{"id":1876459,"date":"2026-04-10T16:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T13:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1876459"},"modified":"2026-04-10T16:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T13:54:07","slug":"french-government-says-au-revoir-windows-bienvenue-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1876459","title":{"rendered":"French government says au revoir Windows, bienvenue Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/w7zITKvMHgkK03fVSjpmWg&#8211;\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD02NzU-\/https:\/\/d29szjachogqwa.cloudfront.net\/images\/user-uploaded\/clint-patterson&#8211;jcy4oema3o-unsplash_5389.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"article-abd9870c-a9e6-460d-b05a-78f77ba9be16\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"mx-auto md:px-10 md:max-w-[1220px]\">\n<nav class=\"prestige-breadcrumb relative mx-4 md:mx-0\" aria-label=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<ol class=\"no-scrollbar overflow-scroll whitespace-nowrap text-battleship\">\n<li class=\"inline\">\n<li class=\"inline-block cursor-default last:pr-10 md:last:pr-20 font-bold\">Big tech<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<header class=\"mb-4 px-4 md:mb-6 md:px-0\">\n<h1 class=\"layout-h1 my-2 font-bold leading-tight\">French government says au revoir Windows, bienvenue Linux<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"my-2 text-[18px] font-light leading-5 md:max-w-[660px] md:text-[20px]\/[28px]\">It&#8217;s part of a broader European movement to reduce reliance on American tech.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"flex-col items-start lg:flex lg:flex-row lg:items-center lg:justify-between mt-6\">\n<div class=\"relative md:mr-[10px]\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n<div class=\"flex mr-2\">\n<div class=\"shrink-0 cursor-pointer inline-block size-[42px] lg:size-[48px]\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt role=\"img\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full rounded-full object-cover object-center shadow-[0_0_0_2px_#ffffff]\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/HVLHsm6NoIRupYAscgAX1g--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTgwO2g9ODA-\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2025-07\/cd49bb30-6802-11f0-9fbf-d9d20eb98294\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-block\">\n<div class=\"w-max text-sm\/5 font-semibold lg:!flex flex items-center\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col\">\n<div class=\"flex w-max items-center\">Will Shanklin<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"font-normal sm:before:inline-block\">Contributing Reporter<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lg:hidden\">\n<div class=\"text-xs text-dolphin dark:text-shark md:text-sm\/5 pt-4\">\n<div class=\"inline-block\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-10T16:54:07.000Z\">Fri, April 10, 2026 at 4:54 PM UTC<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ml-0 mt-4 flex items-center lg:ml-3 lg:mt-0\">\n<div class=\"ml-0 mr-2\">\n<div class=\"relative flex\">Add Engadget on Google<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hidden lg:block\">\n<div class=\"text-xs text-dolphin dark:text-shark md:text-sm\/5 pt-4\">\n<div class=\"inline-block\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-10T16:54:07.000Z\">Fri, April 10, 2026 at 4:54 PM UTC<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid grid-cols-1 gap-x-8 lg:gap-x-0 mx-auto md:px-10 md:max-w-[1220px] md:grid-cols-[[main-start]_1fr_[main-end_right-start]_min-content_[right-end]] lg:!gap-x-8\">\n<div class=\"md:col-main\" data-i13n-boundary=\"true\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"grid grid-cols-[[fullbleed-start_body-start]_minmax(auto,750px)_[body-end_fullbleed-end]]\">\n<figure class=\"relative col-body mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative overflow-hidden fig-image-round left-1\/2 w-screen -translate-x-1\/2 md:left-0 md:w-auto md:translate-x-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt class=\"object-cover object-center\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/WhIqKk8pfcFXVcGIFA5urg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD02OTk-\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/uu\/api\/res\/1.2\/FGdwk9Bn81P9ATqjUv6J5g--~B\/aD0yMjY4O3c9NDAzMjthcHBpZD15dGFjaHlvbg--\/https:\/\/d29szjachogqwa.cloudfront.net\/images\/user-uploaded\/clint-patterson--jcy4oema3o-unsplash_5389.jpg\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-[0.875rem]\/[1.25rem] figure-caption mt-1 line-clamp-2 mt-2.5 md:mt-2 pr-2.5\">\n<div><span>Clint Patterson \/ Unsplash<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid grid-cols-article-mobile md:grid-cols-article lg:max-w-[750px] drop-cap\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">America&#8217;s Big Tech companies may soon learn that saddling up with Donald Trump doesn&#8217;t tend to work out in the end. As the president sows chaos and distrust around the globe while taking aim at EU tech regulations, Europe is looking for ways to adopt its own alternatives. The latest example is France, which said it&#8217;s dropping Microsoft Windows in favor of Linux.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">On Wednesday, France said (via <em>TechCrunch<\/em>) it plans to move its workstations from Windows to the open-source Linux. It&#8217;s part of a broader movement across Europe toward digital sovereignty, aimed at reducing reliance on foreign tech \u2014 especially American and Chinese. Although homegrown alternatives aren&#8217;t available in many areas, the EU seems prepared to wean itself off where it can.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">In January, France announced that it would move its videoconferencing from Zoom and Teams to the French-made Visio. As part of this week\u2019s Linux announcement, France added that it would also migrate its health data to a new platform by the end of 2026.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-fullbleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<div class=\"py-2 text-center text-xs uppercase\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_kd9nam95feiv5tilbH1_\">\n<div class=\"flex size-full items-center justify-center bg-marshmallow text-center leading-3\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-body mb-4 hidden pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:block\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_14d9nam95feiv5tilbH1_\">\n<div class=\"flex size-full items-center justify-center bg-marshmallow text-center leading-3\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Since taking office, Trump has used tariffs and other measures to try to bully European nations into dropping their regulations on America&#8217;s tech industry. In August, he vowed to &#8220;stand up to Countries that attack our incredible American Tech Companies.&#8221; (The strange capitalizations are his, not ours.) His administration has described laws like the EU&#8217;s Digital Services Act as &#8220;censorship&#8221; and &#8220;a tax.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">So far, Europe has stood firm. &#8220;I want to be very clear: our digital sovereignty is our digital sovereignty,&#8221; European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at the Munich Security Conference in February. &#8220;We have a long tradition in freedom of speech. Actually, the Enlightenment started on our continent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Christian Kroll, CEO of German search engine Ecosia, foresaw Europe&#8217;s predicament soon after Trump&#8217;s 2024 reelection. &#8220;We, as a European community, just need to make sure that nobody can blackmail us.&#8221; He added that &#8220;if the US turned off access to search results tomorrow, we would have to go back to phone books.&#8221; Granted, the guy is selling a European-made search engine, so his bias is clear. But the salience of his point stands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Giorgos Verdi, policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, said the Trump administration&#8217;s behavior underscores the need for Europe to break free. &#8220;Could the US use its dominance over AI chips, its dominance over cloud in Europe, its dominance over AI systems in order to exert more pressure?&#8221; Verdi asked <em>CNN<\/em> rhetorically in January. &#8220;In order to build more resilience for Europe\u2026 there is a geopolitical case for European innovations to emerge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid grid-cols-article-mobile md:grid-cols-article lg:max-w-[750px]\">\n<div class=\"commerce col-body\" data-pw=\"disclosure\">\n<div class=\"mb-7 flex items-center rounded-lg p-3 p-5 w-fit flex-col md:flex-row\">\n<p class=\"text-[12px] text-battleship dark:text-gandalf md:text-[13px]\">If you buy something through a link in this article, we may earn commission.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"md:col-main grid grid-cols-article-mobile md:grid-cols-article lg:max-w-[750px]\">\n<div class=\"no-scrollbar col-body mx-4 mb-8 mt-2.5 overflow-x-scroll whitespace-nowrap md:mx-0 md:max-w-[750px] md:overflow-x-visible\">\n<div class=\"mx-auto max-w-screen-sm\">\n<ul class=\"inline-flex text-xs md:text-sm\">\n<li class=\"mr-6\">About our ads<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"grid grid-cols-article-mobile md:grid-cols-article lg:max-w-[750px] drop-cap\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">America&#8217;s Big Tech companies may soon learn that saddling up with Donald Trump doesn&#8217;t tend to work out in the end. As the president sows chaos and distrust around the globe while taking aim at EU tech regulations, Europe is looking for ways to adopt its own alternatives. The latest example is France, which said it&#8217;s dropping Microsoft Windows in favor of Linux.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">On Wednesday, France said (via <em>TechCrunch<\/em>) it plans to move its workstations from Windows to the open-source Linux. It&#8217;s part of a broader movement across Europe toward digital sovereignty, aimed at reducing reliance on foreign tech \u2014 especially American and Chinese. Although homegrown alternatives aren&#8217;t available in many areas, the EU seems prepared to wean itself off where it can.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">In January, France announced that it would move its videoconferencing from Zoom and Teams to the French-made Visio. As part of this week\u2019s Linux announcement, France added that it would also migrate its health data to a new platform by the end of 2026.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-fullbleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<div class=\"py-2 text-center text-xs uppercase\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_kd9nam95feiv5tilbH1_\">\n<div class=\"flex size-full items-center justify-center bg-marshmallow text-center leading-3\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-body mb-4 hidden pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:block\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_14d9nam95feiv5tilbH1_\">\n<div class=\"flex size-full items-center justify-center bg-marshmallow text-center leading-3\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Since taking office, Trump has used tariffs and other measures to try to bully European nations into dropping their regulations on America&#8217;s tech industry. In August, he vowed to &#8220;stand up to Countries that attack our incredible American Tech Companies.&#8221; (The strange capitalizations are his, not ours.) His administration has described laws like the EU&#8217;s Digital Services Act as &#8220;censorship&#8221; and &#8220;a tax.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">So far, Europe has stood firm. &#8220;I want to be very clear: our digital sovereignty is our digital sovereignty,&#8221; European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at the Munich Security Conference in February. &#8220;We have a long tradition in freedom of speech. Actually, the Enlightenment started on our continent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Christian Kroll, CEO of German search engine Ecosia, foresaw Europe&#8217;s predicament soon after Trump&#8217;s 2024 reelection. &#8220;We, as a European community, just need to make sure that nobody can blackmail us.&#8221; He added that &#8220;if the US turned off access to search results tomorrow, we would have to go back to phone books.&#8221; Granted, the guy is selling a European-made search engine, so his bias is clear. But the salience of his point stands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Giorgos Verdi, policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, said the Trump administration&#8217;s behavior underscores the need for Europe to break free. &#8220;Could the US use its dominance over AI chips, its dominance over cloud in Europe, its dominance over AI systems in order to exert more pressure?&#8221; Verdi asked <em>CNN<\/em> rhetorically in January. &#8220;In order to build more resilience for Europe\u2026 there is a geopolitical case for European innovations to emerge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/big-tech\/french-government-says-au-revoir-windows-bienvenue-linux-165407232.html&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/w7zITKvMHgkK03fVSjpmWg&#8211;\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD02NzU-\/https:\/\/d29szjachogqwa.cloudfront.net\/images\/user-uploaded\/clint-patterson&#8211;jcy4oema3o-unsplash_5389.jpg&#8221;] Big tech French government says au revoir Windows, bienvenue Linux It&#8217;s part of a broader European movement to reduce reliance on American tech. 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