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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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France Just Created Its Own Open Source Alternative to Microsoft Teams and Zoom (itsfoss.com)

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[–] FishFace@piefed.social 14 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Because it's free, convenient, and works. And it's a git project so the code is already distributed, so if Trump has another tantrum and decides the EU can't use any American tech, the deleted PRs and issues would be annoying but we'll still have the code.

[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 12 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

isn't codeberg free as well? And it's in Germany

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 3 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

I don't think anyone said or implied that there were no alternatives.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Well, the point is that GitHub is owned by Microsoft, so if they're already developing an alternative to a Microsoft service, they would probably want to also use an alternative to a Microsoft service for their source code hosting.

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

They want to be less dependent on US tech. Using something whose code is hosted on US tech is far less dependent than using something whose entire everything is American.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 hours ago

Yeah, I understand that it isn't as bad, but it doesn't explain why they didn't go with something that's entirely non-bad. We have the technology.

[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 3 points 18 hours ago

fair. Well I guess GitHub is also the most popular

[–] lauha@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

PRs and issues can be a huge part of a project

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 1 points 15 hours ago

I'm sure we can all agree that they are not as important as the code, though ;)