Dutch governments builds alternative for Microsoft based on NixOS
by fjfaase on 9/25/2026, 8:06:49 AM
https://www.dawo.community/en/
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by: hashar
France government has announced NixOS based systems some months ago:<p>- <a href="https://github.com/cloud-gouv/securix" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/cloud-gouv/securix</a> a hardened/secured os<p>- <a href="https://github.com/cloud-gouv/bureautix-example" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/cloud-gouv/bureautix-example</a> an example to use securix to build an office deployment (with some packages <a href="https://github.com/cloud-gouv/bureautix-example/blob/main/common/tools.nix" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/cloud-gouv/bureautix-example/blob/main/co...</a> )
9/25/2026, 10:19:11 AM
by: askonomm
Any move away from the abusive big tech that exists in USA is a good move in my book. Microsoft just recently made a new patent where they will monitor you via camera and microphone to block your program/game to show you ads, and per ads viewed, you then earn credit to be able to use your program/game. It is absolutely wild to me how a corporation can be so toxic and abusive to its users and still be in business.
9/25/2026, 9:37:15 AM
by: solarkraft
Awesome! I believe NixOS is perfect for systems you just want to work and track reproducibly, like appliances (which a lot of server software is supposed to be). I’m glad people smarter than me are actually able to realize its advantages =)<p>In the same space, also check out openDesk initiated by the German Government (<a href="https://www.opendesk.eu/en" rel="nofollow">https://www.opendesk.eu/en</a>) and La Suite by the French one (<a href="https://lasuite.numerique.gouv.fr/" rel="nofollow">https://lasuite.numerique.gouv.fr/</a>).<p>AFAIK, there has been some collaboration with the German government on La Suite, not sure about the others.
9/25/2026, 9:15:17 AM
by: ricardobeat
A note to the developers in the project, if anyone is reading: your repositories are in violation of the new Codeberg policy that forbids AI-generated code [1].<p>[1] <a href="https://blog.codeberg.org/protecting-our-floss-commons-from-llms.html" rel="nofollow">https://blog.codeberg.org/protecting-our-floss-commons-from-...</a>
9/25/2026, 9:20:18 AM
by: vanschelven
For a second I was worried that the actual code behind this was dead in the water ("3 months ago") but it's just one more click away:<p><a href="https://code.overheid.nl/MinBZK/DAWO-NixOS" rel="nofollow">https://code.overheid.nl/MinBZK/DAWO-NixOS</a>
9/25/2026, 9:18:24 AM
by: ritzaco
Workplace is such a confusing overloaded term.<p>They also have "Mijn Bureau" which I tried out and wrote about here [0] which is the MS Office alternative.<p>I take it this is the layer below that, an operating system?<p>But it all looks quite fragmented still from what I can see, especially now that it's also split across GitHub and CodeBerg as well as being split across different organizations, and trying to collaborate with other efforts by other European countries while still remaining distinct.<p>[0] <a href="https://techstackups.com/articles/is-it-feasible-to-self-host-an-open-source-eu-sovereign-productivity-suite-in-2026/" rel="nofollow">https://techstackups.com/articles/is-it-feasible-to-self-hos...</a><p>[1] <a href="https://github.com/MinBZK/mijn-bureau-infra" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/MinBZK/mijn-bureau-infra</a><p>[2] <a href="https://code.overheid.nl/MinBZK/DAWO/src/branch/main/componenten/samenwerksoftware" rel="nofollow">https://code.overheid.nl/MinBZK/DAWO/src/branch/main/compone...</a>
9/25/2026, 10:13:39 AM
by: bialyalibaba
Nixpkgs should reduce package count. Waiting 2 days for unbound CVE patch merge is unbearable.
9/25/2026, 9:24:58 AM
by: parlortricks
This is great, would love to understand why Nix over Lix or Guix.
9/25/2026, 9:21:39 AM
by: Yizahi
The same Dutch who voted on the eAIDS... ahem, sorry, eIDAS and ADDW car spyware? I'm not particularly excited about our new benevolent OS.
9/25/2026, 10:23:42 AM
by: KomoD
Site doesn't work for me.<p>www.dawo.community took too long to respond.
9/25/2026, 9:24:06 AM
by: einpoklum
What is it that they need/add above NixOS defaults?
9/25/2026, 9:37:08 AM
by: London-443
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9/25/2026, 10:02:51 AM
by: jimnotgym
To save anyone else I asked Claude<p>"NixOS is a Linux distribution where your whole system is defined in one configuration file."<p>I didn't get that from looking at their website...
9/25/2026, 9:38:34 AM