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.. this blog post seems even worse than the other one:
- it has no link to any source
- it is basically a translation of the original French government article
- it also seems to invent some facts such as:
"The migration will affect approximately 2.5 million civil servants across France."
this 2.5 million number is coming back but it is unclear where it is coming from.. maybe this article is a spin off of your other, AI-generated article?
DINUM, which employs around 250 personnel, will initiate the transition by migrating its own internal workstations to Linux, serving as a pilot phase before broader deployment across ministries.
yeah.. 250 people is not the same as 2.5 million. Only those 250 people will actually migrate to Linux. The part about "broader deployment" seems unsubstantiated..
individual departments are permitted to select distributions and define migration timelines based on operational requirements, a measure intended to reduce compatibility risks and accommodate legacy systems.
that sounds a bit closer to the truth which seems to be that the migration plans that all other agencies have to prepare may not involve migrating immediately, that they don't know what they're migrating to, and probably that they might not migrate at all.
Anything else?