Inspired by events over the last three months, I am thinking about a Euro-Linux
Links
A headline article, post Davos 26, more people are thinking about it, Europeans quietly shift away from US tech services, share lists of local alternatives.
How to source a Euro Linux
This reddit thread identifies the jurisdictional origin of various Linux distros. Interestingly, while it includes two Russian sourced OS’s, it does not include Ubuntu and the UK. Further googling/youtube searches raises the issue of a rolling build or stable check points which define the regimes of augmentation and update mechanisms. On one side, one has the Arch derivatives, on the other Debian and seemingly most importantly, Ubuntu. The Reddit thread above makes me look at Manjaro and possibly SUSE. I note however that Mint, which is very popular is based in Ireland. WRT to the update mechanism, SUSE uses .rpm, Arch and its derivatives use a tool called pacman and they create their own repos based on tar. The Debian derivatives use apt and .deb.
After all this research, I decided to look at Kbuntu. It is, obviously, an Ubuntu derivative and I though that Ubuntu is closer to Debian which I need for my ‘Pi, and that I preferred the idea of a stable release. So Kbuntu because it’s easier than other look and feel options, and maybe, I’ll look at Mint.
Which apps to use
See https://dev.to/dev_tips/top-20-european-alternatives-to-major-us-technology-services-you-could-change-right-now-1aan and European alternatives for digital products by a site called European Alternatives
My personal problem
I use google calendar and mail, and onedrive & gdrive. I am not sure how to replace them, nor if i should move the data. Chat will be a problem; I take the view that one should use what others do, so exiting from the datenkraken will be difficult.
See also https://www.euro-stack.info/ and https://eurostack.eu/, and also https://davelevy.info/wiki/it-sovereignty/ and https://davelevy.info/wiki/opensource-cloud-oss/
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