Do you think governments should move towards using a Linux distro for computer systems rather than windows?
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Do you think governments should move towards using a Linux distro for computer systems rather than windows?
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It depends on each use case. Most important is open standards and avoidance of vendor lock-in.
Often that means open software, but sometimes a computer is just a hammer.
@galaxydinodragon the answer to every tech question always is “it depends” so I’m going with that.
Personally I think the government should have systems to use Linux, and Windows, and Apple, and whatever Chromebooks run on, etc. The government has to be able to handle doing stuff for literally 100% of the people it governs over, so it shouldn’t ever lock itself into a single tech ecosystem since there will never be a tech solution that works great for 100% of the people
Schritt 1: Unternehmen steigen auf SaaS um. Schritt 2: Unternehmen merken dass sie für Fachanwendungen nur noch einen Browser brauchen. Migration zu Linux. Schritt 3: Fachanwendungsbuden merken, dass es eine grosse Userbase auf Linux gibt unter entwickeln wieder eigenständige Applikationen, dieses mal für Linux. Win-Win würd ich sagen. ^^
@galaxydinodragon there's a reason the french #GendarmerieNationale spuns tueir own #UbuntuLTS derivative...
We will need to upskill a workforce first.
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I believe some states and/or governments have done this in the past. Kerala in India for one but it was a long time ago.
It would be much easier now.
What would be even easier is if a number of them switched over to Linux simultaneously, or in a coordinated sequence. Like a lot of worthwhile things, it will be hard to make it work if only one place does it in isolation and everyone else sticks to Windows.
@galaxydinodragon It's a no-brainer.
Have your ICT depend on foreign powers, that might decide you're no longer their friend,
or use something you control, something of which you have the source code and which makes you independent.
Really, it's pretty dumb that governments haven't made that move decades ago 🤷