France says it plans to move government computers running Windows to Linux, to further reduce its reliance on US technology, without providing a timeline
France is moving on from Microsoft Windows. The country said it plans to move its government computers currently running Windows …
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New: France said it plans to move its government computers currently running Windows to the open-source software Linux to further reduce its reliance on U.S. tech. Comes at a time of growing instability and unpredictability on the part of the Trump administration and weaponizati…
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Dear fellow French citizens, here's a small piece of good news, for a change: plans for switching from Microsoft to Linux for all desktop computers in all public/government agencies are moving forward.
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Year of the (governmental) Linux desktop
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Somone's software license renewals are coming up and wants to negotiate...
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https://techcrunch.com/... Wait till they find out that the Linux foundation is based in the US. .
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France just announced it's moving government computers from Windows to Linux. Same day the developer behind WireGuard - a VPN that protects millions of connections - finally got his Microsoft signing account unlocked. He'd been locked out for days. No explanation. No support.
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My god. This is it. The year of the Linux desktop.
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🚨🇫🇷🇪🇺 This is big: the French government and agencies are officially getting out of Windows & non-EU tech. Each ministry has to present their exit plan before Autumn: collaboration tools, antivirus, AI, databases.. It's starting with the Digital Ministry dropping Windows for [ima…
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Positive News: France has announced its plan to ditch Windows and switch to Linux for government desktops. 🥳 🇫🇷 Not only that, but they have also moved 80, 000 National Health Insurance Fund Employees to open source alternatives replacing U.S owned Big Tech platforms like [image]
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Excellent news. France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins https://www.numerique.gouv.fr/ ... Bye bye spyware and AI batshit crazy Windows 11.
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techcrunch.com/2026/04/10/f... France is trying to move on from Microsoft Windows. The country said it plans to move some of its government computers currently running Windows to the open source operating system Linux to further reduce its reliance on US technology....
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