The Dutch government is building its own Linux desktop on NixOS

The Dutch government is building its own open source workplace for civil servants, with a desktop operating system built on the Linux distribution NixOS. Eight municipalities are now testing the project, called DAWO, Dutch tech site Tweakers reported last week.

DAWO stands for Digitaal Autonome Werkomgeving Overheid, or Digital Autonomous Government Work Environment. Its blueprint covers an operating system, an office suite, collaboration apps, cloud services and management tools. The Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations develops it, according…