Geopolitics
The Stack is the New Frontier: France's Linux Pivot and the Imperative of Digital Non-Alignment for the Global South
France's strategic pivot from Windows to Linux in its government systems is a landmark declaration that digital dependence is now a core geopolitical condition, not merely a technical choice. This bold move, while exposing the painful costs of true digital sovereignty, serves as a critical warning to the Global South that control over the software stack is the new frontline in the struggle against neo-colonial technological dependence imposed by Western corporate and state power.
