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[โ€“] Mihies 1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Can Linux still be considered an EU project, though?

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Is all open project, and it isn't paid. The origin no longer matters (to me). Is probably best described as a global project.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Linux desktop is GPL, so everybody owns it including Europe.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Depends on which distro you use. Zorin, Mint and OpenSUSE are developed by European companies, if that matters. Of those, only Zorin is (optionally) paid.

Its important to know that ultimately software is complex, and often its a concentrated effort between people of different countries. Especially the colossal project that is Linux.

In any case, the main thing with Linux is you stop giving Microsoft money, either by not buying licences or not giving them data to feed their AI. By using European distros, you can contribute either through bug reporting, donations, or just by giving them a reason to continue existing. Some distros have full time employees working on them also, so its a nice and cheap (or free) way to contribute to the EU economy.

I, for one, would love if either started using SUSE as their enterprise software of choice. Its the one I use and it's amazing. I'm very happy with OpenSUSE as a distro.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

CachyOS is German.

By the way, it uses Arch ๐Ÿ˜œ

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

I've heard good things about CashyOS! Its supposed to set everything up for you OOTB, with all the perks that come with being an Arch distro.

I'm very happy with OpenSUSE currently, and don't really want to go distro hop. But I confess I'm curious about it. I'll probably give it a go at some point, though.

Thanks for mentioning it. ๐Ÿ˜„