Red Flag Linux Forced On Chinese Internet Cafes 295
iamhigh writes "Reports are popping up that Chinese Internet Cafes are being required to switch to Red Flag Linux. Red Flag is China's biggest Linux distro and recently received headlines for their Olympic Edition release. The regulations, effective Nov. 5th, are aimed at combating piracy and require only that cafes install either a legal version of Windows or Red Flag. However, Radio Free Asia says that cafes are being forced to install Red Flag even if they have legal versions of Windows. Obviously questions about spying and surveillance have arisen, with no comment from the Chinese Government."
Finally (Score:4, Funny)
The year of Linux on the desktop, right?
Re:Finally (Score:5, Funny)
Fitting Name (Score:5, Funny)
In other news (Score:5, Funny)
Windows market share suddenly drops below 50%
Re:Finally (Score:5, Funny)
Every time I hear this meme I imagine it being part of the opening voiceover for Season 3 of Babylon 5.
It was the year of fire... the year of destruction... the year we took back what was ours. It was the year of rebirth... the year of great sadness... the year of pain... and the year of joy. It was a new age. It was the end of history. It was the year everything changed. It was the year of Linux on the desktop. The year is 2261. The place: Babylon 5.
Re:Well, One Thing is for Sure .... (Score:5, Funny)
Why does the Chinese government want to keep it secret that inside each living, breathing person, is a skeleton waiting to get out and start swinging around a comically huge sword?
Re:Finally (Score:4, Funny)
I checked all 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac -- couldn't find the Year of Linux, sorry.
Re:Finally (Score:5, Funny)
Note there will never be a year of the Windows or OS X either.
*cough* Tiger [wikipedia.org] *cough*
Didn't this... (Score:1, Funny)
...raise any red flags for anyone?
Re:Another motive (Score:5, Funny)
Oh Sweet Irony (Score:4, Funny)
That's going to be a lot of new Linux users.
Imagine Linux on the desktop taking off due to support from a totalitarian regime!
Btw. does anyone know if Red Flag contributes any code back to the community? It would be interesting if they've submitted any of their changes to KDE, Gnome, or OpenSSH...
Re:Finally (Score:5, Funny)
So, we just name the next Ubuntu Malignant Monkey or Dancing Dog. Problem solved.
Re:It's a silo. Anyone can set one up. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Finally (Score:5, Funny)
That's Season 4! (And no, I'm not telling you the combination to Captain Kirk's safe.)
Re:Manpower. (Score:1, Funny)
Expect lots of perl code, then.
Re:Finally (Score:2, Funny)
The next possibilities are mouse or monkey. So it would be for year 2010. Unfortunately 2010 is the year of the Tiger.
2013 Is the year of the Snake AND should be an "S" release.
Sexy Snake - The year of Linux on the desktop!
Re:No danger whatsoever (Score:1, Funny)
Linux: so fucking bad you have to force it on others using legislation, and even then they don't want of it!
This should officially make it the communist OS!
Re:This is stupid. (Score:3, Funny)
Under the line that says "Guest Troll from 1998" would be my guess.