nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqpwxtgfu0lfjkvxsd9up6g0hr9zk4sh3rycf6s75474nkqf8phuaqufh4s9 (nprofile…h4s9) Linux Foundation may be US based, but actual development of the Linux operating systems is an international effort.
Same for the BSD operating systems too.
OpenBSD I think is based in Canada, but has developers worldwide.
Some key parts are Australian made:
If you ever used Windows File Sharing under Linux or *BSD, you're probably using the work of Canberra resident Andrew Tridgell.
If you use the SSH server that ships in OpenWRT, dropbear… that's the work of Perth resident Matt Johnston.
Making an entire OS is a *biiiig* undertaking. Especially one as full-featured as your typical *BSD, Linux, Windows or MacOS X desktop.
If US control was the concern here, I'd stick with the open-source platforms (so *BSD, Linux) because at the very worst, you can take the code, fork it… and maintain (yourself or outsource that to someone you trust) that code base yourself.
If you're thinking of switching, my advice is to start migrating your data over to using open-standards formats. If all your files are in a format that can be reliably accessed under any OS, switching back and forth is easy. If your data can be held ransom by some proprietary format, you're up for hell.
Stuart Longland (VK4MSL) /
npub1up…pd32k
2025-04-07 06:37:23
in reply to nevent1q…006a
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