Comment by gmuslera

Comment by gmuslera 2 days ago

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Having local copies of your data may be a sane thing to do even without a geopolitical disruption. If you can't afford to lose something, have it backed up.

But your digital life is more than just photos. If there is hostility to everything that is US based, then everything made or hosted by US based companies may be compromised in ways that you may not predict now. Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, etc may have to comply with government orders, whatever they are.

Linux may be safer from that, you have Suse Linux if you want something supported locally.

mwinatschek 2 days ago

I remember installing OpenSuse on my PC from a random magazine CD over 20 years ago. Back to square one I guess. But how exactly would choosing a European-based Linux distro be better than a US-based one in the event of a Transatlantic war?

  • gmuslera 2 days ago

    The code is open. The distribution, the binaries, are built on Germany. Maybe Redhat could be forced to add something in the case of such kind of war, but a German company will be out of this.