cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/63528654
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.
I heard they are developing an open source office suite.
Yeah I’ll be getting that.
Do you all remember how Microsoft office used to be free with a windows computer. ?
Well. It was. And not that long ago.
Everyone used it for everything. Then they started charging for the suit.
Then they decided that wasn’t enough. And now it’s a subscription.
Greedy rat bastards.