The digital directorate in France will switch from Windows to Linux and the state is embarking on a major project to reduce the “outer European digital dependency”
The subject of digital sovereignty has been imposed in the public debate since the beginning of 2026 in the face of a hypothesis: and if the United States cut off access to some of its technologies in Europe.
In France, the Prime Minister commissioned the Inter-Ministerial Directorate of Digital Affairs (DINUM) to “reduce the state’s extra-European digital dependencies”. It is this body that supervises the computer equipment and the deployment of services to the various government administrations.
The first target is now known: it is Windows.
Allons-y!
Good news ofc, but Russia is where they really need to get rid of windows /jk
Good!
Competition, in my free market? JD Vance, threaten them on twitter
With what would that creep threaten them? That he’ll come over and fuck their couch? I mean it’s disgusting, but if you prepare the couch appropriately, it’ll hurt him more than you.
They could threaten to buy a load of French red wine and then pour it in the gutter. And rename french fries to freedom fries. It all worked so well the last time.
Where did this Vance fucking couch thing come into origin??? I need to know
I don’t know, but it deserves to be disseminated further. That guy needs to go down in history as some weirdo known for fucking couches.
It all started when he fucked a couch.
He could threaten them with a friendly visit, like when he visited the Pope or Orban.
Meanwhile in Denmark: “Let’s buy US cloud only.”
Does your gouvernement stop they whims about wanting to read all the private messages ?
Meanwhile in Bavaria: “We’re switching the entire public administration to M365. We already signed the contracts with Microsoft. Questions of data security and privacy will be addressed later during the implementation phase.”
In 6 months: why did noone think of the security and privacy issues we re doomed 🙊
It’ll be “We realize German citizens are concerned about all their personal data being sent to ICE and used to train AI.
We have opened a ticket with Microsoft and are awaiting a response. There’s nothing more we can do at this point, but we’ll keep you updated.”A little bit later: Your data are safe with Microslop and ICE, and your privacy is not violated, because just we made a law that says so.
With all these news of France divesting from the US lately, I feel like they’re about to declare Independence.
L’année du Bureau Linux est là!
Oui oui baguette
(Mais oui c’est vrai)
Great to see, the more institutions do this, the easier it becomes
Finde ich zwar gut, allerdings Frage ich mich ob Linux nicht langfristig darunter leidet wenn es einen relevanten Marktanteil bekommt. Damit wird es lohnendes Ziel für Viren oder browser exploits, was bisher bei einem Windows Marktanteil von 95% kein Thema war.
Wenn wir die öffentlichen Mittel, die bisher an Microsoft verschwendet werden nutzen würden, um Sicherheitsforscher:innen und kernel devs zu beschäftigen sollte sich das Problem doch lösen lassen. Das schafft Arbeitsplätze, Kompetenz hier vor Ort, lässt die Bürger:innen direkt von den Steuerausgaben profitieren und macht Deutschland/Europa zu einem echten Software- und IT-hub.
Mit der
CDU wird sowas natürlich nicht passieren, aber man wird ja wohl noch träumen dürfen.
see, windows is so much better. You can just download an .exe to encrypt all your shit!
Nix fixes this
Linux wird für viele Server verwendet und war damit schon immer ein interessantes Ziel. Denker höherer Marktanteil kann nur nützlich sein
Ach, du musst dein System nur aktuell halten. Das meiste wird doch schnell gepatcht. Und Browser Exploits funktionieren ja wohl ohnehin schon lange.
Ja, nur werden neue Lücken mit AI heute viel schneller und öfter gefunden wenn man genug Rechenleistung oder Geld hat. Anders als vor 5 Jahren wo man genug qualifizierte Leute finden musste.
