Post #2390614

2026-04-22 20:01 UTC

@gambolputte@expressional.social France Ditches Windows for Linux: Inside the 2.5 Million Device Migration Reshaping Europe’s Digital Sovereignty: https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/its-the-year-of-linux-at-least-for-denmark-heres-why-the-countrys-government-is-dumping-windows-and-office-365 It's the year of Linux... at least for Denmark — here's why the country's government is dumping Windows and Office 365: https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/its-the-year-of-linux-at-least-for-denmark-heres-why-the-countrys-government-is-dumping-windows-and-office-365

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@gambolputte@expressional.social 2026-04-22 20:11

@adrianmorales@ieji.de regarding Denmark, it would be more correct to say that our tech modernization agency Digitaliseringsstyrelsen is testing open source alternatives to Microsoft. There is no ban. Source: (in Danish) https://www.digmin.dk/digitalisering/nyheder/nyhedsarkiv/2025/jun/digitaliseringsministeriet-saetter-gang-i-pilotprojekt-om-digital-suveraenitet

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@vetetix@mamot.fr 2026-04-23 04:16

@adrianmorales@ieji.de Don't get too excited. Neither "France" (the country), nor the French government did ban Microsoft. Only one branch of the government (DINUM – DIrection du NUMérique, in charge of the digital development of the gov) decided to switch its own 250 computers to a NixOS based Linux distribution. We do hope the move will spread globally in all gov branches. The Gendarmerie Nationale police force switched to Ubuntu 15 years ago (~60 000 computers). Works like a charm. @gambolputte@expressional.social

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