Yes, it’s backed by Redhat/IBM but it’s a community project. If things goes sideways it’ll be forked and continued as if nothing happened. Using any Linux distribution, you’re using tonnes of US software. They are still absolutely free and open, this is not comparable to Android that proprietary parts and locked in hardware.
Fedora is an American distribution.
That slimbook afaik also comes with non-Fedora options. Fedora is developed by the community, so I wouldn’t worry too much, but, in case;
I asked about this before
tl:dr; if you care about it being beginner friendly, go for Linux Mint. if european & privacy is important, OpenSUSE Tumbleweed.
i’d also go for the GNOME one, that’s more customisable.
It doesn’t matter for open source.
, we said about Android and Google.
Yes, it’s backed by Redhat/IBM but it’s a community project. If things goes sideways it’ll be forked and continued as if nothing happened. Using any Linux distribution, you’re using tonnes of US software. They are still absolutely free and open, this is not comparable to Android that proprietary parts and locked in hardware.
Looks like they actually have their own distro https://slimbook.com/en/slimbook-os
Out of curiosity, why if fedora considered American?
Fedora is put our by Red Hat, which is owned by IBM, an American company.
That being said, I use Fedora. Its a great OS.
I didn’t know about the acquisition. That said, not all things American are against EU interests. And this one is free and open source.
I use Fedora too. I’d switch to EU owned, but I need something stable. Hopefully EU government support for open source grows stronger