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Gecos Analytics

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Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism.

Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan.

https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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Gecos Analytics @gecos_analytics@toot.community · Jul 22, 2026
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Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism. Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan. https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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The https://sailfishos.app website helps determine how your important Android apps might work on #SailfishOS. We've contributed app reports there as well. 26/30
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Gecos Analytics @gecos_analytics@toot.community · Jul 22, 2026
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Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism. Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan. https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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#Jolla Phone bundles Aurora Store - an application which allows installing applications from Google Play without logging in. This is a key feature as most Android applications are only published in Google Play. 22/30
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Gecos Analytics @gecos_analytics@toot.community · Jul 22, 2026
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Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism. Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan. https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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For more details about the Aurora Store look here: https://store.auroraoss.com 23/30
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Gecos Analytics @gecos_analytics@toot.community · Jul 22, 2026
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Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism. Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan. https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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In practice the #Android runtime is what makes it possible to use #Jolla Phone as a "normal" smartphone instead of a pure nerd phone. 24/30
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Gecos Analytics @gecos_analytics@toot.community · Jul 22, 2026
Gecos Analytics
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Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism. Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan. https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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Getting #Android apps to run on #Jolla is trivial in most cases. Sometimes you need to add tweaks or workarounds. Occasionally an app simply refuses to co-operate at all, or only works partially. 25/30
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Gecos Analytics @gecos_analytics@toot.community · Jul 22, 2026
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Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism. Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan. https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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More details about #MicroG are available on its website: https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/wiki 21/30
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Gecos Analytics @gecos_analytics@toot.community · Jul 22, 2026
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Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism. Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan. https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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The new #Jolla Phone also comes with #MicroG which allows running Android applications that depend on Google Play services. This improves the usefulness of #Android support in #SailfishOS greatly. 20/30
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Gecos Analytics @gecos_analytics@toot.community · Jul 22, 2026
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Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism. Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan. https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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#Jolla's commercial version of #SailfishOS has always been bundled with an #Android runtime. This applies to the new 2026 Jolla phone as well. As we live in a Android/iOS duopoly you need Android app support for things like banking applications, messengers and such. 19/30
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Gecos Analytics @gecos_analytics@toot.community · Jul 22, 2026
Gecos Analytics
@gecos_analytics@toot.community

Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism. Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan. https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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If a native #SailfishOS app is not available, you can sometimes just use an equivalent web service with the built-in web browser. The large screen of the new #Jolla phone helps here. 18/30
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Gecos Analytics @gecos_analytics@toot.community · Jul 22, 2026
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Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism. Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan. https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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There are no commercial apps in #Jolla Store due to technical limitations. Fixing this has not been a high priority due to the relatively small number of SailfishOS users. 17/30
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Gecos Analytics @gecos_analytics@toot.community · Jul 22, 2026
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Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism. Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan. https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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The native #SailfishOS app selection is nowhere near that of Google or Apple, but is generally good enough for normal productivity and multimedia apps. Many apps have just one developer with limited resources.The quality of apps varies a lot and most of them are quite simple. 16/30
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Gecos Analytics @gecos_analytics@toot.community · Jul 22, 2026
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Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism. Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan. https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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Here's a thread about the new Jolla Phone (2026) that runs the open source Linux-based operating system, SailfishOS. We also cover the phone's fascinating lineage that started with the Nokia N770 internet tablet that was released in 2005. 1/30
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Gecos Analytics @gecos_analytics@toot.community · Jul 20, 2026
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Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism. Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan. https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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@digitaalinenitsenaisyys@mementomori.social onneksi Euroopassa on tarjolla kohtuullisesti vaihtoehtoja mm. jenkkien pilvipalveluilla. Esimerkiksi ranskalainen OVHcloud, saksalainen Hetzner Cloud ja suomalainen Upcloud. Toiminnallisuutta ei ole läheskään yhtä paljon kuin jenkkien isoissa pilvissä, mutta riittävästi perustarpeisiin kun käyttää luovasti apuna avointa lähdekoodia.
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Gecos Analytics @gecos_analytics@toot.community · Jul 20, 2026
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Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism. Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan. https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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External links, part 4:

  • https://magica.com/youtube-summarizer/lenovos-historic-shift-to-linux-as-default-os-challenges-microsofts-windows-dominance-k8OMjEWOo_M
  • https://slimbook.com/en/

21/21

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Gecos Analytics @gecos_analytics@toot.community · Jul 20, 2026
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Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism. Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan. https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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External links, part 3:

  • https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey
  • https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-ubuntu-linux-snuck-into-high-end-dell-laptops-and-why-its-called-project-sputnik/
  • https://system76.com/
  • https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/
  • https://starlabs.systems/

20/21

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Gecos Analytics @gecos_analytics@toot.community · Jul 20, 2026
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Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism. Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan. https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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External links, part 2:

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_documents
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFI#Secure_Boot_criticism
  • https://github.com/jwise/28c3-doctorow/blob/master/transcript.md
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems

19/21

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Gecos Analytics @gecos_analytics@toot.community · Jul 20, 2026
Gecos Analytics
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Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism. Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan. https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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External links, part 1:

  • https://www.itpro.com/software/operating-systems/358254/six-key-events-that-helped-microsoft-dominate-the-pc-platform
  • https://www.ecis.eu/documents/Finalversion_Consumerchoicepaper.pdf
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_litigation

18/21

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Gecos Analytics @gecos_analytics@toot.community · Jul 20, 2026
Gecos Analytics
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Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism. Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan. https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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If you're in the process of migrating from Windows to Linux please drop a comment! We'd like to hear about the successes you've had and the challenges you have faced. As always, the devil is in the details. 17/21 #linux #windows
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Gecos Analytics @gecos_analytics@toot.community · Jul 20, 2026
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Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism. Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan. https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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Releasing a widely disliked operating system, Windows 11, combined with the ever-increasing viability of Linux as an alternative has sure played a role. Microsoft Windows in general has become less and less relevant over the years. 16/21 #linux #windows #windows11
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Gecos Analytics @gecos_analytics@toot.community · Jul 20, 2026
Gecos Analytics
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Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism. Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan. https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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The "market share" of Linux in desktop computers seems to have grown significantly in the recent years. Although Linux usage on the desktop is still in single digits, this is the first time Microsoft Windows desktop marketshare has ever been eroded to this extent. 15/21 #linux #marketshare
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Gecos Analytics @gecos_analytics@toot.community · Jul 20, 2026
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Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism. Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan. https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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In general boring enterprise PCs with integrated Intel chipsets are a good bet with Linux. Lenovo for example has plenty of those. A computer year or two old tends work with Linux with less hassle than something that just came out from the factory assembly line. 14/21 #linux #lenovo
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Gecos Analytics @gecos_analytics@toot.community · Jul 20, 2026
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Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism. Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan. https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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It is usually quite easy to install a Linux distribution on a system that used to run Windows. The key to good Linux experience is hardware: you really want hardware that is well-supported by Linux. If that is the case, then the rest will be smooth sailing. 13/21 #linux
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Gecos Analytics @gecos_analytics@toot.community · Jul 20, 2026
Gecos Analytics
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Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism. Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan. https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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There are some small PC manufacturers that only build Linux PCs. Perhaps the oldest and most well-known is U.S.-based System 76. In Europe there is Tuxedo (Germany), Star Labs (UK) and Slimbook (Spain) that all provide "Linux first" computers. 12/21 #linux #system76 #tuxedo #starlabs #slimbook
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Gecos Analytics @gecos_analytics@toot.community · Jul 20, 2026
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Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism. Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan. https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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Some mainstream PC hardware manufacturers have computers with pre-installed Linux in their catalogs. Dell started this twenty years ago in 2006. Recently Lenovo has taken even more radical steps towards Linux, mainly for economical and customer satisfaction reasons. 11/21 #linux #dell #lenovo
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Gecos Analytics @gecos_analytics@toot.community · Jul 20, 2026
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Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism. Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan. https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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Many used to be locked in to Windows because of its large application catalog. Now there are good (enough) open source application for most use cases and commercial software often runs on Linux as well. Many can now run non-Windows operating systems and survive. 10/21 #windows #opensource #linux
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Gecos Analytics @gecos_analytics@toot.community · Jul 20, 2026
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Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism. Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan. https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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The reduced importance of the personal computer is tied to the general trends where workloads are increasingly hosted by SaaS service providers or on Internet and intranet web servers. #pc 9/21
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Gecos Analytics @gecos_analytics@toot.community · Jul 20, 2026
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Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism. Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan. https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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Today, in year 2026, there are fewer and fewer reasons to use Microsoft Windows.The personal computer has long been mostly a web browser for many. Some cope with just a smartphone or a tablet. 8/21 #pc
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Gecos Analytics @gecos_analytics@toot.community · Jul 20, 2026
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Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism. Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan. https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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The introduction of UEFI Secure Boot and Windows marketplaces were Microsoft's contributions to the so-called "War on general-purpose computing". Fortunately for us Microsoft's all attempts to fully lock down the PC ecosystem have failed. 7/21 #microsoft
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Gecos Analytics @gecos_analytics@toot.community · Jul 20, 2026
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Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism. Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan. https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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Microsoft has tried a few times to take a chokehold of the Windows application ecosystem: in 2004 with Windows Marketplace and later in 2012 with Windows Store. The playbook was the usual: erect a toll-booth and start taxing users and developers. 6/21 #microsoft
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Gecos Analytics @gecos_analytics@toot.community · Jul 20, 2026
Gecos Analytics
@gecos_analytics@toot.community

Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism. Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan. https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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In 2011 Microsoft seems to have attempted to prevent installation of alternative operating systems on PCs using a new technology called UEFI "Secure Boot". The worst case scenario never materialized and installing "alternative" operating systems is still possible. 5/21 #microsoft #uefi #secureboot
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Gecos Analytics @gecos_analytics@toot.community · Jul 20, 2026
Gecos Analytics
@gecos_analytics@toot.community

Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism. Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan. https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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Microsoft quickly realized that Linux and open source in general could be a threat to its market dominance and started spreading "fear, uncertainty and doubt" about Linux. 4/21
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Gecos Analytics @gecos_analytics@toot.community · Jul 20, 2026
Gecos Analytics
@gecos_analytics@toot.community

Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism. Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan. https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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In the late 1990s, whe Windows was dominating the desktop market an open source operating system called Linux started gaining traction. 3/21 #microsoft #linux
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Gecos Analytics @gecos_analytics@toot.community · Jul 20, 2026
Gecos Analytics
@gecos_analytics@toot.community

Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism. Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan. https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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Ever since Microsoft gained market dominance in the early 1990s it did not hesitate to use questionable tactics to maintain its market dominance. There is adequate proof of this in the several anti-competitive lawsuits launched against Microsoft in the U.S. and EU. 2/21 #microsoft #eu #usa
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Gecos Analytics @gecos_analytics@toot.community · Mar 16, 2026
Gecos Analytics
@gecos_analytics@toot.community

Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism. Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan. https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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RE: @digitaalinenitsenaisyys@mementomori.social

Tämä ulkomaisista (jenkkien) teknologiayrityksistä irtautuminen alkaa olla jokseenkin tärkeä tavoite Suomelle. Riippuvuutta on rakennettu pari vuosikymmentä eikä irtautuminen tule olemaan helppoa tai nopeaa. Siksi töihin pitää ryhtyä jo eilen ja keskittyä kriittisiin riippuvuuksiin valtio-, organisaatio- ja yksilötasolla.

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Gecos Analytics @gecos_analytics@toot.community · Feb 26, 2026
Gecos Analytics
@gecos_analytics@toot.community

Gecos Analytics is a Finnish company in incubation since the end of 2025. Our goal is to help people and organizations minimize their geopolitical IT-risks, in particular those related to U.S. dependencies. For democracy against authoritarianism. Gecos Analytics on suomalainen vuoden 2025 lopussa perustettu yritysaihio. Haluamme auttaa ihmisiä ja organisaatioita geopoliittisten riskiensä minimoinnissa. Demokratian puolesta autoritariaa vastaan. https://www.gecos-analytics.eu

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Matkahuollon Paketit app on mainio esimerkki siitä, miten Android- ja iOS-duopoli-kuoppaa kaivetaan syvemmäksi huomaamatta. Tilaamasi paketti voi nimittäin pyytämättäsi joutua automaattiin, jonka lokeroa et saa auki ilman älypuhelinsovellusta, joka on lisäksi ladattavissa vain Google Playsta tai Apple Appstoresta:

https://www.matkahuolto.fi/asiakaspalvelu/paketit/nain-kaytat-paketit-sovellusta

#digitalIndependence #digitalsovereignty #android #google #apple #matkahuolto

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