South Korean government announces plans to migrate 3.3 million government-owned PCs from Windows to Linux
Windows 7, whose extended support ended on January 14, 2020, continues to be used by a large number of companies and government agencies, and according to a survey of companies in the United States and the United Kingdom, 53% of the total companies are 2020
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Extended support for Windows 7 ended on January 14, 2020, and no more security updates will be offered. As a remedy for end of support, Microsoft also offers an Extended Security Update (ESU) to extend Windows 7 support for three years, but this extension is paid and has limited editions.
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Due to the need for security protection, many organizations are migrating from Windows 7 to Windows 10 and introducing paid support, but the Korean government in May 2019 stated that `` OS used on PCs of government agencies is Windows. To Linux '.
The Korean government is giving up Windows and aiming for transition to Linux-gigazine
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And in February 2020, one month after the end of Windows 7 support, the South Korean government said, `` By the end of 2020, 3.3 million PCs used by central and local public institutions will be migrated to Linux I do. ' Behind the Korean government's switch to Linux, in addition to reducing its reliance on Microsoft and Windows, there are also plans to reduce software licensing fees. Choi Chang-hyuk, digital services bureau chief of the Ministry of Public Security and Security , said that using an open-source OS could reduce costs and would prefer not to rely on a single OS in the future. You.
Most Linux distributions are available for free, but according to South Korean government officials, migrating 3.3 million PCs to Linux is expected to cost about 780 billion won (about 72.5 billion yen) . Because many of the Korean government's websites, network devices, and software are designed to be compatible with Windows-based operating systems, the Korean government first conducts pilot tests and has no problems migrating to Linux I will check if it is.
South Korean officials have not disclosed which Linux distribution they plan to switch from Windows, or whether they will develop their own distribution, such as the Red Star OS used by North Korea.
At the time of writing, the Korean Ministry of Defense and the Korean National Police Agency have introduced Harmonica OS 3.0 based on Ubuntu Linux 18.04 LTS , and some Korean post offices use UNIX / Linux based TmaxOS , etc. Government agencies are already migrating to Linux. On the other hand, Windows still plays a major role in institutions within the Korean government.
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