Le socle interministériel de logiciels libres a encore grossi. Désormais, il y a plus de 500 références dans le catalogue des programmes informatiques que l'État conseille à ses administrations. Un travail de longue haleine, commencé au début de la décennie passée. 473 logiciels libres référencés en mai 2024, 529 en
To be clear. This is a government agency endorsing the software as safe and effective. So bureaucrats and employees can’t be reprimanded if they use them.
This isn’t the French Prime Minister announcing the country will cancel Microsoft Office subscriptions and build a fund to support FOSS projects. Gimp has nowhere near the ressources they actually need.
Recently had to teach a cicd class for a government agency. Students were not allowed to install docker on their laptops. They just had take notes from my presentation, than had to go home and practice it all on their home computer,whi h they could not bring to the office either.
It’s a pretty big step for a government to endorse foss tools like this.
To be clear. This is a government agency endorsing the software as safe and effective. So bureaucrats and employees can’t be reprimanded if they use them.
This isn’t the French Prime Minister announcing the country will cancel Microsoft Office subscriptions and build a fund to support FOSS projects. Gimp has nowhere near the ressources they actually need.
Recently had to teach a cicd class for a government agency. Students were not allowed to install docker on their laptops. They just had take notes from my presentation, than had to go home and practice it all on their home computer,whi h they could not bring to the office either.
It’s a pretty big step for a government to endorse foss tools like this.