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French Municipality Switches to Linux Following Windows 10 End-of-Life, Saves €69,300


French City of Blois Adopts Linux for School Computers, Aims to Avoid Planned Obsolescence

The City of Blois, France, is migrating its public school computer fleet to the open-source operating system PrimTux to address the planned end-of-support for Windows 10. The municipality chose this alternative over replacing hundreds of still-functional machines.

Context and Implementation

  • The city's 34 public schools currently use 277 computers. Of these, 154 machines were at risk of being scrapped due to the official end-of-life (EOL) for Windows 10, effective since October 2025.

  • Rachid Meress, Deputy Mayor for Digital Affairs, criticized the need to discard functional hardware, calling Microsoft's decision "environmental nonsense and a genuine diktat for local authorities."

  • To counter this planned obsolescence, the city launched a testing phase in three schools: Victor-Hugo, Malala-Yousafzai, and Tourville.

  • The chosen replacement, PrimTux, is a Linux distribution specifically designed for primary education environments.

Wider National Trend

The initiative by Blois coincides with the retirement of Windows 10 after a decade of existence. The EOL for the operating system is estimated to put approximately 400 million computers worldwide at risk of being prematurely discarded.

  • In response, the association April launched the national campaign "Goodbye Windows, Hello Free Software," advocating for the adoption of open-source alternatives by public bodies.

  • Market share data reflects a growing interest in Linux: according to StatCounter, the operating system crossed the 5% market share threshold for desktop computers in the United States in June 2025, up from 1.84% five years prior. Globally, Linux reached 4.1% of the desktop market, compared to 1.69% in 2020.

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https://www.lesnumeriques.com/informatique/fin-de-windows-10-cette-ville-francaise-refuse-de-jeter-ses-pc-passe-a-linux-et-economise-69-300-n247520.html

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