France is taking the move away from US tech seriously...

They have just launched a government Linux desktop plan to migrate from Windows. This comes after already ditching Microsoft Teams & Zoom.

The rest of Europe needs to do the same 🇪🇺

April 10, 2026 - 13:36 UTC

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They had Minitel before the Worldwide Web existed. France has more initiative than other nations.
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Article: linuxiac.com/france-launches-government-linux-desktop-plan-as-windows-exit-begins/
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If you're interested in making a similar change for the products you use, I've got a guide pinned along with the below free website:

purchasewithpurpose.eu
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They also have OVH Cloud as an alternative to AWS/Microsoft Azure.... LIDL is also building their on hyperscale cloud platform called STACKIT.
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Canada needs to do this.
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And VectorLinux I believe was Canadian.
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Canada had Corel Linux and- Arch Linux.
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Drop Oracle too with PostgreSQL too!
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Wow. Will be interesting to see how this impacts on the public perception of Linux viability on the desktop.
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