From: Jan Panteltje Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: German state gov. dicthing Windows for Linux, 30k workers migrating. Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2024 11:43:49 GMT Message-ID: References: <5qb31j9c2ia9a6h2fr50onqa2vp4d4bsfm@4ax.com> <3hf31j9d0uq5b9imcq94b495c3hclbjv79@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2024 11:43:50 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="272838"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: NewsFleX-1.5.7.5 (Linux-5.15.32-v7l+) Cancel-Lock: sha1:VhWwW13YGn/VSAVSE8opQzD/shM= X-Newsreader-location: NewsFleX-1.5.7.5 (c) 'LIGHTSPEED' off line news reader for the Linux platform NewsFleX homepage: http://www.panteltje.nl/panteltje/newsflex/ and ftp download ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/linux/system/news/readers/ X-User-ID: eJwNyMERACEIA8CWiCE4liMC/Zdwt88VA/G2h8I1GlAMjqqy0TvVlcmzBnas8er8Xe7Oh51WVtfADt7VovEDYgwVnA== Bytes: 4975 Lines: 83 On a sunny day (Sun, 07 Apr 2024 10:51:57 +0100) it happened Cursitor Doom wrote in : >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. I was just reading this: Americans skipping meals to cope with rising costs – poll: https://www.rt.com/news/595530-poll-americans-struggle-rising-housing-costs/ Cannot believe the rental prices in the US! For sure inflation at its worst. So, back to the wigwam ?