DINUM is ditching Windows for Linux as France pushes every ministry to draft a migration plan away from non-European software.

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France's national digital directorate DINUM has announced it will migrate government workstations from Windows to Linux, as part of a broader push for digital sovereignty. The initiative also includes migrating 80,000 health insurance agents to homegrown tools like Tchap for messaging and Visio for video calls. Every French ministry must submit a non-European software reduction plan by Autumn 2026, covering workstations, collaboration tools, AI, databases, and more. Public-private coalitions will be formalized starting June 2026, with the national health data platform also set to move to a sovereign solution by end of 2026.

Good News! France Starts Plan to Replace Windows With Linux on Government Desktops