inari@piefed.zip to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoAfter Europe ditched Windows, China follows suit with its own home-grown Linux distroswww.xda-developers.comexternal-linkmessage-square65linkfedilinkarrow-up1348arrow-down113
arrow-up1335arrow-down1external-linkAfter Europe ditched Windows, China follows suit with its own home-grown Linux distroswww.xda-developers.cominari@piefed.zip to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square65linkfedilink
minus-squareViatorOmnium@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·1 day agoWindows is very cheap if you don’t pay for it, and all the backdoors are a feature for the powers that be.
minus-squaresteelplatedmech@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoSurely China can’t be fine with the US poking around their government computers? Or are they? I don’t understand how another country can use another hostile country’s closed operating system for sensitive material.
minus-squaremorto@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·23 hours agoFOSS in general took a very long time to be embraced by china, which feels weird
minus-squareKssioAug@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 day agoI would guess that Microsoft has to comply to Chinese privacy and data laws, AND that China’s firewall also might block a lot of the telemetry. I agree nonetheless. They should be using Linux a long time ago.
minus-squaresteelplatedmech@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 hours agoI don’t think China would be naive to think a US company would actually comply. Even regular people don’t believe claims of respecting privacy and totally not spying on you assurances.
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 hours agoThey are the same way the U.S. government is. Windows isn’t used for shit that’s actually important in either government.
Windows is very cheap if you don’t pay for it, and all the backdoors are a feature for the powers that be.
Surely China can’t be fine with the US poking around their government computers? Or are they?
I don’t understand how another country can use another hostile country’s closed operating system for sensitive material.
FOSS in general took a very long time to be embraced by china, which feels weird
I would guess that Microsoft has to comply to Chinese privacy and data laws, AND that China’s firewall also might block a lot of the telemetry.
I agree nonetheless. They should be using Linux a long time ago.
I don’t think China would be naive to think a US company would actually comply. Even regular people don’t believe claims of respecting privacy and totally not spying on you assurances.
They are the same way the U.S. government is. Windows isn’t used for shit that’s actually important in either government.