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.

  • Albanian_Lil_Pump [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    1 year ago

    very-smart you cannot trust Chinese open source software because they could’ve hidden zero day vulnerabilities and we, the superior westerners with superior technology, simply cannot detect it before using it

  • ssjmarx [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    1 year ago

    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

    “A bunch of Chinese people made a Linux distro”

    “CHINA MADE A LINUX DISTRO!”

    big difference