The sanctions imposed by the West and large tech companies have forced Russia to look for new ways to gain full independence in this sector of the economy. Even before the war broke out in Ukraine, the Kremlin was trying to cut off the country from the World Wide Web and create its own “Russian Internet”.
which would further isolate Russia in the international arena, are still ongoing, and – according to the findings of the Anonymous group – after the bandit attack on sovereign Ukraine, they only accelerated.
Russia releases its own operating system. This is not new Windows
Another way for the Kremlin to become independent from Western tech concerns is its own software. The Russians themselves boasted of a new operating system, which is to be used mainly in the educational sector.
MOS, because we are talking about it, is the work of 25 programmers (this fact already tells us a lot about the modest scale of this project) from the Russian Department of Information Technology. Calling it a “Windows rival” would be a gross exaggeration.
MOS photo by Gizchina
We’re talking about a very simple system, basically a system overlay. MOS was based on the Linux kernel. And there is no shortage of similar projects on the Russian market. You can even mention such Linux distributions as BaseALT, RED OS or Astra Linux.
M OS – at least according to its creators – stands out from these systems because “has a simple and intuitive interface, and at the same time provides a high level of security.”
The Russian operating system was equipped with a package of basic tools. We will find here, among others Chromium and Mozilla Firefox web browsers, e-mail programs, as well as free office software P7-Office and LibreOffice.
The Kremlin has already started the process of implementing the MOS system into the Russian education system. As part of the “laptop for every teacher” program, devices with the new system have already reached almost all Moscow schools, replacing computers with Microsoft Office.
The very name of the system is also a bit puzzling. It’s hard not to find a reference to MacOS, Apple’s flagship operating system.
Source: Gazeta
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