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earthpigg
June 10th, 2012, 03:28 AM
Category:State-sponsored Linux Distributions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:State-sponsored_Linux_distributions)

Anything I need to add?

I saw the Bayanihan (http://www.bayanihan.gov.ph/index.php/about-us) distro, created by the Philippine government, but alas it doesn't have a wikipedia article at present.
odiseo77
June 10th, 2012, 03:58 AM
Not sure if these count as they're developed by local states, but here they are: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalinex and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GnuLinEx .

I think I read some months ago that the Russian and Indian governments had developed their respective distros, but I'm not sure, so don't take my word for it.

BTW, nice to see Canaima on the list :)
earthpigg
June 10th, 2012, 04:08 AM
Already had Guadalinex and gnuLinEx, added India's BOSS (thanks!), and the Russian state-sponsored distro... well, I always read about the mysterious Russian one as "coming soon!" but it's remaining elusive to me at present. If someone's got a link or a name, please share!
BarfBag
June 10th, 2012, 04:28 AM
Isn't it interesting that Linux is catching on in statist places? Cuba and North Korea... good grief. Cuba at least has a valid reason. The embargo makes it difficult for genuine copies of Windows to come in, and using Linux is simply a way of being self-sufficient. But North Korea? Using Linux for information control? I know this is a rabbit hole, but it's a bit troubling to me.
earthpigg
June 10th, 2012, 05:05 AM
@BarfBag and others:

Please keep the political commentary to a minimum; I don't want my thread to get closed. I'd love to have a conversation about the political implications of what we're seeing, but this isn't the place to do it.
KiwiNZ
June 10th, 2012, 05:34 AM
@BarfBag and others:

Please keep the political commentary to a minimum; I don't want my thread to get closed. I'd love to have a conversation about the political implications of what we're seeing, but this isn't the place to do it.

Yes, please support this thread and keep Politics out.

Thank you
mehaga
June 10th, 2012, 09:18 AM
Interesting, I had no idea there are so many...