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Tariffs Spark Shift to Open Source (news.opensuse.org)

submitted 1 week ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/opensource@programming.dev

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The European Commission sees open-source software as more than an IT tool. Policy makers are encouraging open-source ecosystems to drive innovation, autonomy and collaboration in a world where global trade is being redrawn.

This trade dispute highlights something most open-source advocates have known for years: open source is freedom. It’s freedom from monopolies, freedom from arbitrary pricing, and freedom from foreign influence.

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[–] RedSnt 3 points 1 week ago (6 children)

You know, I was actually considering earlier this evening to buy https://en.opensuse.org/Buy_openSUSE but unfortunately there's only a German version of 15.3. Would be cool to have a physical version even if it was just for show. But hey, maybe they'll release a version for 15.5.

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@infosec.pub 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Can't you upgrade it yourself after installing?

[–] RedSnt 3 points 6 days ago

To be honest, it'd mostly be to have it on the shelf. I don't even have an optical disc drive in my current pc, I was just thinking, it'd be a neat way to support the cause while getting something to show for it. So I guess the version doesn't matter too much, I'd just prefer the language to not being German.

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