EU OS
eu-os.gitlab.io
Proof-of-Concept OS for the EU

It’s only a proof of concept at the moment and I don’t know if it will see mass adoption but it’s a step in the right direction to ending reliance on US-based Big Tech.

  • kokolores@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    451·
    5 days ago

    Why Fedora? Sorry, but there are so many European options, it makes no sense to build a European house on an American basement.

    • alphadont@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      16 hours ago

      As far as I’m concerned, open-source has no nationality, even for a public-sector project. Yes, Red Hat is American. They also don’t own Fedora.

      From the very start, we’ve been built on the contributions of people from every corner of the globe, why should we care about petty geographical squabbles like this?

      • kokolores@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        2·
        16 hours ago

        Yes, Red Hat is American, and whether you like it or not, this comes with legal and political dependencies. Fedora is subject to U.S. laws (e.g., Cloud Act, export controls), which poses a risk to EU digital sovereignty.

        Yes, Red Hat does not own Fedora. And IBM, which owns Red Hat, also does not own Fedora. But it has significant influence and could prioritize business or political interests over EU needs.

        And another question is: Why shouldn’t we use a European OS when we already have viable alternatives?

    • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
      221·
      5 days ago

      Probably since it’s the main redhat upstream and they want the advantage of already widespread usage.

      Although at that point why not OpenSUSE for the same reason you mentioned.

          • pmk@lemmy.sdf.org
            41·
            4 days ago

            Regular release distros do security updates, backported if needed. Rolling release means introducing unknown security bugs until they are found and fixed. To me, the whole dilemma between regular and rolling is do I want old bugs or new bugs? But the security bugs get fixed on both.

    • pyre@lemmy.world
      5·
      5 days ago

      if you’re not paying it doesn’t really matter. open source belongs to everyone; it’s a disservice to put it in the same bag as, say, a Microsoft or Apple OS.

      plus how far removed is enough? are we going to scrutinize what programming languages were used and where they originated as well?

      • pmk@lemmy.sdf.org
        9·
        5 days ago

        Open source is free for everyone, I think the objection is more about an american company being able to directly influence the decisions, operating under US jurisdiction, etc.