The French decision follows similar moves in Germany and Denmark. Earlier this year, the German state of Schleswig-Holstein announced it was switching 30,000 PCs to LibreOffice and Linux, citing similar concerns over data privacy and the "cloudification" of standard office software.

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France's move to ditch Windows for Linux is its latest effort to reduce its reliance on American tech giants.

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