Korean government plans to adopt Linux-based Open OS to replace Windows 7
After Microsoft officially ended providing technical support for Windows 7, the Korean government drafted a strategy to prepare to completely replace Windows 7 with a Linux-based open-source operating system to get rid of its dependence on it.
Last May, the Korean government announced a migration from Windows to Linux. Subsequently, the Ministry of Public Administration and Security plans to fully adopt Open OS for all public agencies and local governments by 2026. Open OS is an open-source operating system that anyone can use for free, and freely modify or check the system source code.
According to the Korean private media Newsis, the Korean Ministry of National Defense is already using Harmonica OS based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and the Postal Service department will use TMAX OS.
However, the current problem is that the Open OS ecosystem is not complete, and it lacks some software support, such as document writing programs, and solving document compatibility with external organizations is also a task to be completed. Only by addressing these issues can you effectively run the necessary productivity applications.
The ministries and agencies of the Korean government aim to replace the Windows operating system to get rid of dependence on certain companies and reduce high budgets for technical support.
In addition, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of Korea also plans to switch to Desktop as a Service (DaaS) in the next few months to use the Internet to remotely access data centers in a private cloud-based virtual PC environment to meet the requirements for using Open OS. It is understood that the Korean government plans to invest 350 million won this year to achieve this goal.
After migrating to Open OS, the ministry is expected to save 72% of existing PC purchase costs, save at least 70 billion won per year, and reduce budgets for additional technical support.
Via: fossbytes
