France announces move toward Linux

Elektroschock writes: Looks like 2026 may be the year of the Linux government desktop. We have announcement from multiple European countries and fderal states and now La France steps in. Budget minister David Amiel stressed:

We can no longer accept that our data, our infrastructure and our strategic decisions depend on solutions over which we have no control – neither the rules, nor the pricing, nor the developments, nor the risks. The transition is underway: our ministries, our operators and our industrial partners are now embarking on an unprecedented initiative to map our dependencies and strengthen our digital sovereignty.

Also the EUOS proof-of-concept project (not a project of the European Union, but it should be) rethinks how Linux would be deployed in the public sector.