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# France moves 2.5 million government PCs from Microsoft to Linux
- URL: https://www.nupath.eu/france-moves-2-5-million-government-pcs-from-microsoft-to-linux/
- Published: 2026-09-09T05:57:29.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-09T05:57:29.000Z
- Author: Christian Triantafillou Schade
- Tags: News, France, #source_tuta.com

France will migrate 2.5 million civil servant computers from Microsoft to Linux by April 2026\. The plan, announced by the minister for public accounts, aligns with Emmanuel Macron’s push for digital sovereignty. Similar moves have already been taken by regions like Occitanie and cities such as Lyon and Marseille. **(TUTA)**

[France ditches Microsoft for Linux to achieve digital sovereignty – and it's not the only one! | TutaWith its recent announcement, France joins the list of countries that aim to become digitally sovereign. This is part of a bigger movement, called ‘digital sovereignty’, to leave US Big Tech companies, such as Microsoft, Meta or Google, to become less dependent and to break free from these vendor lo![](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=https://tuta.com/blog/countries-ditching-microsoft-choosing-linux-digital-sovereignty&sz=64)tuta.com![](https://tuta.com/assets/digital-sovereignty-cover.CfgRfVyT_aPtmy.png)](https://tuta.com/blog/countries-ditching-microsoft-choosing-linux-digital-sovereignty?ref=nupath.eu)