Russia uses custom Linux - awake nerd (awakenerd.com)
from ahriboy@lemmygrad.ml to linux@lemmy.ml on 30 Nov 12:13
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fl42v@lemmy.ml on 30 Nov 12:37 next collapse

Huh, nice to see those guys still have this weird KDE 3 fetish.

CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml on 30 Nov 13:05 next collapse

EU backed distro is seriously missing from the marketshare considering even Turkey has its own Linux distro. I mean EU with all the pressure it gives to tech firms to behave fair, it’s strange they don’t fund a custom distro as an alternative to the Microsoft’s monopoly on the PC OS market.

halm@leminal.space on 30 Nov 14:41 collapse

a custom distro

…or just a pre-exsting one. Heck, they should just make it a point to support open source development.

HumanPenguin@feddit.uk on 30 Nov 15:03 next collapse

This. Just require all gov products and documentation to be open. (unless military and even then open were possible)

Creating a new distro is not needed. Let users or nation gov bodies select or create as they see fit.

loics2@lemm.ee on 30 Nov 22:31 collapse

Just require all gov products and documentation to be open. (unless military and even then open were possible)

This is the case for Switzerland, a new law was implemented a few months ago

fushuan@lemm.ee on 30 Nov 15:10 next collapse

Supporting existing ones where possible and adding private stuff or diatro specific stuff when it’s not is the best way to go. Like valve and arch.

Trainguyrom@reddthat.com on 01 Dec 20:53 collapse

And it’s not like every major distro doesn’t have a way to add custom repos to the stock package manager if they need to deviate from the disro’s stock repos for any reason

tetris11@lemmy.ml on 30 Nov 15:15 collapse

They did used to. They’ve scaled it back recently

LifeLemons@lemmy.ml on 30 Nov 15:41 next collapse

Kind of looks like windows vista design. Also it is probably a best thing that linux be adopted by countries. Gives better control and can be used for variety of purposes

tonyn@lemmy.ml on 30 Nov 16:41 next collapse

Looks like the common edition is outdated, but for the curious: https://wiki.astralinux.ru/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=37290417

jwt@programming.dev on 30 Nov 22:08 next collapse

Not your run of the mill ‘Russia throwing out windows’ news item…

Luffy879@lemmy.ml on 30 Nov 22:25 next collapse

Im just waiting for some capitalist to call Linux inc out for supporting the russians

Cysioland@lemmygrad.ml on 04 Dec 10:09 collapse

They’ve sanctioned the Russian driver maintainers, it’s probably enough

Trainguyrom@reddthat.com on 01 Dec 20:58 collapse

Lots of weird typos in that article, and it reads more like a fluff piece than anything but it’s hard to find any actual reporting on this shift. Here’s a ZDNet article on the subject (unless ZDNet’s gotten better since I last did, don’t open without an ad blocker). Thanks for sharing!