Rebooting the Republic: OS Operating Systems for Governments
Talkat Open Source Summit Europe 2025 · on Tuesday, 2025-08-26· at 14:10· Elicium 2A (Elicium Level 1)·
summary
Feasibility study from the German Centre for Digital Sovereignty evaluates legal, economic and technical steps to replace proprietary OS and backend services, citing 96% Microsoft dependency and proposing an ultramobile-first route using Android devices and browser apps; a public startup (Tendis) builds an Open Code registry and the Openesk workspace, already Openesk used by German health departments; authentication relies on Nubus authentication with de‑integration options; a pilot targets ~70% rollout in one federal agency by end of next year.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Rebooting government systems
- 3:37Tendis and open source strategy
- 6:30Open Desk sovereign workspace
- 9:21European open source collaboration
- 11:47Sovereign government client OS
- 15:20Open source client management POC
- 17:28Transitioning to open source challenges
- 21:02Open source ecosystems beyond government
- 23:11France and Netherlands open source projects
- 25:21Swiss and EU open source initiatives
- 27:24Q&A
- 37:01Open source adoption support
- 40:09Future open hardware and training
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