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So much better than the 3274 other ones.

[Solved] See _donkey-brains_’s and phirebird’s comments for the solution.

I can’t manage to make a solid shape transitioning from a ellipse base to a point above it following a curve. If the base was a disk, I could just revolve around the central axis (see 2nd picture), but it being a ellipse I can’t use revolve.

I tried sweep and loft, but while I manage to get one pretty result (picture 4), it’s not the shape I’d like.

I’d greatly appreciate if someone could help me find a way to get the shape I want. I looked online for tutorials or other posts with similar issues, but none were quite like mine and I couldn’t find one that helped.

In a recent WAN Show, Linus and Luke discussed the latest developments in the deployment of Linux within the French administration. For those who’d like to know more, here’s a summary of what has happened so far and what is happening right now.

The first Linux distribution deployed in a French ministry (similar to a department for U.S. and Canadian readers) was GendBuntu, starting in 2008 to replace Windows XP. This process took about half a decade. As the name suggests, it only concerned the Gendarmerie Nationale, the military police force. (French law enforcement is divided into two branches: the civil Police Nationale, which primarily handles urban areas, and the military Gendarmerie, which mostly covers rural areas and military bases. By the way, it is pronounced “gendarmery” or “zhahn-DAR-muh-ree”, meaning “gents-at-arms” or “men-at-arms”.)

Initially, servers were migrated to Debian, followed by the workstations. The migration was facilitated by the earlier transition of office software to libre alternatives in 2005, including LibreOffice, Firefox, Thunderbird, and VLC.

GendBuntu is co-developed with Canonical, but most of the work is done by internal teams of the Gendarmerie. It contains some proprietary software. Naturally, it’s a hardened distribution that has undergone many pentests over the years. In 2009, it was estimated that the migration reduced overall operating and licensing costs by €9 million per year.

More recently, work has begun on a new Linux distribution for the rest of the administration. It is named Sécurix (github.com/cloud-gouv/securix) and is based on NixOS. The Linux kernel is hardened, and authentication is managed using TPM2 and YubiKey. Users’ passwords serve only as a failsafe. Workstation decryption is handled with FIDO2. The goal is to deploy it across all French ministry workstations for two main reasons: cost reduction and national sovereignty, as dependence on GAFAM companies is seen as a strategic weakness.

Sécurix is being developed by the DINUM (Direction Interministérielle du Numérique, or Interministerial Directorate of Digital Technology). It was announced in early 2026 that DINUM will be rebranded as Ariane, with its budget increased from 60 M€/year to 200 M€/year.

This agency is also developing web applications to replace cloud solutions provided by GAFAM, for the same reasons. Indeed, sharing information on MS Teams is forbidden in ministries to prevent espionage and foreign interference in domestic matters, so an easy-to-use alternative was needed. In this sense, it’s more accurate to call 2026 “the year of libre software” rather than “the year of Linux” in the French government.

This collaborative workspace is named LaSuite (formerly La Suite Numérique). It’s accessible here: lasuite.numerique.gouv.fr, and its development is hosted here: github.com/suitenumerique. LaSuite includes multiple applications that are not yet fully cohesive or integrated, but that’s work in progress.

• Authentication for all apps is centralized. The ProConnect service allows private partners to access the applications and collaborate with the administration.
• Tchap, based on Matrix, replaces MS Teams for messaging, except for video calls.
• For those, LaSuite includes Visio (or Meet in English), based on LiveKit. It allows video calls with external participants as long as one person from the administration is present. It is already in active use and performs well.
• LaSuite Docs aims to replace Notion or Google Docs (MS Office has already been replaced by LibreOffice in many areas) and is based on BlockNote.
• LaSuite Fichiers (or Drive in English) was built from scratch to replace MS OneDrive or Google Drive. It currently integrates OnlyOffice, though this could change as it’s not a core component.
• Grist github.com/gristlabs/grist-core is integrated into LaSuite to edit spreadsheets online and complement Docs.
• France Transfert is a platform for securely transferring documents that are too large or sensitive to send by email, including to external contacts.
• LaSuite Messagerie is planned as an online email client. For now, Thunderbird must be used.
• An AI chatbot is also in early development.