Scandinavia Saying Goodbye to Microsoft

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 05, 2025

The Danes have had enough of Microsoft [1, 2]

In the news this week:

Those are automated translations. Watch Chromebooks gaining in Denmark, just like in Sweden:

Compare to:

Finland and Norway:

The red line is "GNU/Linux proper", not ChromeOS. █

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