RusBITech
Russian technology company
RPA RusBITech JSC (Russian: АО «НПО РусБИТех») is a Russian technology company specializing in production of high technology solutions for Russian state enforcement structures, mainly for the Russian Army. The most known product is the computer operating system called Astra Linux which is nowadays used almost totally throughout Russian military forces. The main Russian Army headquarters, The National Defense Management Center's, information systems are based on Astra Linux. The Director General of RusBITech is Alexei Bocharov.
RusBITech Astra
RusBITech Astra is the company derived from RusBITech solely to serve tasks related to Astra Linux. Astra Linux is being implemented in Russian state structures according to Russian Government decree No.2299-р of 17/10/2010 that orders federal authorities and budget institutions to implement Free Software usage. Versions of Astra Linux are produced for desktop PCs, mobile devices, servers, networking hardware and mainframes.
It is declared the Astra Linux licenses correspond with Russian and international laws and "don't contradict with the spirit and demands of GPL license". The system uses .deb packages.
In 2019, it was specially emphasized that Russian Army was going to totally give up Microsoft Windows in favor of Astra Linux.
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