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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Indian Defence Ministry set to replace windows with home-grown "Maya OS" (news.itsfoss.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I ain’t a super Linux user, but I find it crazy that so many governments aren’t scared to put their data in the hands of US corporations like Microsoft of Apple.

I work for the state in Geneva, Switzerland, and my employers gives me an iPhone and forces me to use Windows at work.

I know that developing your own Linux distribution or any other solution is difficult but my country is even using a foreign cloud service instead of a swiss one😨

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

People are so shortsighted about this. Spend billions on Microsoft products to prevent spending millions on a safe solution that will never be suddenly deprecated.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

This way you outsource the fault.

[+] [email protected] -29 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I mean, you guys have all that Nazi gold still so I’m not sure extrapolating that “neutrality” to other countries is necessarily useful

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I’m just talking about keeping your data and those of your citizens away from Apple and Microsoft.

I don’t know enough about the nazi gold, but whatever your country is, I’m sure it has a dark history too. Still this is in no way related to the original post.