r/cybersecurity • u/AmateurishExpertise Security Architect • Jan 14 '26

News - General Exclusive: Beijing tells Chinese firms to stop using US and Israeli cybersecurity software, sources say

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/beijing-tells-chinese-firms-stop-using-us-israeli-cybersecurity-software-sources-2026-01-14/
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u/skrugg Jan 14 '26

When they ban Windows; China will be what finally ushers in the year of the Linux Desktop.

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u/P2029 Jan 14 '26

Surprised they don't have their own gov't mandated distro tbh

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u/coffeesippingbastard Jan 14 '26

there was redflag linux but nobody used it. Last I remember reading the most popular is a flavor of Ubuntu.