Depends on your country of origin. Some governments are actively moving to Linux (China) some (US) never will.

Thx for the explanation.

Not a computer guy; did not know there was such a thing as a npm package. From the article, it looks like this is a GitHub based problem. No?

There are still a few old school distros, like PCLOS, that never implemented systemd because the devs didn’t trust its centralization.

They tried Flatpak in 2017? I’m sure it is the same today as it was 9 years ago, since we know software never evolves. /s

Huawei will probably be selling 6G version in the rest of the world before they can sell anything in the US.

Where do you live? Huawei laptops with Kirin chip sets and HarmonyOS might fit the bill. Not available in the US, but I was just looking at one at my local mall.

I wonder why companies use GPL based software, when the BSD licensed stuff is just sitting there, free to use without the hassle?

Funny that just after Microsoft commits suicide with Winders 11, Linux “exploits” start popping up like Whack-A-Moles. Makes one wonder if they were inserted by MS engineers.

Sure, let’s lump all distros into a pot called “Linux.” A vulnerability in one must mean a vulnerability in all.

My name is Wilbur, and I am offended by the name change.

My experience, Linux is a decade behind when it comes to Mechanical/Electrical Engineering design apps. Draftsight (Dassault) used to offer a version for Linux but that ended. My hope is with China and EU governments switching to Linux, they’ll pour funding into CAD programs across the board.

I see China going way beyond those numbers, US not so much. Lenovo and ASUS are already front loading Linux, so if more makers follow suit, who knows.

Has anyone tried the new openKylinOS 2.0 SP2? It is supposed to have DeepSeek integrated into it.

This will date me, but I first developed a hatred for Windoze when they used their monopoly power and political payoffs to illegally crush Netscape. I switched to Linux in 2003 and never looked back.

Sounds like those people who like GNOME but dislike systemd have a choice to make. Most GNOME end users, like me, have no idea what the function of systemd actually is or why we should be concerned, and I’ve been using GNU-Linux for over 20 years. I’m glad there are people much more computer literate than me viewing it as a problem and searching for solutions.

M$ is switching to defense and surveillance software. Once they failed to force their crap OS into the phone market, they knew their monopoly days were numbered on the PC. They are hoping to lock in devs on GitHub, but it looks like that might backfire with their overt push for CoPilot use.

Then what would be the point of using an atomic version?

Call me a Luddite, but I want to retain control over my updates and upgrades. I fear the day that Fedora becomes all atomic, all the time, which I can’t help but think is in the cards

My Fedora PC was 8 years old so the wife bought me a new box for my birthday. I loaded Debian on a whim and now I’m too lazy to switch to Fedora. The laptop has always been my experimental machine where I try different distros. The wife first started her Linux journey with PCLOS/KDE and sees no reason to switch.