Overview
- DINUM, the government’s digital directorate, said it will drop Microsoft Windows on its desktops and adopt Linux.
- Officials framed the move as a push for digital sovereignty to cut reliance on American technology vendors.
- The shift begins at DINUM with no nationwide schedule or chosen Linux distribution disclosed.
- Following an interministerial seminar, ministries were ordered to inventory software and vendor dependencies, the State Procurement Department will set reduction timelines, and industry meetings are planned for June 2026.
- The plan spans multiple tech layers, including collaboration tools, antivirus, artificial intelligence, databases, virtualization, and network equipment.