I know 100℅ of the world top 500 supercomputers use linux, and around 65℅ of world servers. I want more info like this to help me campaign towards GNU/Linux use. Thanks.

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      8 months ago

      Most governments use some sort of enterprise Linux distros, not their own distros. Even when they do, it’s their distros. Why would they worry about censorship and surveillance?

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        8 months ago

        No, you need to worry about censorship and surveillance when using a government distro. Especially, when it comes to China or Turkey.

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          8 months ago

          On your own machine, sure. But I think OP was referring to government departments

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      8 months ago

      The government distros (BOSS and IT@School) are for government offices and schools, respectively. Also, both are open-source. Mostly they add better support for Indian languages, and some educational software.