This new era of tariffs and retaliatory measures may ripple through the tech sector and accelerate interest in open-source alternatives like openSUSE. Busine...
    • DannyBoy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      4 days ago

      This article is about open source software though. Hardware is a whole different beast that would require much time and money to switch to open source.

      Open source software is free and can be switched to today, as little as putting Linux on an old laptop to self host some services to replace proprietary and also American services.

      • demunted@lemmy.ml
        2·
        4 days ago

        I guess I’m coming from the likely place where consumers would feel the effects of the tarrifs. They’d feel it on the hardware first and you need hardware to run software. Sorry I was taking the conversation away front the intent. I wonder if we will see this happen largely outside the USA (moving to more open source) or will software companies just sell from local regions?

    • skarn@discuss.tchncs.de
      3·
      4 days ago

      Honest question: why not?

      Mind you, I have not used it in (checks notes) 15 years, but I have relatively good memories if it, it was one of the better mainstream distros for those using KDE.

      I use Arch BTW.

      • SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works
        11·
        4 days ago

        It’s not the distro that’s the problem, it’s the company that controls it.

        I think the model of an open source version of a proprietary/commercial distro is broken at a business model level.

        How many times over the years have we seen the commercial entity make the open source product worse on purpose.

        Red Hat, Canonical and SUSE all have mixed histories with their communities.

        Personally, I think a debian, arch or KDE style project, funded by donations, is much more sustainable and responsive to its communities.