Tatarstan transferred 72% of jobs in government agencies to Astra Linux OS

As of April 1, 2024, Tatarstan transferred 72% of jobs in authorities and budgetary institutions to the Russian operating system Astra Linux. Thus, this platform is used on approximately 108 thousand computers in government organizations. The corresponding data are given in the materials published on May 8, 2024.

In September 2023, the Republic of Tatarstan signed an agreement with Astra Group of Companies on the transfer of all jobs in government bodies to Astra Linux OS. We are talking about about 150 thousand computers. As part of a comprehensive import substitution program, Russian office applications are also being implemented. The project is being implemented by ICL Services together with the Ministry of Digital Development and the Center for Digital Transformation of the Republic of Tatarstan.

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According to the director of ICL Services Ruslan Vagizov, by April 1, 2024, the bulk of the system preparatory tasks has been completed. By the end of this year, it is planned to transfer all 150 thousand jobs of local government agencies to Astra Linux. In particular, by September 1, 2024, the domestic OS will be installed on the computers of all schools in Tatarstan. The project development plans until the end of 2025 include import substitution of foreign office packages, the introduction of a catalog service for Linux to manage the organization's computer fleet, as well as the installation of software for administering workplaces.

Vagizov also emphasizes that the introduction of domestic software instead of foreign software is fraught with certain difficulties, but they manage to cope with them. In the future, it is planned to scale the project to other Russian territories. As of spring 2024, the corresponding opportunity is being discussed with Kaliningrad and the Ural region.^[1]

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