<![CDATA[Positive News: France has announced its plan to ditch Windows & switch to Linux for government desktops.]]>Positive News: France has announced its plan to ditch Windows & switch to Linux for government desktops. πŸ₯³ πŸ‡«πŸ‡·

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 Microsoft Teams & Zoom.

It’s amazing to see the country take action, push for real digital sovereignty, & opt for open source solutions! πŸ‘

More here: https://www.numerique.gouv.fr/sinformer/espace-presse/souverainete-numerique-reduction-dependances-extra-europeennes/

]]>https://forum.other.li/topic/24ac524f-ccad-4dc4-940c-77833c90a30e/positive-news-france-has-announced-its-plan-to-ditch-windows-switch-to-linux-for-government-desktops.RSS for NodeTue, 21 Apr 2026 03:48:10 GMTFri, 10 Apr 2026 13:47:45 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Positive News: France has announced its plan to ditch Windows & switch to Linux for government desktops. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:52:08 GMT]]>@elduvelle @Tutanota
At least it is a step in the right direction.
FOSS alternatives to MS are much better than they used to be, in fact, the commercial stuff seems to be getting worse, more and more SAAS, reliant on cloud based solutions.

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.org.uk/users/wyliecoyoteuk/statuses/116381445582240547https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.org.uk/users/wyliecoyoteuk/statuses/116381445582240547Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:52:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Positive News: France has announced its plan to ditch Windows & switch to Linux for government desktops. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:48:23 GMT]]>@Tutanota

"France has announced its plan to ditch Windows & switch to Linux for government desktops."

actually, no... they've announced that one of the government agencies / group will be moving to Linux.. not the entire government!

Wizard's first rule: people will believe something because they want to believe it's true...

the entire French government moving to Linux sounds very nice but that doesn't mean it's true! I'd recommend waiting until we have an accurate source that actually says this before getting all excited about it

(see my other post in a related convo:
https://neuromatch.social/@elduvelle/116376937367335279)

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://neuromatch.social/users/elduvelle/statuses/116381430778707457https://forum.other.li/post/https://neuromatch.social/users/elduvelle/statuses/116381430778707457Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:48:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Positive News: France has announced its plan to ditch Windows & switch to Linux for government desktops. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:43:36 GMT]]>@Tutanota

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Captain_Jack_Sparrow/statuses/116381412001502081https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Captain_Jack_Sparrow/statuses/116381412001502081Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:43:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Positive News: France has announced its plan to ditch Windows & switch to Linux for government desktops. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:35:28 GMT]]>@Tutanota Way to go France. Next do phones.

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/pr06lefs/statuses/116381380041804598https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/pr06lefs/statuses/116381380041804598Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:35:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Positive News: France has announced its plan to ditch Windows & switch to Linux for government desktops. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:33:14 GMT]]>@Tutanota ... but companies can't switch because of
🌟 reasons 🌟
-.-

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/115940593092044550/statuses/116381371267309629https://forum.other.li/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/115940593092044550/statuses/116381371267309629Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:33:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Positive News: France has announced its plan to ditch Windows & switch to Linux for government desktops. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:17:46 GMT]]>@starluna @Tutanota You have to see it for yourself (Matrix).

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.green/users/thematic/statuses/116381310388408007https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.green/users/thematic/statuses/116381310388408007Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:17:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Positive News: France has announced its plan to ditch Windows & switch to Linux for government desktops. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:37:36 GMT]]>@Tutanota we love good news

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://wehavecookies.social/users/littlebean/statuses/116381152507882034https://forum.other.li/post/https://wehavecookies.social/users/littlebean/statuses/116381152507882034Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:37:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Positive News: France has announced its plan to ditch Windows & switch to Linux for government desktops. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:13:00 GMT]]>@Tutanota That is very good step. Also they need to promote eu-based software preferably.

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/PapaFatHead/statuses/116381055732471300https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/PapaFatHead/statuses/116381055732471300Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:13:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Positive News: France has announced its plan to ditch Windows & switch to Linux for government desktops. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:47:31 GMT]]>@Tutanota
15 years after when we should have. Better late than never I guess.

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://pipou.academy/users/stupeflo/statuses/116380955539070400https://forum.other.li/post/https://pipou.academy/users/stupeflo/statuses/116380955539070400Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:47:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Positive News: France has announced its plan to ditch Windows & switch to Linux for government desktops. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:31:03 GMT]]>@starluna The public services have their own video call platform called "Visio" πŸ™‚ I've used it a few times at school and it works great

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ethanbvg/statuses/116380890770955845https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ethanbvg/statuses/116380890770955845Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:31:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Positive News: France has announced its plan to ditch Windows & switch to Linux for government desktops. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:23:45 GMT]]>@Tutanota What is the alternative to Zoom that they are using?

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/starluna/statuses/116380862078215662https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/starluna/statuses/116380862078215662Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:23:45 GMT