Software2 hSeptember 30, 2026, 09:33

France Runs NixOS: DINUM Builds Sécurix for Government Workstations

France's interministerial digital agency DINUM has been running NixOS-based workstations internally for months and is developing Sécurix, a security-hardened NixOS setup following ANSSI guidelines. The MIT-licensed project is in alpha (v0.20.1) and targets about 250 staff workstations after a 70-machine pilot.

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France Runs NixOS: DINUM Builds Sécurix for Government Workstations

Sécurix builds on NixOS rather than forking it, per ANSSI rules
Login via FIDO2 hardware keys, with TPM2 and YubiKey support
Pilot covered 70 machines; target is about 250 workstations
Companion Bureautix template ships KDE Plasma and LibreOffice

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