Paraphrasing from the video: it’s a small town (2k people) in the Loire region. They claim that the transition to Linux wasn’t as hard as anticipated, meaning it wasn’t as hard to teach town officials to use it as they thought. Users are happy to see their machines run faster on Linux than on bloated Windows They are looking forward to saving money on SW but also on equipment since they don’t have to buy new machines for the Windows 11 planned obsolescence madness. However, the main reason the town switched was for privacy. They handle confidential info and are betting on Linux track record as less of a target of ransomware and other exploits, hopefully protecting their citizens data better.

10/10, who ever the mayor or city manager is, I applaud their clear mindedness and courage to make this transition. Hopefully, seeing the benefits, more towns will follow suite.