{"id":607040,"date":"2026-04-14T21:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T21:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/607040\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T21:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T21:29:14","slug":"why-is-france-moving-from-microsoft-windows-to-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/607040\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is France moving from Microsoft Windows to Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of this shift, the government has set a clear objective: reduce extra European digital dependencies across all state operations. One of the most concrete steps announced is the transition of government workstations away from Windows to Linux-based systems.<\/p>\n<p>Other measures are already underway. The national health insurance body has begun migrating its 80,000 staff to state-approved digital tools, including secure messaging and file transfer platforms. In parallel, authorities confirmed plans to move the country\u2019s health data platform to a trusted sovereign solution by the end of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>A new approach centered on collaboration between ministries, public operators, and private companies was introduced. These partnerships aim to develop shared digital infrastructure based on open standards and interoperable systems.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead, each ministry will be required to submit its own roadmap by autumn, detailing how it will reduce reliance on non-European technologies. The plans will cover key areas such as workplace software, collaboration tools, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, databases, and network equipment.<\/p>\n<p>The government will coordinate these efforts through a central strategy, while upcoming industry meetings scheduled for June are expected to formalize public-private partnerships under a broader European sovereignty initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, <a title=\"https:\/\/qazinform.com\/\" href=\"https:\/\/qazinform.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Qazinform<\/a> News Agency reported that Japan and France agreed to expand cooperation on <a title=\"https:\/\/qazinform.com\/news\/japan-france-agree-to-expand-cooperation-on-critical-mineral-supply-chains-66b25c\" href=\"https:\/\/qazinform.com\/news\/japan-france-agree-to-expand-cooperation-on-critical-mineral-supply-chains-66b25c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">critical mineral supply chains<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As part of this shift, the government has set a clear objective: reduce extra European digital dependencies across&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":607041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[64,63,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-607040","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}