South Korea Will Start Switching to Linux from this Year

Due south Korean government has announced that it will switch the computers used in its central government, local governments, and public institutions to Linux-based operating systems starting this twelvemonth-end.

The Linux-based operating systems planned by the government are Cloud OS, Harmonica OS, and TMAX Bone. The authorities cites the need to update Windows one time every five years and the discontinuation of Windows seven for this movement.

Back in April, the South Korean Ministry building of Public Administration and Security started a pilot exam on Linux-based operating systems for public institutions. The land'south Ministry building of National Defense is currently piloting harmonica Bone while the postal service is testing TMAX Os.

The plan will gradually aggrandize over the years and Republic of korea anticipates most of its government entities to use Linux-based operating systems by 2026. Special cases in ministries and agencies that depend on Windows will be excluded in the transition.

"Through the introduction of open up OS, we will eliminate the dependencies of certain companies and reduce our upkeep," said Choi Chang-hyuk, director of the Ministry of Electronic Diplomacy. "And we will piece of work closely with the relevant ministries to help the government demand for open OS go an opportunity for relevant domestic companies to participate in the market and invest in engineering science, helping to aggrandize the private cloud market and create a new software ecosystem.

In improver, the South Korean regime has plans to implement a Desktop every bit a Service (DaaS) that volition employ a virtual PC surround running on a individual cloud by the second half of 2020. The authorities will also be removing ActiveX plugins past the terminate of the year.

With the implementation of DaaS, the South Korean ministry building expects to salve up to 72% of the toll of ownership two independent PCs for business and the internet. With DaaS, a single system can be used to perform both the tasks by accessing a remote PC present at a datacenter. The government will develop security standards and standard models for DaaS and will start pilot tests this October.