ZDNet UK: UK Trumps Europe on Linux Streaming

“When the European Commission launched a streaming video service
last year which excluded Linux users, large swathes of the open
source community became deeply angry. Now, a Surrey local council
has shown that open source operating systems can be included in
such programmes.

“The Commission’s service, which streams key decision-making
meetings over the internet from the Brussels council chamber, can
only be viewed by individuals using Microsoft Windows or an Apple’s
Mac OS X. More than 18,000 unhappy Linux users signed a petition
demanding that the Commission allow them to view the
streams…”

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