GNU/Linux in Russia at Robert Pogson

My videos on having fun with Debian GNU/Linux have at least one view from every continent except Asia. I was surprised that Russia did not get any hits but then English is not their language. It is also true that GNU/Linux is doing very well in Russia and there is lots of coverage of that.

GNU/Linux took off when a school master was prosecuted for having no licence to run that other OS on his school’s PCs. Some supplier had installed the software illegally. He started a campaign to get Free Software in schools so such things would not happen again. Here is a video about the first trials in three regions of Russian schools:

Eventually, it was decided to put GNU/Linux in all public schools and M$ responded by dumping.

Finally, the government of Russia ordered a five-year plan to migrate the whole government to GNU/Linux.

If you have a bit of time on your hands and wish to review the history of the spread of Free Software as it has spread in Russia, watch “Revolution OS” on YouTube:

My Mission

My observations and opinions about IT are based on 40 years of use in science and technology and lately, in education. I like IT that is fast, cost-effective and reliable. I do not care whether my solution is the same as yours. I like to think for myself.

My first use of GNU/Linux in 2001 was so remarkably better than what I had been using, I feel it is important work to share GNU/Linux with the world. I have been blessed by working in schools where students and school systems have benefited by good, modular software easily installed in most systems.

I have shown GNU/Linux to thousands of students and hundreds of teachers over the years and will continue in some way doing that until I die in spite of the opposition.