Internet cafe operators are required to remove unlicensed software and replace it with legitimate copies of either Microsoft Windows or China's homegrown Red Flag Linux operating system. However, Radio Free Asia said cafes were being required to install Red Flag Linux even if they were using authorized copies of M$ Windohs.
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5 weeks 2 days 10 hours 57 min agoSwitching from Micro$oft WinDOHs to Apple Mac OS X or any distribution of (Red Hat, Yellow Dog, Fedora, CentOS, Red Flag, Ubuntu, etc.) Linux is a very good thing, both for the Internet Cafe owners and for the users, IMO, but Red Flag Linux is really charging too much and it is sad that people with actual legit versions of Windoze are not allowed to chose to use them.
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5 weeks 2 days 2 hours 33 min agoI'm not entirely sure what the logic is behind requiring an internet cafe to use specific software. Certainly it would make sense that they be required to have legally licensed versions, but can the gov't really force one brand over another?
nstanosheck
5 weeks 1 day 23 hours 53 min agoI am thinking that it is either because it is a "Chinese-made" OS over an "American-made" OS, or maybe Red Flag padded some coffers for this new law requiring Red Hat Linux?
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5 weeks 1 day 21 hours 57 min agoBeware the OS that is CPC endorsed. A WGA blank screen is the least of its problems.
Alex
5 weeks 1 day 21 hours 26 min agoI the source is available it can easily be inspected, compiled and bit-checked against a version installed in an internet cafe - verifying the install is not corrupted, boot loaded, etc. If the source is not available... well that's a violation of the GPL and would gain China the wrath of geeks globally!
I think a possible reason may be harmonious society related - many computer games don't work on Linux (or even with Wine) - hence kids won't be playing CS 18 hours a day instead of going to school.
Ryan
5 weeks 15 hours 4 min 31 sec agoThat's actually kinda clever.