Is Linux American anyways ?
https://www.lesnumeriques.com/societe-numerique/la-direction-du-numerique-de-l-etat-quitte-windows-pour-linux-et-demande-aux-ministeres-de-preparer-leur-plan-n254157.htmlThis is actually true
Linux is a Minix clone which is not not an UNIX afaik but created by an American teacher that teach how to build an OS from scratch
>>220638160I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
>>220638440Alpine Linux would like to interject for a moment
>>220638160It would epic if some mongrel (cvnt) decided to impose OpenBSD instead.
>>220638887OpenBSD is garbage. Only good thing about it is that it's not for trannies.
>>220638887It's from Unix.Is Unix American anyways ?
>>220638160Didn’t Linus go on some deranged rant recently because the glowies forced him to yeet Russian code contributors and he tried to justify it with some retarded virtue signaling? So yeah, it’s American in practice.
>>220638160linux is mostly american yes but its open unlike whatever proprietary shit they were using before this probably
>>220638160Good
they tried this stuff many times in india and it didn't work because in the end people ended up installing windows to get things done anyways. like 15 years ago my father brought home a physical ubuntu manual that the government gave him, and canonical were doing on site seminars and all but it still didn't work out. If governments really want to ditch windows they will have to go all out and have a provider than will do all the IT and cloud stuff and make custom software when the windows equivalent isn't available.
>>220638965Do you mean 'isn't'?I dont understand what youre asking
>>220638887>cuck license
>>220638160No. Its open source
>>220639058back to /g/
>>220639014Be careful kiddo
>>220638986>whatever proprietary shit they were using before thisNigga read. It was Shitdows.>>220639001If I'm not mistaken we're doing our own distro as opposed to adopting some other distro made for other purposes (such as Ubuntu), just like we did for the Gendarmerie, so it will probably be a success. The Gendarmerie's OS is famous online for being "illegal" (you can't use it) but also extremely efficient.If we can create Mistral we sure can create a good, pretty and efficient distro for our public servants.
>>220639277why not just get suse or ubuntu seems like a waste of money to develop a government distro (will also end up being shit)i dont think tech companies like mistral are gonna start offering operating systems it feels like an oveersaturated and unprofitable market
>>220638160Absolutely based, your superiority over shitalians knows no bounds LaSuite is great, crazy that it took so much time >Et la polémique avec les éditeurs français, qui dénoncent une concurrence déloyale de l'État développant ses propres outils sur leur terrain, n'est toujours pas tranchée.They should go open source or die, simple as. It's a business model that works, look at bitwarden for example, only companies have to pay
>>220639108Yeah that's wrong, it should be 'isn't' in English
>>220639585The gendarmerie os is based on ubuntu iirc. I don't think we're talking about a fully custom distro, but states have specific needs so I'm not surprised if they want their own fork
>>220639684Isn't Unix American anyway ?
>>220639711See>>220639085You're missing the point
>>220638160Based!Fuck windows!
>>220640812Even ps2 was 128 bits lol
>>220638160Finally, France is taking a step in the right direction.
Will they provide workers in the public sector with quality alternatives to Microsoft Office or rely on meme open source software that no one takes seriously?
>>220641958Why do you need microsoft office to write a letter to ask someone to pay his taxes
>>220638160It will take 50 years to retrain all the retarded government workers on Linux. Good luck.
gabe will get it done
>>220638160Linux is open source so no not really , but good luck getting your entire national infrastructure to rely on a Linux distro. I can understand professionals in a corporate sphere but an entire nation? Most people dont even know what a command line is
>>220638160why the fuck would any government use jeet spyware
>>220638160Can't wait for the news come the next two years saying "France goes back to Windows, ditching Linux"
>>220642625Yes but the kernel, the languages etc are American ?With current knowledge and technologies, I wonder how long will it take to create a completely new OS from scratch. With new original kernel, new languages, new everything
>>220639585>Jew worries about spending moneyOh boy, I got that on my bingo.The first problem I'm thinking of for the reason to create a distro from scratch is we get fucking assblasted by data leaks every couple of weeks or so. I swear 70 million health and government databases of each citizen are flowing on the darknet as we speak, my own data got leaked that's for sure.Doesn't matter how much it costs, it's just the best idea. Every country should have their own government OS.>>220642205I fear that's going to be the main problem for implementing it. But if the gendarmes can use their own OS without any issue there shouldn't be a problem for people already accustomed to computers like mayors and office workers.
>>220642741No the linux kernel itself is international it hasn't just been Americans who have worked on it and it originated in Finland >I wonder how long will it take to create a completely new OS from scratch. With new original kernel, new languages, new everythingFrom scratch? A lot. Linux came from Unix which was developed back in like 70's. It would take decades
>>220638440Based>>220638160It's free software as in freedom, it's doesn't belong to anyone particular.
>>220643253> It would take decadesEven with current knowledge ? Maybe modern tools can accelerate greatly the development
>>220643347>>220643253It wouldn't take decades if you're making a specialized OS for a specific architecture. The reason Linux is so mature is because you can run it on anything from your toaster to your 100k CPU node supercomputer, but with a modest requirement (for example, it should run on ARM based laptops or x86 desktop machines) you could trivially bang one out. Some guy from /g/ literally made an OS called SerenityOS by himself in a little over half a year, and he's now working on a industry-grade Internet browser called Ladybug
>>220643414Sorry, the browser's name is ladyburd, not ladybug
>>220642625>Most people dont even know what a command line ishttps://youtu.be/Ikod2fONH0Q
>>220643414>Some guy from /g/ literally made an OS called SerenityOS by himself in a little over half a year, and he's now working on a industry-grade Internet browser called LadybugHuh interesting. Im not a software engineer guy so its kind of out of my wheelhouse
>>220643480KEKrip you absolute legend
>>220641958That's the point of lasuite, they're already switching to it apparently https://lasuite.numerique.gouv.fr/They have alternatives to slack, zoom, word and excel as of today
Usecase for linux in the third world?
