Depends where you are. I can’t speculate on the EU or its member-states. But here in Canada, your information is basically stuck at an organization unless you give consent to have it sent somewhere else. And it gets even more complicated when it involves a provincial-federal relationship.
Solution: don’t ship a shitty distro. This is the sort of issue that actual IT professionals need final say in. Not the MBAs. Not the politicals. The people who actually know what they’re doing. Additionally, years ago Linux was in a much different place. It’s really matured into something more suitable for both the average end user as well as professional adoption.
Governments tend to have security standards that differ from most solutions readily available. Not saying this is the case, but it’s a possibility.
Could easily fork a distro and pay a government agency or independent entity the same amount as Microsoft is currently being paid to maintain the distro. Or they could put financial backing on any of the current commercial Linux solutions out there. It’s far from farfetched.
Now this is gaming
I was thinking physics processing. Cloth/soft body sim, smoke/dust and other particle physics, potentially water physics, and so on.
Who do we think is ZLUDA’s new backer? 10 bucks says it’s Valve. Tbh I don’t really believe that myself since Valve has been pretty transparent in its funding, but who else stands to gain as much?
Yestermorrow
I probably could have phrased that better. Why are the projects that are being funded significant? Apologies.
Can someone give me a rundown on why the projects being funded are significant?
I wouldn’t call it unproductive. We live in an era where things “just work,” and when they don’t then you end up with complications. Would a business switch to Linux if they see that network problems are a possibility? Maybe when they’re looking to upgrade their hardware, but even then they’d have to get their IT department to research hardware that will “just work” with Linux. And after that, they need to find a commercial wholesaler to provide the kit or have the company custom build however many PCs themselves, just so they don’t end up having financial losses due to failed network connections. Would they put Linux on their current hardware? Hell no. Windows is a known quantity and no business is going to risk losses by introducing a potentially risky operating system to their systems/workflow. It is good to point out the issues with the OS so that those issues can be fixed. It’s good to hear the perspectives of the everyman if we want Linux to grow.
RIP FreeBSD. Wonder what the “Unknown” ones are though.
Idk about American universities, but C++ was taught at Memorial University of Newfoundland when I attended 8 years ago. Granted it was a robotics class so maybe it’s different. Either way, makes more sense to me to learn C/C++ since most things are programmed in that.
Interesting, but means little without accreditation.
EDIT: Also, why’s it all Java?
EDIT2: Addressing the downvotes: If you really think that any employer these days is going to be happy with “Learned from a list on Github” on your resume then you’re sorely mistaken. It doesn’t matter if the courses match an accredited program. The accreditation is what matters because no accreditation = no diploma. Employers like diplomas.
What’s stopping Windows from banning WINE if this is the case?
If there was widespread backing by powerful, moneyed agents then it would stop being 1%. The EU is currently experimenting with digital sovereignty. They could adopt Linux and make a EUnix (Yoo-Nix) that is on par with Windows in terms of features and ease of use.
Love it. Book 5 in December :))))
Not blocked for me, so no
EDIT: Also, is that a Stormlight reference?
Damn bro, why does the firefox logo look like a Finnish spitz
Personally, I think it depends on the sitch. Something immutable would probably be the better go for people coming from Windows and would help with IT costs since all systems would be, at their base, the same. No one is going to accidentally install something that breaks their system. And the main drawback of immutability (less control over the system) wouldn’t be a problem because people shouldn’t be installing things on government systems that are outside the scope of their job.
EDIT: In a sentence: a good distro is one that’s good for your organization.