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European Union OS – Fedora Linux and KDE Plasma Based

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Re: European Union OS – Fedora Linux and KDE Plasma Based

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Post by Rick76 »

I understand this isn't an official EU project, but with the ongoing trade war and Europe's desire to distance itself from US big tech, I'm excited to see what they develop.

Americans might appreciate this too, as the internet today is dominated by a handful of companies, leading to excessive polarization. The first thing that needs competition imo is Youtube, there is nothing like it.

Re: European Union OS – Fedora Linux and KDE Plasma Based

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Post by fsflover »

dagw wrote: post #5
akagusu wrote: post #4

Based on Fedora which is owned by a US company. Why?

Yea. If they want to support EU based companies and tech, why wouldn't they use SuSE? Or base it on Debian if they don't want to be 'beholden' to any company.

> Or base it on Debian if they don't want to be 'beholden' to any company.

Debian typically doesn't support new hardware and software while Fedora does. Personally, I found the balance by using both inside Qubes OS.

Re: European Union OS – Fedora Linux and KDE Plasma Based

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Post by Rick76 »

akagusu wrote: post #4

Based on Fedora which is owned by a US company. Why?

It's not just about avoiding the US out of anger; it's more about preventing US companies from having too much control over their citizens and daily lives. By focusing on open-source solutions, whether American or not, it should serves their purpose. They can move all packages to a EU server, and manage it more directly this way

Thats what I belive but im no expert especially on the law, but I dont see an issue with US opensource unless the EU straight up penalizing any technology thats developed in the US, which Id doubt they would do.

Re: European Union OS – Fedora Linux and KDE Plasma Based

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Post by Symbiote »

fsflover wrote: post #6
akagusu wrote: post #4

Based on Fedora which is owned by a US company. Why?

They are aware of that, https://gitlab.com/eu-os/eu-os.gitlab.io/-/issues/2#note_240... . What would you suggest?

SuSE is the obvious choice, and I'm surprised that some European Linux developers aren't aware of this. They don't mention it at all on the linked "Goals" page.

Re: European Union OS – Fedora Linux and KDE Plasma Based

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Post by myaccountonhn »

fsflover wrote: post #6
akagusu wrote: post #4

Based on Fedora which is owned by a US company. Why?

They are aware of that, https://gitlab.com/eu-os/eu-os.gitlab.io/-/issues/2#note_240... . What would you suggest?

If I can dream: a custom built distro using pkgsrc+pkgin as package manager. Improving pkgsrc means that other distros and operating systems can take advantage of it too, making for a more diverse ecosystem.

A more serious choice would be Suse.

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