cyuAug 12, 2023

No More Windows! Indian Defence Services are Switching to Linux: Indian Govt offices to use Linux distribution, replacing Microsoft Windows

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No More Windows! Indian Defence Services are Switching to Linux: Indian Govt offices to use Linux distribution, replacing Microsoft Windows - sh.itjust.works

Based on Ubuntu. Interface and functionality like Windows, users will not feel much difference. BRICS countries committed to their own Linux distributions. South Africa has been the exception.

Show threadCataclysmZA

South Africa has been the exception.

Well yes, it’s really difficult to switch when government only just managed to migrate to Windows 10 on most machines, and still uses Microsoft’s document formats for everything aside from PDF.

Up until a few years ago, UNISA was still using public-facing IIS servers and SARS was paying up the wazoo to maintain old Java applets that people used to file their taxes.

Aug 13, 2023 at 12:49pmWeb
Show threadGadgeteerZAAug 13, 2023
The bigger problem was a massive buy of Microsoft Cloud services with Office365 etc. It’s moved beyond the desktop and moving back is not going to be easy. MS cloud makes it’s easier to use Linux on desktops, but basically the horse has left the stable.