Proof of Concept
The EU OS projects develops a proof of concept (PoC) to explain IT decision makers and the open source community better the vision of the project. The proof of concept also helps determining rough edges and missing pieces and brings them to the attention of the upstream projects, so that they can be addressed early on.
As of now, EU OS does not benefit from funding and the PoC is a pure community effort. The work happens continously on the EU OS Gitlab, in the Matrix channel #eu-os-dev:kde.org and at some face-to-face meetings/hackathons:
- Hack Days June 2025 in Paris, see also DINUM press release (French only). Details: #31
Conferences and Discussions
- Luxembourg Open Source Conference 2025: "EU OS, an operative system for the public sector" ([slides](/assets/slides/2025-10-01-EU OS an Operating System for the Public Sector.pdf), programme)
- Annual Privacy Forum 2025: panel discussion "Panel Session I: Digital Sovereignty" (no slides, programme)
- Informal Meeting with the Commission’s own IT department: "EU OS for European Commission Staff: Promises and Status Q4 2025" slides
Aspects of the PoC
For the Proof of Concept, EU OS explores and developes specific areas to address the requirements laid down on the Spec page. Note that the focus is on reuse of existing software and original software development is avoided as much as possible.
- Container Image Management
- Provisioning of EU OS
- Fleet Management
- User Management
- User Data Management
- Branding according to the Corporate Identity
- Legacy Applications (use Windows apps on an EU OS computer)