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Russia's Operating System May Be Fedora Based

Posted by timothy on from the if-the-hat-is-red-wear-it dept.

Glyn Moody writes "Last month, a story about Russia producing its own national operating system based on GNU/Linux started circulating. Now there's some confirmation, and details of how the plan might be put into practice. Red Hat had a meeting with the Russian communications ministry, which announced that the development of free software in Russia was one of its priorities. One concrete idea they talked about was using the Russian Fedora project as a step towards creating a national operating system."

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  1. Obligitory by FireStormZ · · Score: 3, Informative

    Its not a Russian OS, its a Russian Distribution...

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    "Ahh! Arrogance and stupidity in the same package, how efficient of you!" --Londo Molari
  2. For the sake of god! by Sam+Lowry · · Score: 3, Informative

    Guys, there is a dozen of Linux distros is Russia. AltLinux is the most known, but there are also ASPLinux, Linux XP and a military classified . All the distro developers and lots of system integrators are in the battle for the state funding right now, so do not expect to know now what will the Russian national OS be tomorrow.

  3. Re:You are kidding arent you? by Spatial · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yup. Hang your head in shame, my friend.

  4. Re:RED Hat, come on ppl by The+Moof · · Score: 3, Informative

    Come on, you're at Slashdot. It's always the lame joke.