[dba-Tech] Deepin Linux

Hi Martin:

Its Open Source...anyone can view the code and can even, subsequently, download the source and recompile it on their own system. That is the thing with OSS projects, if there is any dodgy crap going on, it will be spotted in an instant.

It not proprietary like iOS and Windows OS where no one knows what code is running in the background, how invasive it is or how many back-doors are available. With proprietary code you have to assume that the supplier always have your best interests at heart and will never advantage of your activities or data. It all renders down to a simple act of faith.

So to answer your question, "Not at all."

Jim  

----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Reid" <mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 1:38:28 PM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Deepin Linux

So you have no issue taking an OS developed by unknown people in China and installing it to run client business?

Just curious 

Martin

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On 22 Jul 2013, at 21:34, "Rocky Smolin" <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote:

> "So easy a 60 year old can use it"  would have been a better pitch. 12 y.o.
> can run anything. :)
> 
> R
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence
> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 1:30 PM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: [dba-Tech] Deepin Linux
> 
> There is a new Linux distro out which has been receiving very high rated
> reviews called Deepin.
> 
> It is a product the has been totally written in China by a bunch of geeks
> there. The attention to detail on this product is spectacular. It has been
> loosely described as a cross between Windows 7/8 and a Linux distro. 
> 
> http://planet.linuxdeepin.com/2013/06/19/linux-deepin-12-12-is-released/
> 
> According to reviewers it is excessively easy to use..."So Easy a
> 12-year-old Can Use It". Another plus, given that Ubuntu is one of the
> fastest desktops, Deepin in comparison is far faster...maybe the fastest
> distro of any type.
> 
> This product will definitely reside in one of my virtual drives and if it
> stands up to previous billing, I will be looking for friends and businesses
> on which to install Deepin.
> 
> Jim    
> 
> 
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