For one thing, it sounds to me like there is some momentum that could be seized, organising a joint nix-guix event of sort.
Etienne From: poplin <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, 16 April 2026 at 10:45 To: Simon Tournier <[email protected]> Cc: Etienne B. Roesch <[email protected]>; help-guix <[email protected]> Subject: Re: France Govt launches Securix, official fork of NixOS As a person living in France my first reaction was (and still is) a huge happiness... but immediately the questions you mentioned Simon popped up. It would insightful to understand if the fact of not choosing guix was deliberate or just ignorance about its existance. Apr 16, 2026 11:08:24 Simon Tournier <[email protected]>: > Hi Étienne, > > On Fri, 10 Apr 2026 at 20:45, "Etienne B. Roesch" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> https://github.com/cloud-gouv/securix > > Heh! Thanks for sharing. > > Somehow, it appears to me a good news! > > Where I’ve mixed feelings is: has the French government (DINUM) > contacted Inria or other French public data centers where Guix is > currently running? > > Concretely, French public servants are already officially contributing > to Guix as part of their service, without mentioning that the Guix > original author is also a French public servant. > > The unfathomably deep mysteries of French government’s strategic > choices. ;-) > > Do not take me wrong: As one French citizen, it seems to me a great news > that DINUM invests in a Linux distribution based on declarative > configurations. > > Cheers, > simon
