With 80,000 workstations under Linux - that is 90% of its computer equipment - the French public force mainly retains FLOSS components in its digital workplace, including Lemon LDAP::NG and OCS Inventory.

In back office, Lemon LDAP::NG provides single sign-on authentication. "It continues to evolve and provides a very good service," says Arnaud Le Grignou, Squadron Chief in charge of the digital workplace domain at the Internal Security Information Systems and Technologies Department of the French Gendarmerie Nationale.

For its part, OCS Inventory supports the IT asset management and software deployment.

Two examples of open source software from the OW2 community, to which the Gendarmerie Nationale actively contributes.

After NEO (new operational equipment) on Secdroid (secured Android) mobile devices, the next mobile digital workplace seeks to combine ergonomics, performance and security. 

Read the original French article with Arnaud Le Grignou video, Squadron Chief in charge of the digital workplace domain at the French Gendarmerie Nationale. 

This video also appeared in a full-featured article in Rocking Robots.