Would a government choose Fedora rather than Red Hat?
Fedora makes the most sense to me. But I can see how a cautious bunch might go for the perceived safety of Ubuntu.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
webkitten@piefed.social 4 weeks ago
Or SUSE Enterprise, considering it’s based in Luxembourg.
Kerplunk@mastodon.scot 4 weeks ago
@captain_aggravated @chunkystyles
Would a government choose Fedora rather than Red Hat?
Better neither, The Red hat owner IBM has given trump millions and bowed to anti DEI policys.
Debian or Debian based is a far better choice.
alci@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Fedora being IBM, a US company, would make it a weird choice for “we need to be less dependant on US”…
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Linux, being the Linux Foundation, a US company, would make it a weird choice for “we need to be less dependent on the US” but, Western Europe being a load rather than a prime mover is nothing new.
alci@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
I thought the Linux foundation was not a company… My bad, in the us , everything is business, isn’t it ?
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Per Wikipedia:
“Company” is a vague almost meaningless term, like “animal.”
The Linux Foundation is a 501©6 non-profit corporation. Americans are more likely to be familiar with 501©3, which covers charity organizations, such as the American Red Cross and St. Judes Children’s Research Hospital. 501©6 covers trade associations, like the American Medical Association, the American Bar Association, the National Association of Realtors and the US Chamber of Commerce.
As a trade association, the Linux Foundation is not itself a for-profit business, but they have a lot to do with for-profit businesses. Maintaining the world’s most popular kernel is chief among them.