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

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.

  • trollercoaster@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    For someone that isn’t comfortable with computers in general that may be very intimidating.

    For people “not comfortable with computers”, remembering their own username tends to be a barely surmountable challenge. They need their hands held for practically any interaction with a computer anyway, it really doesn’t matter what operating system and application software they have to use.

    but this will be a very painful process.

    Users using computers is almost always a very painful process for everyone else.

    The computer is the only tool where a professional whose daily work pretty much completely consists of using that tool will regularly get away with having no idea how to use it at all.