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Why not just use a stock Linux distro, and maybe just change the wallpaper to something Huawei-specific? Add a desktop shortcut to some special Huawei-specific

Why not just use a stock Linux distro, and maybe just change the wallpaper to something Huawei-specific? Add a desktop shortcut to some special Huawei-specific app store, if they want, but keeping the OS stock pretty much signals that they really couldn't care less about putting in bloatware, backdoors, malware or similar, which would be a very welcome change in the OEM equipment world. I'd suggest Ubuntu, because of it's popularity and non-tech-user-friendliness, then again I'm not sure if they're allowed to do that, since Canonical Ltd. and Trump, thus, depsite open-source, possibly also requires special licenses, IDK (e.g. I once wanted to install OpenSUSE and then there was something in the licensing agreement about EAR directives from the US, so I cancelled that). I've never heard of Deepin Linux, is it popular in mainland China? Apart from that, there've always been a steady stream of Laptops available with Linux, it's not a novelty item... many of those that are advertised as "non-OS" often have some form of Linux bundled in, just in case.

pmlnr 7y ago
https://www.distrowatch.com/ https://www.distrowatch.com/ -> Deepin is the 10th most common distro.
- klingonopera 7y ago
  It ranked 2013: 55th, 2014: 24th, 2015: 18th, 2016: 11th, 2017: 11th, 2018: 21st and presently, in 2019, is at 10th spot. That's quite a shot to stardom, and yet, judging from the replies, I don't seem to be the only one who's never heard of it. Still, I'd be interested to know, how Deepin is doing in China, is it comparable to Ubuntu in the Western world?
  - diffeomorphism 7y ago
    Stardom among the small number of people visiting a random website. > They simply show the number of times a distribution page on DistroWatch.com was accessed each day, nothing more. https://www.distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=popularity https://www.distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=popularity
- diffeomorphism 7y ago
  No, that number is completely meaningless. The DistroWatch Page Hit Ranking statistics are a light-hearted way of measuring the popularity of Linux distributions and other free operating systems among the visitors of this website. They correlate neither to usage nor to quality and should not be used to measure the market share of distributions. They simply show the number of times a distribution page on DistroWatch.com was accessed each day, nothing more. https://www.distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=popularity https://www.distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=popularity
  - O1111OOO 7y ago
    > of measuring the popularity of Linux distributions and other free operating systems among the visitors of this website. Agree. It's a trending barometer. Given that Deepin is in the news now because of Huawei, we can expect a few more hits on their distrowatch page.
stubish 7y ago
Canonical is UK based and not beholden to US policy on China.
- lonelappde 7y ago
  The UK is beholden to and partner to US influence.
  - stubish 7y ago
    And yet UK companies can still freely deal with Huawei, which is the context here. Canonical's US based competition are handcuffed.
- TheSpiceIsLife 7y ago
  The Five Eyes, often abbreviated as FVEY, is an anglophone intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. These countries are parties to the multilateral UKUSA Agreement, a treaty for joint cooperation in signals intelligence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes

pmlnr 7y ago

https://www.distrowatch.com/ https://www.distrowatch.com/ -> Deepin is the 10th most common distro.

klingonopera 7y ago
It ranked 2013: 55th, 2014: 24th, 2015: 18th, 2016: 11th, 2017: 11th, 2018: 21st and presently, in 2019, is at 10th spot. That's quite a shot to stardom, and yet, judging from the replies, I don't seem to be the only one who's never heard of it. Still, I'd be interested to know, how Deepin is doing in China, is it comparable to Ubuntu in the Western world?
- diffeomorphism 7y ago
  Stardom among the small number of people visiting a random website. > They simply show the number of times a distribution page on DistroWatch.com was accessed each day, nothing more. https://www.distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=popularity https://www.distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=popularity
diffeomorphism 7y ago
No, that number is completely meaningless. The DistroWatch Page Hit Ranking statistics are a light-hearted way of measuring the popularity of Linux distributions and other free operating systems among the visitors of this website. They correlate neither to usage nor to quality and should not be used to measure the market share of distributions. They simply show the number of times a distribution page on DistroWatch.com was accessed each day, nothing more. https://www.distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=popularity https://www.distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=popularity
- O1111OOO 7y ago
  > of measuring the popularity of Linux distributions and other free operating systems among the visitors of this website. Agree. It's a trending barometer. Given that Deepin is in the news now because of Huawei, we can expect a few more hits on their distrowatch page.

stubish 7y ago

Canonical is UK based and not beholden to US policy on China.

lonelappde 7y ago
The UK is beholden to and partner to US influence.
- stubish 7y ago
  And yet UK companies can still freely deal with Huawei, which is the context here. Canonical's US based competition are handcuffed.
TheSpiceIsLife 7y ago
The Five Eyes, often abbreviated as FVEY, is an anglophone intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. These countries are parties to the multilateral UKUSA Agreement, a treaty for joint cooperation in signals intelligence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes