In the department of governmental migration to NixOS, here is another great announcement, this time backed by actual journalistic references. (This is a reference to when Danish Road Traffic Authority started their Linux pilot project, and someone on LinkedIn made the premature connection that they’re already using NixOS. They might eventually! But not yet.)
The French Interministerial Directorate for Digital Affairs (DINUM) is hiring a NixOS DevOps architect and has announced that “it will leave Microsoft and move towards a free operating system that should be based on the NixOS distribution”, according to April.org [2026-05-10], the main French advocacy association devoted to promoting and protecting Free/Libre Software.
They’re doing this under the name of Sécurix (GitHub).
In another French article, L’Etat sur Linux ? La Dinum rejoue le numéro du village gaulois
[2026-04-21], DINUM goes into details (summarized in English):
The French Direction interministérielle du numérique (DINUM) is migrating 250 of its employees to Linux-based workstations by the end of the year, using NixOS. This initiative, which began with technical administrators using a system called Securix, has expanded to include general users with a project named Bureautix. The goal is to foster wider adoption of Linux within the state administration, following successful tests on about 40 Securix and 30 Bureautix workstations, alongside 50 PCs from a previous Linux test. This internal migration aims to simplify compatibility issues, particularly for web-based applications, and is part of a broader state plan to reduce digital dependencies. Other administrations, such as the Gendarmerie and DGFiP, are already advanced in their use of Linux. A working group launched in April is focusing on generalizing Linux adoption across public services, with a plan for reducing digital dependencies expected by late summer. This effort also considers extending the lifespan of machines through the use of refurbished hardware.
To the non-French speakers who did not grow up with Asterix & Obelix, the Gaul village is indeed a reference to the small, indomitable village of Gauls in ancient Armorica (modern-day Brittany, France) that successfully resists Roman occupation.
Source: Thanks to Angel Faña for spreading the good news on LinkedIn.