So the Russian MOD is making a sensible move, and unlike the schizophrenic Germans who are 10 inches deep with the (((Federal Reserve Banking System))), the Russian's approach such tasks like engineers. One shakes one's head that it's taken the Russkies this long, but better late than never, and this will undoubtedly effect all future software based MOD procurements - a very good thing for the domestic Russian software industry - economic, engineering and other efficiencies over the medium to long term; ZeroHedge prediction: "Long, Russian economy to lead the world, inside 5 years". Astra Linux is a Russian domestic GNU/Linux OS. Thankfully they're also going with LibreOffice and not some virtual machine with Windows inside solution, so now all my s00p3r s33cr37 memos no longer have to be Saved-As into a dodgy Microsoft format before passing on to the MOD :) Looks like Kaspersky will continue to be Linux-compatible. Apparently they consider this transition a security issue - who would've thought :D Russian Ministry of Defense ditches Microsoft Windows system January 13, 2018 - FRN - Rusvesna - translated by Inessa Sinchougova http://www.fort-russ.com/2018/01/russian-ministry-of-defense-ditches.html … “The new OS will also be loaded on all special service smartphones and tablets.” …