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EU Digital Europe: Sovereign Tech & GendBuntu Case Study EU Digital Europe: Sovereign Tech & GendBuntu Case Study How the EU and French Gendarmerie are achieving digital sovereignty with open-source alternatives. 🚨 Case Study: GendBuntu (French Ministry of Interior) GendBuntu is a customized Ubuntu Linux distribution deployed to 72,000 workstations across the French Gendarmerie Nationale. Key features: 🔐 Security-first : Hardened kernel with custom security policies 🖥️ Thin client support : Optimized for remote and field deployments 📦 Pre-configured stack : Includes OnlyOffice, Mozilla Thunderbird, and LibreOffice 🇫🇷 100% sovereign : Hosted on French infrastructure (OVHCloud, Scaleway) 💬 Insights from LinkedIn Discussion Olivier Le Heurteur (IT Architect, French Gendarmerie): "GendBuntu proves large-scale Linux deployments are viable in government. We reduced licensing ...