La France prend une décision radicale contre Windows
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La direction du numérique en France va basculer de Windows à Linux et l'État engage un grand chantier de réduction de la « dépendance numérique

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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.

  • thisbenzingring@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    there will be a harsh period of relearning shit but I proved to my IT that I can make a Debian laptop that follows most of the CIS benchmarks in less then a week. That system can be cloned and deployed to anything we want. The VPN client we use is a little tricky but given more time, I could make the GUI version work (currently it only works in the terminal, openconnect)

    The users learning to use a new Office app might be a short pain but it will be so much better in the long run, otherwise ALL the M365 shit works in the browser, Firefox for me. Just need to ensure you enable the plugin for the webcam for Teams.

    • dan@upvote.auEnglish
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      1 hour ago

      Does the VPN use Cisco AnyConnect? We use it at work and it works fine via NetworkManager in both KDE and GNOME, including two factor auth (pops up a web page to authenticate). I’m not sure of the exact config, since it’s automatically configured using Chef.

    • unitedwithme@lemmy.todayEnglish
      5·
      3 hours ago

      I have moved a lot of our company to LibreOffice, and were starting to push web clients for software vs thin clients, so it can be run from mobile, Apple, and Linux. I only have 2 Linux Mint PCs out in the wild for more savvy users and no issues so far either. The EDR works on multiple OSes which is nice, so still compliant.

      The other nice thing I’ve seen Lenovo and Dell offer are PCs that come preloaded with Linux like Ubuntu iirc, slightly cheaper too.

      Power users still on Excel and MS Office for features, troubleshooting, and familiarity, but so far, much smoother than anticipated. Just need to convince the powers that be to roll out more Mint!