LinuxiacFrance is transitioning government desktops to Linux, with each ministry required to formalize its implementation plan by autumn 2026.
https://linuxiac.com/france-launches-government-linux-desktop-plan-as-windows-exit-begins/
El Duvelle@linuxiac As great as this sounds, I think this transition is just for this specific group "direction interministérielle du numérique (DINUM)" and not for the entire government..
Your source says
"la DINUM annonce sa sortie de Windows au profit de postes sous système d'exploitation Linux.".
which means "The DINUM announces its exit from Windows towards workstations using Linux"
It doesn't say that all governmental agencies will do this transition.. (unfortunately, and hopefully this will come later)
Kevin RussellNo that is wrong. The DINUM oversees the transition. Will monitor and assist ALL MINISTRIES to transition OFF US software.
"As the announcement comes directly from DINUM, 👉 which oversees digital strategy across ministries, 👈 it holds greater significance than a local pilot or isolated administrative project."
"... each ministry required to formalize its implementation plan by autumn 2026"
Each ministry, in 3 to 6 months.
"Its a formal declaration ... explicitly designating Linux as the replacement for Windows workstations as part of a broader interministerial strategy."
Interministerial
@kevinrns
Hmm.. your first quote doesn't explicitly say that there will be a transition.
the second one only mentions an "implementation plan" but it doesn't say what will be implemented.
the last one might be more convincing, unless it's once again just about the DINUM, and that's not clear from the quote.
Where do all these quotes come from? I don't see them in this link https://www.numerique.gouv.fr/sinformer/espace-presse/souverainete-numerique-reduction-dependances-extra-europeennes/
@kevinrns thanks, but this is just linking back to the original article in French as its source (https://www.numerique.gouv.fr/sinformer/espace-presse/souverainete-numerique-reduction-dependances-extra-europeennes) which still doesn't claim that all government computers will move to Linux..
but this is an interesting case study so let's try to figure out where they get their info from. so the link you sent has this subtitle:
France moves 2.5 million government devices to Linux by autumn 2026
now, what is the source for that? None given in the title, but later on the article says:
France just handed Microsoft a termination notice for 2.5 million government devices. The Interministerial Digital Directorate issued an official directive requiring all ministries to develop Linux migration plans by autumn 2026.
The rest of the article is about other stuff irrelevant to our question. So, let's check the sources. There'a two links in the paragraph above, the first one is just a list of the different French government bodies (irrelevant), the 2nd one is another blog article which only has 1 relevant source: the article from the French government that we were already discussing! I have now read this very short article at least 15 times. it makes no mention of 2.5 million devices moving from Windows to Linux!
It just says that this department called DINUM "announced that it is leaving windows for Linux" and, later on, it says that other governmental agencies have been asked to "prepare a plan of action to reduce extra-european dependencies" by autumn 2026.
It does not say that they will all have moved to Linux by autumn 2026! For all we know the plan of some of these agencies might end up concluding that it would be too much effort to ditch Windows and that there's nothing they can do about it.
So, it seems the article you sent it basically inventing some "facts" from thin air..
now, there is one interesting bit left in your article:
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so... that might explain why some "alternative facts" got in there. We shouldn't trust AI-generated stuff!