work. Officials call it a milestone for digital sovereignty and cost control, and the next phase is moving government desktops to Linux.
— Public‑sector exits from proprietary stacks signal a practical path for state‑level tech sovereignty that could reshape procurement, vendor leverage, and EU digital policy.
BeauHD
2026.01.13
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Wine 11.0’s completion of a clean WoW64 model, NTSYNC kernel support (Linux 6.14) and improved Wayland/Vulkan integration directly reduce migration friction for organizations moving away from Windows ecosystems. This maps to the existing idea that state actors can realistically migrate public services to FOSS stacks; Wine 11.0 is a concrete technical step that increases feasibility for such sovereignty moves (actor: Linux kernel inclusion, distro packaging; evidence: unified wine binary and Wayland clipboard/IME support).
BeauHD
2025.12.02
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Both stories document momentum behind non‑Windows stacks in public and enterprise contexts: Steam’s Linux share rise (consumer/gaming) complements state moves to adopt open‑source clients and Linux on government desktops (Schleswig‑Holstein). Together they strengthen arguments that desktop stacks can shift away from proprietary incumbents, affecting procurement, vendor leverage, and sovereignty.
EditorDavid
2025.10.11
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Heise’s report that Schleswig‑Holstein finished the FOSS groupware migration and plans a Linux desktop rollout.