According to a recent report, the Defence Ministry of India has decided to replace Windows with an in-house developed Linux distro called 'Maya' on all computers that are connected to the Internet. While details are very slim on this distro, we know that it is based on Ubuntu and has been developed locally within a...

Based on Ubuntu. Interface and functionality like Windows, users will not feel much difference. BRICS countries committed to their own Linux distributions. South Africa has been the exception.

  • themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Huge win obviously and a very good choice for a lot of computers that just need a basic office suite. Unfortunately some users will lose their tooling but I expect a lot of gov. Services now to be using web-based tools exclusively.