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Why should EU give preference to Linux over any other operating system?

A much more EU "style" directive would be to force the companies to release enough of the specs so anyone can write the driver if they want to.

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A much more EU style directive would be to force all operating systems to use the Linux 5.1 kernel.

A much more EU style directive would be to force all operating systems to ask on every boot: Do you consent for this OS to store files on your hard drive?

No, the EU version of that would be requiring OSs to ask before using a disk, and certain proprietary OSs deciding to spam the user with requests on every boot until they consent - at which point suddenly the OS can magically remember that preference - and then pretending that the law forced them to do that even though it said no such thing.

That's also fine.

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