According to a recent report, the Defence Ministry of India has decided to replace Windows with an in-house developed Linux distro called 'Maya' on all computers that are connected to the Internet. While details are very slim on this distro, we know that it is based on Ubuntu and has been developed locally within a...

Based on Ubuntu. Interface and functionality like Windows, users will not feel much difference. BRICS countries committed to their own Linux distributions. South Africa has been the exception.

  • 𝐘Ⓞz҉@lemmy.worldEnglish
    51·
    1 year ago

    How will active directory and other shit like printer work ? Anyone has video or article of maya OS interface ?

    • d3Xt3r@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      realmd and sambafor AD, and smbclient can be used to map network printers.

      As for how Maya OS looks, it’s going to be used for their defence systems, so it’s highly unlikely we’ll get to see it. But it’s supposedly based on Ubuntu and has a “familiar” interface, so I imagine it might look something like Zorin OS.