Russia also passes Windows for its military computers and will bet on Astra Linux

China's misgivings about Windows spread to Russia, which will also stop using Microsoft's operating system to use a version of Linux.

One of Donald Trump's most important allies to date is Russia. It is speculated that it is thanks to Russian cyber attacks to undermine the credibility of his political rival, he has won the presidency of the country. Recently a trade war with China has started, which is taking on quite dangerous tints. Huawei is the first to go wrong and it will certainly not be the last. Well, in every escalation of tension, Russia joins, who will also stop using Windows on your army computers.

Russia will also stop using Windows in its military.

As an alternative to Microsoft's operating system, the Russian government would have opted for Astra Linux. In April the Russian Federal Service for Export and Technical Control verified that Astra Linux had a grade of "special importance". This is the highest level within the operating systems for military operations. So this could be the replacement for Windows in military equipment.

Astra Linux derives from Debian and has been developed by the RusBITech company (of course, from Russia) that was founded in 2008. An operating system that is not open, designed for private environments and only for Russia. The Russian company managed to get it into public administrations. It was already present in some departments of the army, but now it will spread even more.

Initially it only had the certification of "secret" and "highly secret" operation. Upon receiving this certification, it began to be used in the Russian National Center for Defense Control and other military departments. The problem is that they still did not have government authorization to manage information with a higher degree of confidentiality.

This comes from afar and is that, in January 2018, the Russian Defense Ministry announced plans to move its Windows systems to Astra Linux. The Ministry asked RusBITech to make some adjustments and that these be sent for a new certification process.

Russia fears that, being a closed-source, American operating system, it may have back doors. They fear that they could be spied through these back doors. A fear they seem to share with the Chinese government.

Source: zdnet