China has released its first homegrown open-source desktop operating system, named OpenKylin, state media said, as the country steps up efforts to cut reliance on U.S. technology.

China has released its first homegrown open-source desktop operating system, named OpenKylin, state media said, as the country steps up efforts to cut reliance on U.S. technology.

Released on Wednesday, and based on the existing open-source Linux operating system, China's version was built by a community of about 4,000 developers, and is used in its space programme and industries such as finance and energy, they added.

  • footfaults [none/use name]
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    1 year ago

    It's basically a respin of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS with a fork of MATE for the desktop shell. Let's not get overly excited.

    https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/07/openkylin_is_ubuntu/

    • bbnh69420 [she/her, they/them]
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      1 year ago

      I just hope it paves the way for greater OS OS dev communities in China, but it’s definitely not a CPC innovation like the headline portrays