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Freedom Does Not Come From One Vendor (news.opensuse.org)
submitted 3 months ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/linux@programming.dev
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[–] rah@feddit.uk 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The future of tech doesn’t need to be American. It doesn’t need to be Chinese. It needs to be open.

And based on Tumbleweed?

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 months ago

Use SUSE

  • SUSE
[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago

The more competition the better.

[–] Kissaki@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago

Arguably, the openness is in that the EU OS can switch from one to another at some point if it becomes necessary.

Supporting multiple alternatives within the same platform and OS is costly. Not only the integration, but also user training and troubleshooting, specifically about the many, big and small subtle differences. Focusing on one, for now anyway, makes sense.