The European Commission sees open-source software as more than an IT tool. Policy makers are encouraging open-source ecosystems to drive innovation, autonomy and collaboration in a world where global trade is being redrawn.

This trade dispute highlights something most open-source advocates have known for years: open source is freedom. It’s freedom from monopolies, freedom from arbitrary pricing, and freedom from foreign influence.

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[–] artifactsofchina@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago (3 children)

This is what I'm excited about. My parents are in the market for new laptops, I'm going to see if they will take a framework running popOS and make the switch to Linux. It's incredible that this option is now so approachable.

[–] golden_zealot@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 days ago

Mine are liking Mint quite a lot. They say they feel its easier to find stuff than windows.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Throw something like Mint on their old laptops and they may not need new ones at all!

Unless they don’t have current ones, then ignore me, lol.

[–] artifactsofchina@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Hey, that's a good point!

I think they're keen to buy something new, so my main excitement is hey look a shop where you can start with Linux in the first place.

But I could also end up showing them how to repurpose their current laptops as media servers or something, which would be cool!

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 4 days ago

Check NovaCustom too