@buyeuropean @go_european @ueeu
Please stop recommending @opensuse for EU citizen they ARE NOT european but are owned by Novell an AMERICAN company

Also their licenses stipulate :

You acknowledge that openSUSE Leap 15.6 is subject to the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (the “EAR”) and you agree to comply with the EAR. You will not export or re-export openSUSE Leap 15.6 directly or indirectly, to: (1) any countries that are subject to US export restrictions

  • Bogus007@lemm.ee
    14·
    26 days ago

    openSUSE is dependent on SUSE, which is part of the Linux Foundation, an entity under U.S. jurisdiction. openSUSE also uses systemd, developed by Red Hat, which is owned by IBM and has ties to Microsoft. The original poster is absolutely right: openSUSE cannot be fully trusted due to SUSE’s significant connections to U.S. corporations.

      • Bogus007@lemm.ee
        2·
        26 days ago

        Of course, but this has the potential to be a problem, as it’s corporate-driven. Certainly, enterprises have the right to create their own distributions and even sell them, but I see Linux distributions as fundamentally community-driven projects. Corporate influence - whether through crucial software or participation in committees - risks shifting the balance away from community values, which is why I am against any corporate influence.