• bilb [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    There's not really any reason to install UOS over Deepin or Ubuntu + Deepin, Manjaro + Deepin, etc. I personally wouldn't recommend it since it requires either a UOS account to get root access or a workaround using a different live distro and, uh, fuck that. Linux as a walled garden, it's not good folks.

    • anthm17 [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I wish China would develop a new OS from scratch.

      I fear monoculture.

      • blobjim [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Yeah imagine them putting the effort into creating something actually unique and modern from the ground up that would work better than Windows or macOS, then having the government promote adoption of the OS. Google already has their Fuchsia operating system which is not based on Linux or anything like that and only has a POSIX API over their actual OS API.

        • anthm17 [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Something like SEL4 but applied to a reasonably feature rich OS.

    • SirLotsaLocks [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      yeah you probably shouldn't yourself, its the enterprise version of deepin. if you want to use it then use deepin, but mainly the point of this is that china is switching to linux and thats good for us linux users because that means that linux is going to begin to dominate more of the industry.

      • anthm17 [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        and anything not linux is going to be further marginalized.

        It sucks. It's not good. It concentrates power more and more. Look at the way google has completely swallowed the browser market with chromium.

        • SirLotsaLocks [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          first of all, desktop linux is nowhere near the point where anything not linux will be marginalized. second of all we basically have that right now with windows but with windows you can make a spinoff with more security features or personalization or for a more specific purpose while still being able to use the software you want. Windows and MacOS are proprietary and locked down, and it you don't like it tough because what are you gonna do. If linux is the main operating system you get to choose what distro you want, what desktop environment you want (if you want one at all) if you want to be crazy secure you can use QubesOS, if you want something simple you can use Pop! OS, if you want something better for business you can use RHEL. Also linux isn't owned by one company, especially not an ad agency. Comparing linux as the #1 os to chromium being the #1 browser isn't really a fair comparison.

          Linux as the main operating system is good for most people and for the ones that don't it's not like windows is going to be gone forever, it will probably never truely die.