Chronically online arch linux users when regular citizens of their favorite communist country uses the world's most accessible and compatible operating system (hexbear.net)

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cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2653829

instead of usb booting a custom Tails instance every time to defend their glorious revolution

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[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

China already plans to roll out domestically made PC, with domestically produced hardware and domestically developed software, for government use, and it's inevitable that these Windows PCs will eventually be replaced by PCs running a Chinese OS like Kylin. If this factory is like any other business, they're going to use these Windows PCs until their warranty expires, and they'll be replaced by a new batch of PCs through a PC refresh. Depending on how urgent China wants iron and steel factories to be shielded against US cyberwarfare, the factory PCs might be running Linux as soon as 3-5 years from now when their current warranty expires.

People meme about the Year of the Linux Desktop^TM^, but what China plans on doing is unironically what a Year of the Linux Desktop^TM^ would actually look like: a state actor pushing Linux on their users with the completely truthful assessment that Windows (and MacOS) are security vulnerabilities. Of course, this is completely different from what your average techoliberarian techbro and most people have in mind when they think "Year of the Linux Desktop^TM^," and they're be in for a rude awakening.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

mao-wave

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

This is the first time I’ve heard of Kylin. There’s an open source version now, though I’m not sure what kind of license it has.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

developed by the National University of Defense Technology

The name is too scary so I’m assuming any devices made with this will be banned in the US

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

im going to have an aneurysm talking to these people

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

I will help you install linux

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I saw that post and assumed people were just clowning around lol. Didn’t think anyone was serious enough to throw a fit over international industries using Windows

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