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Ubuntu, ownCloud, and a hidden dark side of Linux software repositories (PC World)

Ubuntu, ownCloud, and a hidden dark side of Linux software repositories (PC World)

Posted Nov 11, 2014 16:45 UTC (Tue) by justcs (guest, #92304)
In reply to: Ubuntu, ownCloud, and a hidden dark side of Linux software repositories (PC World) by rodgerd
Parent article: Ubuntu, ownCloud, and a hidden dark side of Linux software repositories (PC World)

Linux runs on a overwhelming majority of Supercomputers as well as desktops in the ISS.


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Ubuntu, ownCloud, and a hidden dark side of Linux software repositories (PC World)

Posted Nov 11, 2014 20:45 UTC (Tue) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link]

I think the conversion on the ISS was a more recent thing (though there is really only 1 of it), but IIRC, there were issues moving to Windows 7 (I'm pretty sure Vista was skipped) related to licensing. Here's a 2013 article that mentions stability concerns, so maybe licensing wasn't everything:

[1]http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/155392-international-s...


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