Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Cursitor Doom Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: German state gov. dicthing Windows for Linux, 30k workers migrating. Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2024 10:51:57 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 70 Message-ID: References: <5qb31j9c2ia9a6h2fr50onqa2vp4d4bsfm@4ax.com> <3hf31j9d0uq5b9imcq94b495c3hclbjv79@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2024 09:51:59 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="047d140331540669533227d2fbe449a7"; logging-data="2864042"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18NSRJLLrX/SIU02yt0FDSKovKJR60tZbk=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:kLCrcIbrn+DrVf0Bc9bRaXuZcX8= Bytes: 4268 On Sun, 07 Apr 2024 05:40:20 GMT, Jan Panteltje wrote: >On a sunny day (Sat, 06 Apr 2024 17:28:48 -0400) it happened Joe Gwinn > wrote in <3hf31j9d0uq5b9imcq94b495c3hclbjv79@4ax.com>: > >>On Sat, 06 Apr 2024 21:24:14 +0100, Cursitor Doom >>wrote: >> >>>On Sat, 06 Apr 2024 11:14:56 -0400, Joe Gwinn >>>wrote: >>> >>>>On Sat, 06 Apr 2024 04:25:32 GMT, Jan Panteltje >>>>wrote: >>>> >>>>>German state gov. ditching Windows for Linux, 30K workers migrating >>>>>Schleswig-Holstein looks to succeed where Munich failed. >>>>> https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/04/german-state-gov-ditching-windows-for-linux-30k-workers-migrating/ >>>>> >>>>I'd suggest reading the entire article. >>>> >>>> >>>>>Less US spying too. >>>> >>>>Nah. Linux is no harder for big intelligence agencies than Windows or >>>>MacOS. And Linux is already dominant in the infrastructure, so those >>>>agencies are already there. >>>> >>>>Joe Gwinn >>> >>>... Unless you roll your own distro and know how to use it >>>securely.... >> >>And are too small potatoes for the big agencies to bother, leaving the >>field to various hackers. >> >>Joe Gwinn > >Well I have been running Linux since 1998 as my systems. >No hacks observed, and that running included an online web server. >There was some hacking group, I challenged them to hack my server, >watched them trying, they gave up. >These day Linux is getting way too complex, the idiot in rathead made tings worse >Many processes I see running I have no clue what they do without looking it up on google. >So maybe time for something different. >But then again, no problem with security in all these years. >Of course I know CIA and who not is reading everything I wrote, the brain damage if causes them is my defense weapon LOL. >But really microsoft windows was dead after win 3.1 when they integrated the GUI with the basic OS to keep DRDOS out >so now they move to Linux too. >rathead and microsore doing a takeover is a possibility. >Maybe some Linux versions that are clean will keep existing >But bloat has taken over, giggle bytes and tera hertz needed to read a website via fiber >content: daily news, israel commits genocide, nobody does anything about it. >Same on teefee. >What is it all worth? >Cannot even buy a return to Mars, in the sixties they did a return to moon. >Its all over now. Dinos!!! >In the old days you could get a collage degree if you were good at playing with a ball, >now you get it for free if your sun lotion did not work. >(ducks) well > > Going back to the substance of your original post, Jan, I'm just wondering if this is a trend which will spread world-wide as a natural consequence of the recent phenomenon of de-dollarization as countries seek to divest themselves of dollar assets in the wake of the financial sanctions imposed on Russia. We should keep a wary eye open for further examples of this going forward as it could ultimately have serious consquences for world peace.