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Due to increasing concerns over cyberattacks and malware, India's Defence Ministry has decided to replace Microsoft's OS with a locally made Ubuntu fork named Maya (meaning 'deception' in Sanskrit). Maya will have an interface similar to Windows to ease the transition, and an end-point detection and protection system called Chakravyuh. The three armed services are also expected to follow suit, with the Navy already having cleared the OS for deployment.

The Indian government has long had a policy to transfer all government systems to open-source software, with the Railways and the Bombay Stock Exchange having switched to Red Hat and educational institutions using distributions such as Debian-based BOSS and Ubuntu-based KITE.

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[-] Ducks@ducks.dev 44 points 1 year ago

I wonder if a government can actually do better at security. Not that corporations are amazing and infallible, but it isn't like governments are known for creating the best software systems either.

[-] kippinitreal@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago

I don't think so. One of the groups actively exploiting vulnerabilities are governments. You could add a backdoor only you know. I don't think anything is better for security that popular FOSS distros/OS-es

[-] BaconIsAVeg@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

You could add a backdoor only you know.

Anyone determined will find the backdoor with enough determination, even in the dark.

[-] intelati@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

That's what she.. said?

[-] kippinitreal@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago
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