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China releases its first open-source computer operating system
- version_five 3y agoA bit more detail: https://news.itsfoss.com/openkylin-linux-os/ https://news.itsfoss.com/openkylin-linux-os/
- palata 3y agoI saw some screenshots, and it doesn't look bad at all. I wonder if it is not easier for China to cut its reliance on US software than for the US to cut their reliance on Chinese hardware...
- simne 3y agoThese are totally different matters. To create hardware, need to make one-two really big enterprises. But software is live matter, need rich free market infrastructure with lot independent small and medium enterprises, which is impossible in Communist country.
- palata 3y agoLooking forward to seeing the US manufacture all of their hardware soon, then :-)
- simne 3y agoUS don't need to manufacture ALL, because US have strong enough friendship with countries, manufacture most important parts. You may don't know, but except Taiwan, ALL top CPUs manufacturing in G7 countries. For RAM and Flash things are worse, more than 50% manufacturing in China/Hong Kong, but they are not so vital important, you could imagine, you could just buy computer with half RAM/SSD size.
- nateb2022 3y ago> I saw some screenshots, and it doesn't look bad at all. Indeed. I really like the desktop environment, and it would be great if someone would fork it, sanitize it (since I'm sure there's at least one backdoor), and take it in a truly FOSS direction.
- throw47474777j 3y agoIt’s just a Linux distro. That’s not a Chinese operating system.
- mepian 3y agoYeah, I was a bit disappointed when I read the article. I mean, technically it is a Chinese operating system, but releasing yet another Linux distro is not very news-worthy by itself.
- simne 3y agoI see interest link with USSR - Soviets also have heavy troubles in making their own big software systems. With extreme expenses created clones of hardware, but people prefer to use stolen software, because of weakness of own created. I seen Soviet copies of DEC systems, DOS, even office tools, but looks like only free market could make really rich software infrastructure.