France quietly deployed 100,000+ Linux machines in their police force - GendBuntu is a silent EU tech success story

[nixcraft@mastodon.social]

France quietly deployed 100,000+ Linux machines in their police force - GendBuntu is a silent EU tech success story

https://www.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1lfxdsd/france_quietly_deployed_100000_linux_machines_in/

Well done. Let us get free from Microsoft spyware OS. They are not trustworthy vendors, and all taxpayers' money should go to fund open-source apps/software and not to Bill Gates' fortune.

#linux #OpenSource

[uraael@kitty.social]

@nixCraft@mastodon.social I think with Europe now actively looking to break Microsoft's dominance over their IT affairs, we might see a lot more of this in the next few years.

[nux@fosstodon.org]

@Uraael @nixCraft Won't be holding my breath. The French Gendarmerie's efforts started more than a decade ago if I remember correctly. It's an isolated effort alas..

[naturemc@mastodon.online]

@Nux Yes, the French did it in 2013-14 with their Gendarmerie.
Denmark is another example, and the German Bundesland Schleswig-Holstein: https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-german-state-schleswig-holstein-uninstalls-windows/ also here: @landesregierung

@Uraael @nixCraft

[folfdk@helvede.net]

@NatureMC @Nux @landesregierung @Uraael @nixCraft

Unfortunately Denmark isn't really a good example.

It's 40 people (half of the digitalisation ministry) trying out Collabora (LibreOffice) as a replacement for Microsoft Office, but only as a trial.

Source in Danish from the Ministry website:
https://www.digmin.dk/digitalisering/nyheder/nyhedsarkiv/2025/jun/digitaliseringsministeriet-saetter-gang-i-pilotprojekt-om-digital-suveraenitet

[naturemc@mastodon.online]

@folfdk Thanks for the facts! Most foreign media articles praise it as a sensation ...

@Nux @landesregierung @Uraael @nixCraft

[folfdk@helvede.net]

@NatureMC

Between 7-10 days ago I also had the impression from the Danish news papers/websites that it was going to be on Linux.

But this was apparently not accurate. (Or the scope changed 🫤)