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India's Defence Ministry to switch from Windows to locally built Ubuntu fork 'Maya' over security concerns (www.thehindu.com)

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Due to increasing concerns over cyberattacks and malware, India's Defence Ministry has decided to replace Microsoft's OS with a locally made Ubuntu fork named Maya (meaning 'deception' in Sanskrit). Maya will have an interface similar to Windows to ease the transition, and an end-point detection and protection system called Chakravyuh. The three armed services are also expected to follow suit, with the Navy already having cleared the OS for deployment.

The Indian government has long had a policy to transfer all government systems to open-source software, with the Railways and the Bombay Stock Exchange having switched to Red Hat and educational institutions using distributions such as Debian-based BOSS and Ubuntu-based KITE.

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[–] SheeEttin 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's been tried in a bunch of places in Germany. Usually they never fully transition, or give up and switch back. Windows is really entrenched for the desktop.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The then mayor of Munich Christian Ude had to essentially endure bribing attempts by Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates in person to switch back to Windows. After 14 years the return to Microsoft happend after MS miraculously decided to move its German headquarters to the city and pay their juicy taxes there.

In the meantime, Munich had saved millions upon millions in licence fees. Fuck Microsoft and fuck corrupt politicians.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

On the one hand I agree, it's not just the OS that's replaced, it's also the programs that run on it (unless they use cloud based apps, of course).

On the other hand, the Germany example you mentioned was 15 or so years ago. I imagine Linux has matured a lot since then.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yes, the previous departments that shifted were mostly servers (Railways, Stock Exchange), tech-savvy people (unis) or light users (schools). This time a lot of normal desktop users are being asked to shift. So we'll have to see where it goes.