Do you think it’s some sort of bug or mistake on their part, or that they’re actively trying to sanction Russia? What’s your opinion on this?
Это к лучшему, надо ставить linux!!!
I see a lot of US companies blocking 5 country codes and .ru is one of them. It wouldn’t be that surprising if Microsoft is doing the same.
My opinion? It sucks that ordinary people over there are suffering for no fault of their own, but aside from direct conflict, making life hard for the populace would seem the only way to pressure the government.
That said, VPNs generally make this unenforceable and all it’s going to do is add a step to what people have to do over there.
I mean, Putin was elected. And there are definitely people who still support him. I wouldn’t call that “no fault of their own.”
Oh yeah. They totally have free elections! It’s not like Putin had his opposition arrested or anything like that. Totally didn’t arrest a bunch of protesters who protested the arrest of the candidate. Those things TOTALLY never happened.
(They actually happened.)
Putin was elected to begin with. He does have support, and to paint it otherwise is to be disingenuous.
Does he do terrible things? Yes! But he still has support.
Super cool, it’s Linux time in Russia.
Probably in the short term, but if Windows decides to get out of Russia, the country will have to develop some internal OS, they probably have one already but they will made use of it at a bigger scale.
Astra Linux is already there:
Astra Linux is a Russian Linux-based computer operating system (OS) that is being massively implemented in contemporary Russian Federation in order to replace Microsoft Windows. Initially it was created and developed to meet the needs of the Russian army, other armed forces and intelligence agencies. It provides data protection up to the level of “top secret” in Russian classified information grade by featuring mandatory access control. It has been officially certified by Russian Defense Ministry, Federal Service for Technical and Export Control and Federal Security Service.
