South Korean government to switch to Linux: ministry • Hacker News Board

Re: South Korean government to switch to Linux: ministry

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Post by chillacy » Sat, May 18, 2019, 3:23 PM UTC

AFascistWorld wrote: post #29

China has this "original" OS called Redflag Linux, it's basically repackaged Linux to rake in government money, sells to military for some 500 usd per pc, the kickback must be big.

And yet nothing is as common as pirated windows. Even one of the displays in an airport crashed and there was a bsod

Re: South Korean government to switch to Linux: ministry

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Post by kijin » Sat, May 18, 2019, 3:26 PM UTC

a-afterglow wrote: post #37

kijin wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The word processor by Hancom is actually pretty nice, especially for composing Korean-only and mixed Korean-and-English documents. I've been using it since before I even knew that MS Word existed, and I still prefer it to MS Word for anything that contains CJK characters. The proprietary file format is a PITA, though. Hancom did release a Linux version of their office suite a few years ago, and regularly updates the…

Have you been using it since its first release? I find it surprising you hadn't heard about MS Office if you were already using Hancom.

Yeah, I've used H.ngeul since 1990 -- version 1.2 I think. MS Word already existed, of course, but I didn't hear about it nor actually get to use it until a few years later. I was a kid and didn't have internet back then, so news was slow :p

Re: South Korean government to switch to Linux: ministry

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Post by samfisher83 » Sat, May 18, 2019, 3:26 PM UTC

tooltalk wrote: post #3

> ... as Microsoft’s free technical support for Windows 7 expires in January 2020. they are still on Windows 7? ouch!!!

I lot of people prefer 7. I am not a fan of the forced upgrades or saas model. I don't want to upgrade which breaks this or that and you can't not upgrade unless you have the pro version.

I think a lot of people were fine with 7.

Re: South Korean government to switch to Linux: ministry

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Post by lytedev » Sat, May 18, 2019, 3:28 PM UTC

robertAngst wrote: post #14

What does 'Linux OS' mean? Various Linux desktop distros? If so, have mercy on anyone who will be using Ubuntu Desktop for the first time. I hope they aren't afraid of using Terminal, because the internet will shout them down for wanting a GUI solution. Love Ubuntu server, but could never get into linux desktop.

I imagine it's easier for an IT department to address issues pretty quickly and remotely.

Re: South Korean government to switch to Linux: ministry

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Post by petepete » Sat, May 18, 2019, 3:29 PM UTC

thewhitetulip wrote: post #9

babakandishmand wrote: post #5

Curious if they'd roll out their own distro.

That will be too much work. Why not use well maintained existing distros?

I've never understood the clamour for rolling a new distro. Maintaining an apt/yum repository and creating a meta-package or package group should be more than enough.

Re: South Korean government to switch to Linux: ministry

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Post by kikoreis » Sat, May 18, 2019, 3:30 PM UTC

robertAngst wrote: post #14

What does 'Linux OS' mean? Various Linux desktop distros? If so, have mercy on anyone who will be using Ubuntu Desktop for the first time. I hope they aren't afraid of using Terminal, because the internet will shout them down for wanting a GUI solution. Love Ubuntu server, but could never get into linux desktop.

Come on, this is not accurate. My wife, a journalist employed in the local university and my mother, a shop owner, use Ubuntu every day and have never used the terminal. The demographic that has needs more advanced than the basic desktop functionality will indeed use AskUbuntu and the terminal, but we have to recognize ourselves as niche. Most office workers will use a browser and very little else.

Re: South Korean government to switch to Linux: ministry

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Post by AsyncAwait » Sat, May 18, 2019, 3:33 PM UTC

NortySpock wrote: post #13

As I recall, this sort of public statement is used as a lever to squeeze some discounts out of Microsoft's Enterprise Sales team before the government "decides" to stay with Windows.

As a Linux aficionado, I have to agree with you, unfortunately. I've seen this too many times over the years not to be cynical about it.

Re: South Korean government to switch to Linux: ministry

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Post by wswkb » Sat, May 18, 2019, 3:33 PM UTC

chris_wot wrote: post #28

cvnyw wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lighter and easier to manage than 10... why not?

Can't run Windows 7 on Skylake and greater chipsets.

Don't know what makes you think those computers are running a chipset that was launched late in 2015.

Re: South Korean government to switch to Linux: ministry

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Post by 0815test » Sat, May 18, 2019, 3:35 PM UTC

NortySpock wrote: post #13

As I recall, this sort of public statement is used as a lever to squeeze some discounts out of Microsoft's Enterprise Sales team before the government "decides" to stay with Windows.

Yeah, they're not going to do it. Or do you think they could ever stand to be seen as running the exact same OS as their northern, uh, neighbors? I mean, let's get real.

Re: South Korean government to switch to Linux: ministry

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Post by dbmueller » Sat, May 18, 2019, 3:35 PM UTC

Recently there was a votation in my town, to decide whether to accept a budget for renewing the schools IT infrasture. It included office365 accounts and new computers and tablets (presumably ipads)

I wonder how different it would be were they using an OSS stack. Any stories?