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.

    • GadgeteerZA@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Actually no, Impi Linux was SA govs Linux distro in mid 2000’s before politicians changed. It was all political decision making. Ubuntu was a private initiative of Mark Shuttleworth, which he took to the UK. He was from SA and did give support to Impi Linux.

      • freddy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        11 months ago

        I did not know that. Well, in that case there are few distros supported bye gov’s.