RusBITech

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 Russian Army. The most known product is the computer operating system called Astra Linux which is nowadays used almost totally throughout Russian military forces.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The main Russian Army headquarters, The National Defense Management Center's information systems are based on Astra Linux.

Astra Linux is being used in Russian Russian National Center for Defence Control

Besides that, RusBITech also produces (according to themselves):[7]

  • information security tools (software and hardware);
  • secured software and hardware systems;
  • technical training aids (computer simulators for training military personnel);
  • 3D visualization systems (also used for training);
  • simulation and decision support systems (for military commandment);
  • data interface facilities (database solutions for armed forces).

RusBITech Astra
Main article: Astra Linux

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.[8] 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".[9] The system uses .deb packages.[10] Astra Linux is considered a recognized Debian derivative,[11] Rusbitech has partnership relations with The Linux Foundation[12] and The Document Foundation.[13]

In February 2018, Rusbitech announced it has ported Astra Linux to Russian-made Elbrus microprocessors.[14] RusBITech holds partnerships with some of the world high-tech companies such as Huawei, Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant and others.

gollark: You have to actually unscrew the GPUs, which takes time.
gollark: They wouldn't be happy to have them be thingied with magnets either. This is irrelevant.
gollark: Do racks have wheels? If so, just cut the power (and UPSes) and drag them out.
gollark: But then you're damaging precious GPUs. You should steal them.
gollark: Cryptomining farms probably boot off SSDs and don't have much more storage than that, in any case.

References
  1. https://www.zdnet.com/article/russian-military-moves-closer-to-replacing-windows-with-astra-linux/ — ZDNet
  2. "Russia's Would-Be Windows Replacement Gets a Security Upgrade". Defense One. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  3. "Russian military to bid goodbye to Windows soon, and welcome Astra Linux". techworm.net. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  4. (in German) https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Do-svidaniya-Windows-Russisches-Militaer-kann-komplett-auf-Astra-Linux-umsteigen-4435760.html — heise online
  5. "Russian Ministry of Defence to shift all office computers to Russian Astra Linux OS". RealnoeVremya.com. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  6. http://eng.mil.ru/en/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12251901@egNews — Russian Ministry of Defence
  7. "RPA RusBITech JSC → Products and solutions". rusbitech.ru. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  8. (in Russian) http://www.computerra.ru/vision/609608/
  9. "Archived copy" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. "Archived copy" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. "Derivatives/Census/AstraLinux - Debian Wiki".
  12. (in Russian) http://www.cnews.ru/news/line/2019-02-19_gk_astra_linux_rasshiryaet_sotrudnichestvo_s_the
  13. "The Document Foundation welcomes RusBITech in the project Advisory Board". 6 October 2015.
  14. (in Russian) http://www.astralinux.com/home/novosti/469-rbt-elbrus.html Archived 2018-02-27 at the Wayback Machine


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