EU OS

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EU OS is a Proof-of-Concept for the deloyment of a Fedora-based Linux operating system with a KDE Plasma desktop environment in a typical public sector organisation. Other organisations with similar requirements or less strict requirements may also learn from this Proof-of-Concept.

Despite the name, EU OS is technically not a new operating system. Distrowatch lists currently over 250 Linux distributions and their various flavours, spins or subvariants are not even counted in. The added value of EU OS is a different one:

  • a common Linux OS as a base for all EU OS users with options to layer on top modifications (national layer, regional or sector-specific layer, organsation-specific layer)
  • a common desktop environment
  • a common method to manage
    • users and their data
    • software
    • devices

Layers define a clear and transparent hierarchy of responsability for software and configuration. Each layer to EU OS would only contain the very specifics for their use cases and users. Using common layers allows then to pool responsability at the appropriate level, so that teams close to the end users can keep the focus on their specific environment.

When at the beginning the user base is still to small to pool enough resources to take care of the EU OS (base version) within the public sector, it may be possible to contract commercial support for maintenance. For this reason, the EU OS Proof-of-Concept proposes to choose an upstream Linux OS with options for commercial support.

Motivation ​

Similar Projects ​

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Philosophy (Doctrine) ​

  • use of open source
  • use of desktop environment KDE Plasma (though Gnome as alternative not excluded)
  • use of Gitlab (though forgejo as alternative not excluded)
  • use of vim (… just a joke! 😉 )

Project Scope ​